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E354/Lakeside at McCormick Place

Published dimensions

E354/Lakeside is 91.3 x 33.2 m (300 x 109 ft), 3,031 m² (32,628 sq ft), with a 14.6 m (48 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

91.3 m / 300 ft33.2 m / 109 ft grid 10 m

LED wall that fits

Under a 14.6 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 25 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 91.3 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 146 x 25 (24528 x 4200 px, 36,500 kg, 675.3 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro1.875 mm121 x 38 = 459872.6 x 12.8 m38720 x 684022,070 kg / 48,656 lb1167.9 kW, 5615 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro2.97 mm146 x 25 = 365073 x 12.5 m24528 x 420036,500 kg / 80,468 lb675.3 kW, 3246 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro3.9 mm146 x 25 = 365073 x 12.5 m18688 x 320034,675 kg / 76,445 lb584 kW, 2808 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, E354/Lakeside holds about 6,549 theater seats, 2,679 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 1,841 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 84.3 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

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