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Exhibt hall 1 & 2 at John S. Knight Center

Published dimensionsLargest room

Exhibt hall 1 & 2 is 48.8 x 54.6 m (160 x 179 ft), 2,665 m² (28,680 sq ft), with a 10.7 m (35 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

48.8 m / 160 ft54.6 m / 179 ft grid 5 m

LED wall that fits

Under a 10.7 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 17 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 54.6 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 87 x 17 (17400 x 3400 px, 11,536 kg, 236.6 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.780.78 mm72 x 26 = 187243.2 x 8.8 m55296 x 112328,424 kg / 18,572 lb165.7 kW, 796 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V22.5 mm87 x 17 = 147943.5 x 8.5 m17400 x 340011,536 kg / 25,433 lb236.6 kW, 1138 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V23.9 mm87 x 17 = 147943.5 x 8.5 m11136 x 217611,536 kg / 25,433 lb207.1 kW, 995 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, Exhibt hall 1 & 2 holds about 5,734 theater seats, 2,345 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 1,612 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 47.6 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at John S. Knight Center

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at John S. Knight Center · Venues in Akron

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