Home / Venues / Pendry Chicago / Grand Ballroom

Grand Ballroom at Pendry Chicago

Published dimensions

Grand Ballroom is 12.2 x 23.8 m (40 x 78 ft), 290 m² (3,126 sq ft), with a 6.1 m (20 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 6.1 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 8 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 23.8 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 38 x 8 (7600 x 1600 px, 2,371 kg, 48.6 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	31 x 12 = 372	18.6 x 4.1 m	23808 x 5184	1,674 kg / 3,691 lb	32.9 kW, 158 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	38 x 8 = 304	19 x 4 m	7600 x 1600	2,371 kg / 5,228 lb	48.6 kW, 234 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	38 x 8 = 304	19 x 4 m	4864 x 1024	2,371 kg / 5,228 lb	42.6 kW, 205 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, Grand Ballroom holds about 458 theater seats, 187 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 128 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 16.8 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Pendry Chicago

Grand Ballroom - Pre-function16.2 x 25.6 m (53 x 84 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Gallery Ballroom6.4 x 33.5 m (21 x 110 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Grand 1 & 214.6 x 14.6 m (48 x 48 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Gallery 2, 3, 4, & 513.3 x 13.3 m (44 x 44 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Grand 2 & 313.2 x 13.2 m (43 x 43 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Gallery 1, 2, 3, 412.2 x 12.2 m (40 x 40 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Gallery 3, 4, & 511.9 x 11.9 m (39 x 39 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Chateau Carbide Rooftop East11.8 x 11.8 m (39 x 39 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
Chateau Carbide Rooftop West11.8 x 11.8 m (39 x 39 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
Grand 112.2 x 9.4 m (40 x 31 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling
Gallery 1, 2, & 310.5 x 10.5 m (34 x 34 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Gallery 4 & 510.2 x 10.2 m (33 x 33 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at Pendry Chicago · Venues in Chicago