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Crystal Ballroom at Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago

Published dimensions

Crystal Ballroom is 29 x 15.8 m (95 x 52 ft), 458 m² (4,932 sq ft), with a 7.6 m (25 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 7.6 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 11 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 29 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 46 x 11 (7728 x 1848 px, 5,060 kg, 93.6 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro	1.875 mm	38 x 17 = 646	22.8 x 5.7 m	12160 x 3060	3,101 kg / 6,836 lb	164.1 kW, 789 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro	2.97 mm	46 x 11 = 506	23 x 5.5 m	7728 x 1848	5,060 kg / 11,155 lb	93.6 kW, 450 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro	3.9 mm	46 x 11 = 506	23 x 5.5 m	5888 x 1408	4,807 kg / 10,598 lb	81 kW, 389 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, Crystal Ballroom holds about 831 theater seats, 340 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 233 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 22 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago

Towers+Promenade24 x 24 m (79 x 79 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Mezzanine Level17.8 x 17.8 m (58 x 58 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
Towers East13.7 x 13.4 m (45 x 44 ft) · 4.9 m ceiling
Towers West13.7 x 13.4 m (45 x 44 ft) · 4.9 m ceiling
Continental11.9 x 13.1 m (39 x 43 ft) · 2.7 m ceiling
Prince of Wales9.4 x 14.3 m (31 x 47 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Heritage14.3 x 7.6 m (47 x 25 ft) · 2.7 m ceiling
Promenade9.9 x 9.9 m (32 x 32 ft) · 2.7 m ceiling
Executive Boardroom12.2 x 4.3 m (40 x 14 ft) · 2.7 m ceiling
Parlor G7.3 x 4.3 m (24 x 14 ft) · 2.7 m ceiling
Parlors A-F (Total six rooms)7.3 x 4.3 m (24 x 14 ft) · 2.7 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-04. All rooms at Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago · Venues in Chicago