On-demand private meeting environments address growing attendee demand for quiet workspace and give San Francisco’s premier convention venue a new revenue stream from underused square footage
SAN FRANCISCO – August 10, 2026 – ZenSpace Event Solutions today announced that its smart, soundproof meeting pod solutions are now live at Moscone Center, the anchor convention venue for the San Francisco Bay Area’s meetings and events industry. The rollout gives one of the West Coast’s highest-traffic show floors a new option for private, on-demand workspace.
Convention venues nationwide are in the middle of a significant capital cycle, with facilities in markets like Las Vegas, Houston, and Austin investing in upgrades that turn ordinary square footage into revenue-producing assets. The push comes as event organizers increasingly flag a gap most venues haven’t closed: Bizzabo’s 2026 State The Events Benchmark Report found that 75 percent of organizers now consider it important to give attendees a way to step back, focus, and disconnect during an event — yet the private space to actually do that, whether for a phone Calls, quick meetings, and heads-down work remain largely absent from the modern show floor.
ZenSpace Event Solutions closes that gap without asking venues to engage in buildouts or change their footprint. Installed directly into concourses, pre-function areas, and lobby space already in use, each pod converts idle square footage into a soundproof, climate-controlled room that attendees can reserve in moments through integrated booking technology. The result works both ways: attendees get a quiet, professional place to work without stepping outside the venue, and Moscone Center turns space that once sat idle into a new, ongoing source of revenue.
“Every attendee at every trade show needs private space to take calls, hold meetings, and do focused work, yet most convention centers have no scalable solution,” noted ZenSpace CEO, Mayank Agrawal. “Moscone Center leadership recognized that ZenSpace addresses that problem while simultaneously transforming underutilized lobby and concourse space into measurable revenue.”
ZenSpace at a Glance
ZenSpace’s combination of hardware and technology provides a unique solution for event organizers and venues to enhance the event experience and deliver a significant benefit to event attendees and sponsors alike. Key features include
- Soundproof, private workspace — Acoustic engineering blocks ambient noise, giving attendees a quiet space to take calls, hold meetings, or focus without leaving the event floor.
- Switchable privacy glass — E-glass panels shift from clear to opaque at the touch of a button, giving occupants visual privacy on demand.
- A pod for every need — Multiple formats are available, including compact Focus pods for one-on-one work, wheelchair-accessible ADA pods, and larger Team pods for small-group meetings.
- Built-in power and connectivity — Each pod includes power outlets, USB charging, and dedicated high-speed Wi-Fi.
- Wireless screen casting — Integrated display technology lets attendees present, join video calls, or share content without cables.
- On-demand booking technology — A simple app- or QR-code-based reservation system shows real-time availability and lets attendees book pod time in seconds.
- Fast, construction-free deployment — Pods install directly into existing concourses, lobbies, and pre-function space, activating underused square footage in days, not months.
- A new revenue stream for venues — Venues can utilize ZenSpace solutions to activate previously underused space and transform it into beneficial amenities that generate ancillary revenue for host venues.
Moscone Center complex, managed by Legends Global, consists of three main halls spread out across three blocks and 87 acres in San Francisco’s bustling South of Market neighborhood. ZenSpace pods are being deployed in high-traffic concourse zones where attendee demand for private meeting space is greatest.
“ZenSpace pods add a layer of convenience our event organizers and attendees have been requesting,” says Leonie Patrick, General Manager, Moscone Center. “On-demand private meeting space in our lobbies means attendees can conduct business without leaving the venue – a must in a post-pandemic world where most people are beholden to video conference meetings. ZenSpace pods are a real benefit for event planners, their attendees, and a differentiator for Moscone.”
This ZenSpace installation follows the company’s deployment across over 250 events nationwide and reflects the company’s venue partnership strategy of deploying smart meeting environments in high-traffic convention facilities across the country, including a recently announced installation at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. Additional venue partnerships are planned for 2026 and 2027.
About ZenSpace
ZenSpace makes physical space more useful—easier to deploy, book, operate, and monetize wherever people work, meet, and gather. The company operates through two focused divisions. ZenSpace Event Solutions delivers temporary meeting pod rentals and event-specific booking experiences for trade shows, conferences, and live events, drawing on experience across hundreds of U.S. events. ZenSpace Platform provides hardware-agnostic software and IoT infrastructure that helps operators make meeting rooms, pods, and other underutilized spaces bookable, manageable, measurable, and revenue-ready. Highlighted live locations include Georgia World Congress Center, Prince Waikiki Resort, and Moscone Center. For more information, visit zenspaceevents.com.
Located in San Francisco’s sophisticated and vibrant city center, the Moscone Center is the ideal meeting facility. Surrounded by the 87-acre Yerba Buena Gardens, the venue offers more than 1.1 million square feet of space and a unique urban setting for meetings and tradeshows of all sizes. The Moscone Center also features a design that has achieved the highest LEED Platinum certification, making it one of the most sustainable convention centers in the nation. The center sits proudly among hotels, theaters, restaurants, museums, galleries, parks, and urban recreation centers and is convenient to all modes of public transportation. For more information, please visit https://www.moscone.com/.
