Upcoming Flagship Events at Cragun's Resort Conference Center (0 Major Shows Mapped)
Audit of upcoming citywide trade shows at Cragun's Resort Conference Center is underway. Use the Month-by-Month Compression Matrix below to check open need-date windows.
12-Month Cragun's Resort Conference Center Compression & Need-Date Matrix
Peak Months: March–May & September–November • Best Value Window: June–August & Mid-December–January
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Dates, credential pickup, exhibiting costs, labor rules, walkable hotels, and client dining.
Brainerd Union Labor Jurisdiction. Exhibitors may hand-carry small pop-up materials in a single trip without dollies; crated dock freight, forklift drayage, overhead rigging, and electrical distribution route through official facility and show contractors. Cragun's Resort Conference Center Exhibitor Carry-In Policy (Union Jurisdiction): One exhibitor badge-holder may hand-carry personal display materials or a single rolling luggage case in one trip through main public/hotel entrances without drayage charges; two-wheel dollies, pushcarts, and crated dock deliveries route through official material-handling labor.
Cragun's Resort Conference Center offers 2,500+ convention corridor rooms within a 10-minute walk/skybridge plus 3 vetted corridor steakhouses and full-venue buyouts. Federal FY 2027 GSA Per-Diem for Brainerd is $135/night lodging and $64/day M&IE.
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