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Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375DE at Marriott Marquis Chicago

Published dimensions

Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place W375DE is 60 x 69.5 m (197 x 228 ft), 4,170 m² (44,885 sq ft), with a 12.2 m (40 ft) ceiling.

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Plan view

60 m / 197 ft69.5 m / 228 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 69.5 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 111 x 20 (22200 x 4000 px, 17,316 kg, 355.2 kW).

PanelPitchWall (cols x rows)SizeResolutionWeightPower (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.780.78 mm92 x 30 = 276055.2 x 10.1 m70656 x 1296012,420 kg / 27,381 lb244.2 kW, 1174 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V22.5 mm111 x 20 = 222055.5 x 10 m22200 x 400017,316 kg / 38,175 lb355.2 kW, 1708 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V23.9 mm111 x 20 = 222055.5 x 10 m14208 x 256017,316 kg / 38,175 lb310.8 kW, 1494 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 W375DE holds about 9,080 theater seats, 3,714 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 2,553 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 62.5 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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