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Explore at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel

Published dimensions

Explore is 25.3 x 25.3 m (83 x 83 ft), 640 m² (6,890 sq ft), with a 3.7 m (12 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

Shape approximate: the venue publishes area only, so this room is drawn as a square of equal area.

LED wall that fits

Under a 3.7 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 3 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 25.3 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 40 x 3 (8000 x 600 px, 936 kg, 19.2 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	33 x 5 = 165	19.8 x 1.7 m	25344 x 2160	743 kg / 1,637 lb	14.6 kW, 70 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	40 x 3 = 120	20 x 1.5 m	8000 x 600	936 kg / 2,064 lb	19.2 kW, 92 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	40 x 3 = 120	20 x 1.5 m	5120 x 384	936 kg / 2,064 lb	16.8 kW, 81 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, Explore holds about 1,235 theater seats, 505 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 347 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 18.3 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel

Cloud Gate 1-386 x 38.4 m (282 x 126 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom40.5 x 24.4 m (133 x 80 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom 1-3 or 4-6 + Corridor24.4 x 22.9 m (80 x 75 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom 1-3 or 4-624.4 x 17.4 m (80 x 57 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
Cloud Gate Ballroom 1-429.3 x 12.8 m (96 x 42 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom Foyer24.4 x 15.2 m (80 x 50 ft) · 5.2 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom 1-2, 2-3, 4-5 OR 5-616 x 17.4 m (52 x 57 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling
Looking Glass18 x 14 m (59 x 46 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
Cloud Gate 1-2 or 3-48.5 x 25.6 m (28 x 84 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Cloud Gate Ballroom Foyer14 x 14 m (46 x 46 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling
Looking Glass Foyer13.1 x 12.8 m (43 x 42 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom 18.5 x 17.4 m (28 x 57 ft) · 5.4 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-04. All rooms at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel · Venues in Chicago