California Event Venues That Require Professional AV Support
California event venues hold AV to a high standard. The facilities are world-class, the audiences are discerning, and technical hiccups are not an option. For event planners booking the state's biggest spaces, your AV partner is as important as the venue itself.
Sonic Image has hands-on experience running AV in some of California's largest and most demanding venues, serving a wide range of clients at events across Sacramento and beyond. Here are three venues where we deliver:
Safe Credit Union Convention Center — Sacramento
The Safe Credit Union Convention Center is the premier convention facility in California's capital. Following a major expansion completed in 2021, the centre now offers 240,000 square feet of programmable space, 160,000 square feet of exhibit space, along with two ballrooms and 37 meeting rooms. This is in addition to the 2,452-seat performing arts center and the 3,849-seat memorial auditorium. If you're looking for a versatile event destination in Northern California, you've found it.
Due to its modern infrastructure, Safe Credit Union Convention Center is very technically demanding. As a Sacramento based AV company, Sonic Image knows this venue, from its rooms, acoustics, what it takes to run a seamless audio high-resolution projection, and live streaming across a facility this size. When you're running an event here, local expertise isn't a bonus, it’s what keeps things running.
Inside Tip: Limited control over house lights in Hall D, so extra lights will be needed to make your screens pop!
Monterey Conference Center — Monterey
Situated in the heart of downtown Monterey, the Monterey Conference Center is highly sought after for AV events. Following the completion of a $60 million renovation, the center now offers more than 40,000 square feet of flexible event space. There are also multiple meeting rooms and a 19,150-square-foot exhibit hall, two ballrooms, and capacity for up to 1,700 attendees. Alongside this, it is well placed along the Monterey waterfront in close proximity to 1,200 hotel rooms, making it even more popular for association conferences, corporate retreats, and multi-day summits.
Events at the Monterey Conference Center tend to be complex affairs. There are usually multiple rooms running simultaneously, ballroom general sessions feeding into breakout programming, and production values that need to hold up across every space.
Having worked this event venue many times before, Sonic Image know exactly how to work your AV requirements to deliver technical coordination and on-site presence how you need it, with no disruption.
Inside Tip: The Serra Ballroom has built-in wooden beams that are kind of low, which means no motors. Everything has to be dead-hung, so plan for more set-up time!
Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center — Chula Vista
Opening its doors in May 2025, the Gaylord Pacific is the largest hotel in California and one of the most significant new convention venues in the country. Boasting 1,600 guest rooms, four ballrooms, 67 breakout rooms, and more than 477,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor space, it is already a major draw for national and international conferences.
A venue this size demands an AV partner who can scale and run to explicit broadcast requirements across ballrooms, breakout rooms, and outdoor spaces as required. This is exactly where we work our best. Managing complex setups to deliver what's needed across every corner of a facility this size, so no attendee misses out and everyone gets the same experiences regardless of what is going on around them.
Inside Tip: The California Ballroom has big unique chandeliers, but rigging points are going to be in different places, so pay extra attention to detail!
Plan Your California Event with Sonic Image
Sonic Image works with event planners in California to deliver professional AV for conferences in Sacramento CA and beyond. Our expert team is skilled at delivering high quality AV for a range of events and conferences, both indoor and outdoor. If you're booking one of these California venues, or you're planning a conference or corporate event anywhere in the region, we'd love to be part of it. Get a free quote for your next event, and let's make sure the AV is the last thing you have to worry about.
