Where the badge means something
Your association convention, fly-in week, or Wharf gala gets its own on-site print shop — heat presses, hat bar, and embroidery running in the room, sending attendees home in something better than a tote bag.
Washington runs on convenings — annual meetings that fill the convention center, fly-ins that book out every Hill-adjacent ballroom, summits stacked along National Harbor — and nearly all of them hand out something forgettable. A live press changes that math. Park our station by registration or at the reception, and attendees pick a design, watch it pressed, and wear it into their next session. It beats the talking points for staying power.
How it works
From signed contract
to first press
Brief us on the event
Lock the design
Load-in before doors
Press through the rush
Live stations
The stations we run
in Washington
Occasions
DC gatherings built
for a live press
Across Washington
From the Hill
to the Harbor
Convention-center halls, ballrooms out at National Harbor, rooftop receptions in Georgetown, riverfront tents at the Wharf — wherever the DMV convenes, the press travels there.
- Walter E. Washington Convention Center
- Capital One Arena
- The Anthem
- Gaylord National Resort
- Audi Field
- Union Station
Questions
Briefing notes
Yes — DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia are all fair game, and the quote already folds our travel and lodging into one flat figure. Home base is Fullerton, CA; the gear goes wherever the event is.
Conventions are our bread and butter in Washington DC. The press sets up inside your booth or ballroom and prints shirts, caps, and totes for attendees on demand — the kind of giveaway people actually queue for and keep wearing long after the show closes.
One quote, everything on it: the print crew, presses and dryers, the blank shirts, hats, and totes, load-in, teardown, and unlimited printing during your event window. That holds whether it's a sponsor activation, an association meeting, or a private reception.
Every scale of DC venue works — convention-center halls downtown, arena concourses, stadium clubs, hotel ballrooms, and townhouse gardens alike. We regularly set up around Downtown, Navy Yard, Georgetown, and Dupont, and cross the river for Arlington, Alexandria, and National Harbor dates.
Merch Troop overview
A two-minute look at the rig we bring to DC.
Start your Washington quote
Brief us on
your Washington event
Planning an annual meeting, contractor expo, or Georgetown reception? Give us the date, headcount, and venue, and within a day you'll have a number and a floor plan for the station.
- Travel, lodging, and load-in across the DMV rolled into a single flat quote