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Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375E at Marriott Marquis Chicago

Published dimensions

Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375E is 60 x 42.4 m (197 x 139 ft), 2,544 m² (27,383 sq ft), with a 12.2 m (40 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

60 m / 197 ft42.4 m / 139 ft grid 5 m

LED wall that fits

Under a 12.2 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 20 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 60 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 96 x 20 (16128 x 3360 px, 19,200 kg, 355.2 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro1.875 mm80 x 30 = 240048 x 10.1 m25600 x 540011,520 kg / 25,397 lb609.6 kW, 2931 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro2.97 mm96 x 20 = 192048 x 10 m16128 x 336019,200 kg / 42,328 lb355.2 kW, 1708 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro3.9 mm96 x 20 = 192048 x 10 m12288 x 256018,240 kg / 40,212 lb307.2 kW, 1477 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, Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375E holds about 5,466 theater seats, 2,236 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 1,537 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 53 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

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