For Los Angeles, four to six weeks is comfortable and two weeks is usually workable. We stage gear at the Fullerton shop and Los Angeles is 22 miles out, so a late booking mostly comes down to crew availability rather than logistics — if your date is close, ask anyway.
What the lead time buys you in Los Angeles
- Peak season — when Crypto.com Arena has a major show on the calendar, hotels, drayage, and labor all tighten at once. Booking around a big Los Angeles show week is the single best thing you can do for your budget.
For rush Los Angeles events, simple art and standard blanks are what make a fast turnaround possible. If you're planning film & TV wrap parties or a The Novo at L.A. Live booth months out, even better — we'll hold the date. Either way, the first step is the same: tell us your date and headcount and we'll confirm availability within 24 hours.
Los angeles is 22 miles from the shop, so the truck is loaded the same morning, which is what really sets the Los Angeles lead time. Art needs to be final about a week out and blank orders lock around the same point, so a moving headcount delays a Los Angeles job more often than press availability does. Same-week changes are usually workable. When Crypto.com Arena has a major show on, hotels and labor tighten across the LA entertainment corridor at once — booking around that week is the single cheapest decision you can make.