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Hall 8 at NEC Campus

Published dimensions

Hall 8 is 70.4 x 70.4 m (231 x 231 ft), 4,956 m² (53,348 sq ft), with a 3.1 m (10 ft) ceiling.

Open in 3D previz

Plan view

70.4 m / 231 ft70.4 m / 231 ft grid 10 m

Shape approximate: the venue publishes area only, so this room is drawn as a square of equal area.

LED wall that fits

Under a 3.1 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 2 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 70.4 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 112 x 2 (18816 x 336 px, 2,240 kg, 41.4 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro1.875 mm93 x 3 = 27955.8 x 1 m29760 x 5401,339 kg / 2,952 lb70.9 kW, 341 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro2.97 mm112 x 2 = 22456 x 1 m18816 x 3362,240 kg / 4,938 lb41.4 kW, 199 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro3.9 mm112 x 2 = 22456 x 1 m14336 x 2562,128 kg / 4,691 lb35.8 kW, 172 A @ 208 V

Wall sizing assumes 1.5 m trim to the bottom edge, 0.3 m clearance under the ceiling, and a wall no wider than 80% of the longest wall. Weight and power are tile totals from the panel spec sheet; add processing, rigging, and cable.

Seating estimate

After a 12 x 7 m stage, Hall 8 holds about 10,827 theater seats, 4,429 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 3,045 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 63.4 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

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Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at NEC Campus · Venues in Birmingham