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Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375ABC at Marriott Marquis Chicago

Published dimensions

Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375ABC is 63.4 x 76.8 m (208 x 252 ft), 4,869 m² (52,411 sq ft), with a 12.2 m (40 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

63.4 m / 208 ft76.8 m / 252 ft grid 10 m

LED wall that fits

Under a 12.2 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 20 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 76.8 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 122 x 20 (24400 x 4000 px, 19,032 kg, 390.4 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.780.78 mm102 x 30 = 306061.2 x 10.1 m78336 x 1296013,770 kg / 30,357 lb270.8 kW, 1302 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V22.5 mm122 x 20 = 244061 x 10 m24400 x 400019,032 kg / 41,958 lb390.4 kW, 1877 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V23.9 mm122 x 20 = 244061 x 10 m15616 x 256019,032 kg / 41,958 lb341.6 kW, 1642 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, Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375ABC holds about 10,633 theater seats, 4,350 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 2,990 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 69.8 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

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

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