About Us.
Our Story.
Jack Saltonstall and Ryan Tapper, lifelong friends, turned their childhood dream into a reality in 2019 when they co-founded Two Eighteen, a worldclass design and build agency. With a shared passion for the experiential events industry, Jack and Ryan cultivated their expertise at different agencies throughout their careers before coming back together.
Their journey led them to envision a company that fosters creativity and innovation, where employees are empowered to think beyond boundaries and all voices are heard. Their goal? To establish a workplace renowned for its positive culture and dedication to delivering the highest level of craftsmanship for some of the best clients in the world. Having started in the industry at an early age, working in the shop during summer break, both Jack and Ryan fell in love with the challenge of making the impossible happen!
Two Eighteen has grown from two friends with a sketchbook into a full-service design-build team working out of a 120,000-square-foot fabrication facility in Las Vegas. Designers, project managers, and fabricators work under the same roof, on the same timeline, on every job — so an idea sketched on Monday can be on the shop floor by Wednesday instead of waiting on an outside vendor. That in-house structure is why Two Eighteen can take a project from first concept sketch through final installation without a single handoff, and it’s how a shop out of Las Vegas ended up building booths and brand activations for some of the biggest names at CES and on trade show floors nationwide.
That craftsmanship carries the same standard it did on day one, because the same two founders who started the company in 2019 are still hands-on with the work today. Every new hire joins because they share that same obsession with getting the details right — the seam that’s actually flush, the finish that photographs as well as it looks in person, the deadline that’s hit without cutting corners. It’s a culture built on trust between designers, builders, and clients, and it’s why so many of Two Eighteen’s partners come back project after project instead of putting their next activation out to bid.
Las Vegas
The entertainment capital of the world and home to Two Eighteen’s world-class production and fabrication facility! While we love working with our clients when they come to our hometown, Two Eighteen has built an extensive network of strategic partners and satellite facilities across the globe that allow us to meet and exceed our clients’ needs wherever they may arise.
Primary Convention Venues for Las Vegas Trade Shows
- Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC): The city’s largest and most-used trade show facility, with roughly 2.5–4.6 million sq ft of exhibit/meeting space depending on how total campus capacity is counted. It hosts mega-shows like CES, SEMA, MAGIC, SHOT Show, and many others.
- Mandalay Bay Convention Center: One of the largest single-building convention centers in the U.S., with about 1.1–2.1 million sq ft of exhibit/meeting space. Common for large lifestyle, retail, security, and beauty shows (e.g., Black Hat USA, COSMOPROF).
- Venetian Expo (Sands Expo): Connected to The Venetian and Palazzo, offering around 1.8 million sq ft of combined trade show and meeting space. Frequently used for fashion, corporate meetings, and conventions that also use Caesars Forum.
- Caesars Forum: A newer, purpose-built meetings and convention center with about 550,000 sq ft, including two of the world’s largest pillar-free ballrooms. Often paired with Venetian Expo or Caesars Palace for large events.
- MGM Grand Conference/Convention Center: Roughly 850,000 sq ft of flexible event space inside MGM Grand. Used for mid-to-large trade shows and corporate events.
- Aria Convention Center: About 500,000 sq ft of LEED-certified space at Aria. Used for tech, energy, and corporate conventions.
- Caesars Palace (showrooms/expo areas): Around 300,000 sq ft of event space used for high-profile shows and conferences.
- The Expo at World Market Center: Downtown venue with ~315,000 sq ft, geared toward trade shows, B2B events, and large banquets.
