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Glessner House A/B at Marriott Marquis Chicago

Published dimensions

Glessner House A/B is 42.7 x 8.8 m (140 x 29 ft), 376 m² (4,045 sq ft), with a 3 m (10 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 3 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 42.7 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 68 x 2 (11424 x 336 px, 1,360 kg, 25.2 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro	1.875 mm	56 x 3 = 168	33.6 x 1 m	17920 x 540	806 kg / 1,778 lb	42.7 kW, 205 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro	2.97 mm	68 x 2 = 136	34 x 1 m	11424 x 336	1,360 kg / 2,998 lb	25.2 kW, 121 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro	3.9 mm	68 x 2 = 136	34 x 1 m	8704 x 256	1,292 kg / 2,848 lb	21.8 kW, 105 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, Glessner House A/B holds about 648 theater seats, 265 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 182 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 35.7 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 2026-09-04. All rooms at Marriott Marquis Chicago · Venues in Chicago