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Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375C at Marriott Marquis Chicago

Published dimensions

Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375C is 27.4 x 88.4 m (90 x 290 ft), 2,422 m² (26,072 sq ft), with a 12.2 m (40 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

27.4 m / 90 ft88.4 m / 290 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 88.4 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 141 x 20 (28200 x 4000 px, 21,996 kg, 451.2 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.780.78 mm117 x 30 = 351070.2 x 10.1 m89856 x 1296015,795 kg / 34,822 lb310.6 kW, 1493 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V22.5 mm141 x 20 = 282070.5 x 10 m28200 x 400021,996 kg / 48,492 lb451.2 kW, 2169 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V23.9 mm141 x 20 = 282070.5 x 10 m18048 x 256021,996 kg / 48,492 lb394.8 kW, 1898 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 W375C holds about 5,195 theater seats, 2,125 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 1,461 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 81.4 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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