The home of SheetMetalCON since the venue opened in 2020. 550,000 square feet of contiguous flat-floor flexibility at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip — and the only major Strip-side conference center built ground-up for industry events of our scale.
Caesars Forum was purpose-built as the Strip's premier flat-floor conference venue. Two of the largest pillarless ballrooms in the world. Direct connection to four Caesars hotels via covered, climate-controlled walkways. A dedicated Forum Promenade that handles 10,000+ attendees moving simultaneously without bottlenecks.
For SheetMetalCON, this isn't just a venue. It's the venue. Every conference since 2020 has been here. Our floorplan, our session room codes, our after-hours flow — all of it is calibrated for this building. We have no plans to move.
We get this question constantly. Some attendees wonder if the conference would benefit from moving to one of the larger off-Strip convention centers. Our answer is consistent: no. We will never move. Here's why.
— A note from the SheetMetalCON Site Selection Committee
Other venues require a shuttle or a rideshare. Forum guests walk straight to their hotel. After 14-hour conference days, that walk back to the room is the difference between a great trip and a miserable one.
Press brakes weigh tons. Plasma cutters need clean floor space. The Forum's contiguous flat-floor exhibit hall has no obstructions, no level changes, and no load restrictions that handicap a working-equipment trade show.
One of the largest pillarless ballrooms on the planet. Holds the welcome reception, the awards banquet, and the after-hours sponsor events without ever feeling crowded. There are venues that say they can host an event our size. The Octavius actually can.
The Forum staff have run our conference every year since the building opened. Their AV team, their security, their food and beverage operation — they've all been calibrated to a four-day metal forming conference for years now. That institutional knowledge can't be rebuilt overnight at a different venue.
Yes, there's a larger convention center about 1.7 miles east of here. We're aware. We've toured it. We've spoken with conferences that have moved there. With deep respect for that team and that building — it's not the right fit for our attendees, our exhibitors, or our pace. We stay.
Session rooms at the Forum are coded by level (4xx for the Track 100 wing, 1057 for the HVAC corner, 2600 for our automation hall, 0x90 for the Workforce boardroom). Most rooms are within a 4-minute walk of every other room.
Our largest session room outside the ballroom. Hosts most Track 100 keynotes, the Soldering Village, and the BSides Forming lightning talks block.
The Track 200 hub. Mid-sized theater-style, full AV. Also hosts the Friday morning Friends of Bill W. meeting and Saturday's Kid-CON Family Day.
Track 400 home base. The Capture-the-Plate competition booth lives here for the duration of the conference. Stage seating for 800.
Track 500's intimate roundtable space. Capped at 30 participants per session. Used for Birds-of-a-Feather discussions and Badge Engineering workshops.
Opening keynote, closing keynote, the major industry panels, and the Capture-the-Plate Grand Final. Full theater seating for 2,400.
The dedicated room for affinity-group meetups, recovery meetings, and small-group programming throughout the conference.
The pillarless ballroom that anchors our after-hours program. Welcome Reception (Thursday), Bystronic After Dark (Friday), Awards Banquet (Saturday).
Badge pickup, on-site registration, and the official Forge Store for merch pickup. Open from 7:30 AM Thursday through 3 PM Sunday.
The location, hours, and access requirements for the Track 0 floor are not publicly listed. If you have a Track 0 challenge coin, instructions are engraved on the reverse.
We've negotiated negotiated rate blocks at four Caesars properties, all within a covered walk to the Forum. Use the booking codes below to access conference pricing — blocks release on July 6, 2026, so book before then to secure your rate.
Group rate blocks release on July 6, 2026 — book before then to lock in conference pricing.
Need help booking? Email [email protected] or call our travel desk at 1-800-555-1337 ext. 0xCAFE.
Las Vegas is one of the easiest U.S. cities to fly into. Harry Reid International (LAS) is six miles south of the Forum and serves nearly every domestic carrier and most international long-haul.
Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) is the only major airport serving Las Vegas. Most attendees arrive Wednesday afternoon for Thursday-morning sessions.
Rideshare from LAS to the Forum runs $20–35 and 15–25 minutes depending on traffic. Taxi adds approximately 20% over rideshare.
Complimentary conference shuttle runs between Harry Reid International and the Forum every 30 minutes from 9 AM Wednesday Aug 5 through 8 PM Sunday Aug 9. Pickup at LAS Terminal 1, lower-level door 7.
Display your conference confirmation email or printed badge to board.
The Forum is at 3911 Koval Lane, just east of the Strip. Self-parking is available in the Forum garage; conference attendees with a printed registration confirmation receive complimentary self-parking for the duration.
Valet is available at all four Caesars properties; rates vary by property.
The Forum sits at the center of the only walkable cluster of trade-show-grade hotels on the Strip. Four properties, two ballrooms, and the entire Linq Promenade dining strip are inside a 10-minute walk of every conference event.
Use this map for orientation only. The conference app (rolling out July 6) includes turn-by-turn directions to every session.
August 6–9, 2026. Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. The home of the metal forming industry — the same room, the same Forum, the same family — where serious work has happened every year since this building opened.
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