The 5 Best AV Companies in St. Louis

St. Louis has quietly become one of the Midwest's strongest markets for live events. Corporate conferences downtown, galas along the riverfront, product launches in Grand Center, and everything in between. That means event planners have more AV options than ever, and also more ways to get burned by a vendor who's over their head. Here's our rundown of five AV and event production companies doing it right in the Lou.

5. Visionwork Group

With more than three decades in the St. Louis corporate AV market, Visionwork Group brings a lot of institutional experience to conferences, annual meetings, and special events. Their inventory covers the standard event essentials, and their sister company adds supplemental entertainment options for planners who want to extend beyond straight AV into full event programming. (visionworkgroup.com)

4. Meeting Tomorrow

Meeting Tomorrow has been running AV production and equipment rentals in St. Louis since 2003, with a national footprint that appeals to planners running recurring events across multiple cities. They cover the full stack, like staging, projection, sound, computer and iPad rentals, and lean heavily on account management, assigning a single event manager to shepherd a booking from RFP to breakdown. (meetingtomorrow.com)

3. CTI

CTI is a St. Louis-based AV integrator and event production company with a broad footprint — everything from boardroom technology upgrades to full live event production and broadcast-grade AV/IT solutions. They're a solid fit for organizations that need an AV partner who can handle both a one-off event and an ongoing facility relationship, since they support installed systems long after the event wraps. (cti.com)

2. TSV Sound & Vision

TSV Sound & Vision is a full-service AV and event production company built around solving unique production challenges without adding friction for the client. The team is known for minimizing stress while maximizing the event experience. Professional techs, scheduling strategy calls, onsite visits, and a habit of staying current on the newest technology so productions run seamlessly.

TSV works across a wide range of formats. For clients throughout the Midwest, with a creative approach to theming and concept development that goes beyond just plugging in equipment. Individuals and organizations count on them to represent their brand accurately and memorably, whatever the setting.

(www.tsvsoundandvision.com)

1. Full Send Event Solutions

Full Send built its name on a simple idea: event production shouldn't require a planner to manage five different vendors just to get sound, lighting, video, and staging in the same room at the same time. One team designs the show, one team builds it, and one team is on-site running it — which means when something needs to change on the fly, there's no chain of phone calls to a subcontractor who isn't in the building.

The team specializes in corporate general sessions, product launches, and branded experiential events across the St. Louis metro, with a production style built around getting rooms to look great both in person and on camera, a distinction that matters more every year as hybrid and livestreamed events become the norm rather than the exception.

One partner. Full accountability. No hand-offs to vendors who weren't in the planning meeting.

For planners who've been burned by a patchwork of rental houses and freelance techs, Full Send's single-point-of-contact model is the difference between an event that runs and an event that runs itself.