French-- at The Drake

Published dimensions

French-- is 22.3 x 16.8 m (73 x 55 ft), 375 m² (4,032 sq ft), with a 3 m (10 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 3 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 2 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 22.3 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 35 x 2 (5880 x 336 px, 700 kg, 13 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro	1.875 mm	29 x 3 = 87	17.4 x 1 m	9280 x 540	418 kg / 921 lb	22.1 kW, 106 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro	2.97 mm	35 x 2 = 70	17.5 x 1 m	5880 x 336	700 kg / 1,543 lb	13 kW, 62 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro	3.9 mm	35 x 2 = 70	17.5 x 1 m	4480 x 256	665 kg / 1,466 lb	11.2 kW, 54 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, French-- holds about 645 theater seats, 264 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 181 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 15.3 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at The Drake

Gold Coast Room-39.6 x 16.2 m (130 x 53 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling
Camellia Room-28.7 x 17.4 m (94 x 57 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom-28.3 x 17.1 m (93 x 56 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling
Walton-35.7 x 7.9 m (117 x 26 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Club International-17.1 x 10.7 m (56 x 35 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Drake-16.5 x 10.7 m (54 x 35 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
Walton North-20.1 x 7.9 m (66 x 26 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Parkside-16.8 x 7.6 m (55 x 25 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Walton South-15.2 x 7.9 m (50 x 26 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Georgian-17.7 x 5.2 m (58 x 17 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Venetian-17.1 x 5.2 m (56 x 17 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Huron-13.1 x 5.2 m (43 x 17 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-04. All rooms at The Drake · Venues in Chicago