Auditorium A-1: the room where the corporate reports the quarter's EBITDA and the journalist kit is ready for the wire pickup
Auditorium A-1 is the press hall of a corporate complex on the West side of CDMX: 280 rake seats with press tables at the front, single-level stage with a panelist stand for four, 8-metre LED screen, simultaneous-translation booth for three languages, adjoining press room with 40 workstations and 4 editing bays, coffee-break foyer with a side-garden view, shared load-in dock with Auditorium A-2. This is where IPC-listed issuers hold their quarterly press conferences, where banks run their results presentations, where industrial groups run their strategy presentations, where OEMs with Bajío plants launch new products, and where financial-system regulators run their press conferences. What defines Auditorium A-1 is not the staging spectacle (which is technical, not theatrical), but the press logistics chain: the journalist kit has to arrive before the session, leave with each reporter at the end, and let the editor upload the story in real time without the merch becoming a distraction.
Merch packages for Auditorium A-1
Staff merch
Uniforms for corporate staff, the media-relations crew, and the Auditorium A-1 service team. Navy or white Oxford shirt, corporate vest with pockets, photo-and-name badge with the event badge, smartwatch with the synced agenda. Professionally pressed, delivered to back-of-house 90 minutes before doors open.Analyst hospitality
Production of 24 to 80 pieces for sell-side analysts, buy-side portfolio managers, and invited economic journalists. Box with 64 GB pen drive carrying the press kit, ceramic mug with the corporate crest, coaster with the isotype, engraved plaque with the analyst's name. Delivered at the press desk with a control form and the lead's signature.Presenter recognition
Production of 4 to 12 pieces for the corporate spokespeople, board members, and special guests. Wooden box with the event's isotype, hand-bound book with the corporate timeline, estate-bottled spirit or wine, calligraphed card with the guest's monogram. Delivered to the driver or to the protocol officer in the lobby of the hotel where the guest is staying.Auditorium A-1 logistics, access, and custody
Auditorium A-1 runs on a single shared dock with Auditorium A-2: the side dock accepts a 12-ton trailer on a restricted schedule, and the 3.5-ton box truck has its own ramp on the east side. The pedestrian service entrance requires pre-registered ID, complex badge, and logbook signature. The complex's ops staff hand off POP material and journalist kits with visible ID and badge, and they handle restocking during coffee-break intermissions. The back-of-house of Auditorium A-1 has two zones: the press room (where the journalist kit is staged and signed for) and the protocol warehouse (where the rest of the merch sits in sealed corporate-stamped boxes).
For press conferences with international analysts (typically from the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia), we handle USD invoicing at the Banco de México FIX rate from the day before, with USMCA compliance and supporting documentation for deductibility as Investor Relations or Public Relations. For press conferences attended by regulators or public officials, we handle compliance with the complex security protocol and the Policía Bancaria e Industrial when applicable. The custody chain is documented with signature, time, and photo at every control point: dock entry, ops inspection, transit to back-of-house, intermission restock, post-event pickup.
For corporates with IMMEX operations or Bajío export plants, we issue complementary SAT CFDI 4.0 invoicing with the 16% IVA breakdown and supporting documentation for deductibility as Public Relations or Investor Relations. For groups with dual listings (BMV and NYSE/Nasdaq), we issue bilingual (es/en) invoicing with USMCA compliance when the journalist kit crosses the border as part of the disclosure material for the foreign-resident institutional investor. For family offices with Riviera Maya real-estate operations, we invoice under the business-activities regime with rental income.
Confidentiality, Auditorium A-1 compliance, and prohibitions
Auditorium A-1 has operating rules that the merch must respect: no mobile phones in the room during press questions, no merch with elements that produce noise or distraction, no backpacks or large bags in the room (reporters use the press room for their gear), no POP material with third-party logos (a frequent request from listed corporates), no food or drinks outside the complex catering service. For sessions requiring limited-edition merch (numbered corporate-anniversary tee, signed book from the invited author, coaster with the report year), we coordinate with the complex's ops team so the piece satisfies the security protocol, the press protocol, and the transmission protocol (when the press conference is internal and not broadcast).
