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Bealey River Rooms at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre

Published dimensions

Bealey River Rooms is 20.7 x 20.7 m (68 x 68 ft), 429 m² (4,612 sq ft), with a 4.5 m (15 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

Shape approximate: the venue publishes area only, so this room is drawn as a square of equal area.

LED wall that fits

Under a 4.5 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 5 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 20.7 m wall a Absen A2 Pro wall runs 33 x 5 (5544 x 840 px, 1,650 kg, 30.5 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
9thPanel DW1.9 S Pro	1.875 mm	27 x 8 = 216	16.2 x 2.7 m	8640 x 1440	1,037 kg / 2,286 lb	54.9 kW, 264 A @ 208 V
Absen A2 Pro	2.97 mm	33 x 5 = 165	16.5 x 2.5 m	5544 x 840	1,650 kg / 3,638 lb	30.5 kW, 147 A @ 208 V
Absen A3 Pro	3.9 mm	33 x 5 = 165	16.5 x 2.5 m	4224 x 640	1,568 kg / 3,456 lb	26.4 kW, 127 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, Bealey River Rooms holds about 765 theater seats, 313 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 215 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 13.7 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre

Exhibition Halls39 x 72 m (128 x 236 ft) · 10.1 m ceiling
The Auditorium37 x 37 m (121 x 121 ft) · 10 m ceiling
The Rivers Room50 x 25 m (164 x 82 ft) · 5.9 m ceiling
Conway River Rooms19 x 43 m (62 x 141 ft) · 5.3 m ceiling
Dobson River Rooms12 x 39 m (39 x 128 ft) · 5 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre · Venues in Christchurch