Looking Glass at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel

Looking Glass is 18 x 14 m (59 x 46 ft), 252 m² (2,713 sq ft), with a 3.7 m (12 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 3.7 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 3 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 18 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 28 x 3 (4704 x 504 px, 840 kg, 15.5 kW).

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, Looking Glass holds about 373 theater seats, 152 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 105 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 11 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel

• Cloud Gate 1-386 x 38.4 m (282 x 126 ft) · 3 m ceiling
• Grand Ballroom40.5 x 24.4 m (133 x 80 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
• Explore25.3 x 25.3 m (83 x 83 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
• Grand Ballroom 1-3 or 4-6 + Corridor24.4 x 22.9 m (80 x 75 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
• Grand Ballroom 1-3 or 4-624.4 x 17.4 m (80 x 57 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
• Cloud Gate Ballroom 1-429.3 x 12.8 m (96 x 42 ft) · 3 m ceiling
• Grand Ballroom Foyer24.4 x 15.2 m (80 x 50 ft) · 5.2 m ceiling
• Grand Ballroom 1-2, 2-3, 4-5 OR 5-616 x 17.4 m (52 x 57 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
• Cloud Gate 1-2 or 3-48.5 x 25.6 m (28 x 84 ft) · 3 m ceiling
• Cloud Gate Ballroom Foyer14 x 14 m (46 x 46 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
• Looking Glass Foyer13.1 x 12.8 m (43 x 42 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
• Grand Ballroom 18.5 x 17.4 m (28 x 57 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling

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