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Festival Hall B at Navy Pier - Chicago

Published dimensions

Festival Hall B is 82.3 x 64 m (270 x 210 ft), 5,267 m² (56,696 sq ft), with a 18.3 m (60 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

82.3 m / 270 ft64 m / 210 ft grid 10 m

LED wall that fits

Under a 18.3 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 32 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 82.3 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 131 x 32 (22008 x 5376 px, 41,920 kg, 775.5 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro1.875 mm109 x 48 = 523265.4 x 16.2 m34880 x 864025,114 kg / 55,365 lb1328.9 kW, 6389 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro2.97 mm131 x 32 = 419265.5 x 16 m22008 x 537641,920 kg / 92,417 lb775.5 kW, 3728 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro3.9 mm131 x 32 = 419265.5 x 16 m16768 x 409639,824 kg / 87,796 lb670.7 kW, 3225 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, Festival Hall B holds about 11,518 theater seats, 4,711 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 3,239 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 75.3 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

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