For sessions with economic-press coverage (post-presentation press conference, annual report reveal, CEO press conference), we handle compliance with the corporate and the complex press protocols, with pieces that carry no third-party logos or are digitally masked when the corporate manual requires it. For sessions with internal transmission to the group's plants (Bajío-, Monterrey-, or Saltillo-transmitted presentations), we handle compliance with the corporate transmission protocol, with pieces visible on screen and pieces concealed from the transmission. For events live-streamed abroad (videocall with investors in London, NY, or Frankfurt), we handle time-zone compliance and shipping of pieces to the international houses two weeks in advance.
For SAT invoicing, we issue CFDI 4.0 with the 16% IVA breakdown and supporting documentation for deductibility as Public Relations, Investor Relations, or Corporate Communications, depending on how the merch is used. For corporates with IMMEX or US operations, we issue complementary USD or EUR invoicing with USMCA compliance support when the merch crosses the border as part of the disclosure material. The merch ships with carta porte 3.0 when interstate or international transit applies, with the foreign-trade complement when applicable, and with the payments complement when the corporate pays in instalments. Delivery to back-of-house is documented with an entry slip signed by the complex's head of operations and the corporate's head of communications.
MOQ, costs, and Auditorium A-1 reservations
Journalist kit — from MXN $1,050 before VAT per piece on a 120-run. Staff merch — from MXN $2,850 before VAT per person on a 40-run. Analyst hospitality — from MXN $1,750 before VAT per piece on a 40-run. Presenter recognition — from MXN $8,800 before VAT per piece on an 8-run. The costs do not include the Auditorium A-1 rental, which is quoted directly by the complex's events team depending on day, schedule, technical staging, and add-on services (catering, cellar, coffee break, AV equipment, press room, transmission).
For press conferences on high-demand dates (quarterly bank presentations, OEM launches tied to production dates, regulator press conferences), we calendar-block with 60 days' notice and a firm written commitment. For press conferences on low-demand dates, we block with 30 days' notice. Express production under 14 days incurs a +35% curation and dispatch surcharge. The reservation is made with a 14-point brief: event date, event type, attendee count, pieces per package, corporate brand manual, corporate color palette, complex press protocol, transmission compliance, load-in logistics, post-event donation, SAT invoicing, and USMCA compliance when the merch crosses the border.
Auditorium A-1 frequently asked questions
Can you deliver the journalist kit with a signature-of-receipt per outlet?
Yes — we deliver the kit with a delivery slip per outlet (not per individual reporter), signed by the editor or the news editor, time-stamped, and signed by the uniformed staff who delivers it. The custody chain is documented with photography when the complex protocol allows, and the slip is held in a sealed envelope for the full day, returned at the close of the press conference.
Can you handle the merch for press conferences that recur every quarter?
Yes — we run quarterly programming with the same brand manual, scaling the run to match the presentation agenda and special guests (international analysts, SEC observers when applicable, external auditors). Coordination with the communications directorate for the editorial curation of the journalist kit.
Can you invoice the merch as an investor-relations expense?
Yes — we issue CFDI 4.0 to the SAT with the 16% IVA breakdown and supporting documentation for deductibility as Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, or Public Relations, depending on how the merch is used. For corporates with IMMEX operations, we issue complementary USD invoicing with the foreign-trade complement and USMCA compliance.
Is Corp-Merch an official partner of Auditorium A-1?
No. Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop for merch curation, production, and logistics for press conferences, results presentations, and launches at Auditorium A-1 and other CDMX venues. Auditorium A-1 is mentioned for descriptive purposes only.
Request a quote for Auditorium A-1 merch
Tell us the event date, the event type, the attendee count, the pieces per package, the corporate brand manual, the corporate color palette (when applicable), the complex press protocol, the transmission compliance, the load-in logistics, and the SAT invoicing. We reply with a package-by-package quote, a curation proposal, and a digital mock-up within 24 to 48 business hours.
Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop for merch curation, production, and logistics for press conferences, results presentations, and launches at Auditorium A-1 and other CDMX venues. We are not a partner, sponsor, or official supplier of Auditorium A-1, nor of the complexes or corporates mentioned on this page. The figures, venues, and suppliers mentioned are sector references and are included for descriptive purposes only.