Parkside- at The Drake

Published dimensions

Parkside- is 16.8 x 7.6 m (55 x 25 ft), 128 m² (1,375 sq ft), with a 2.4 m (8 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 2.4 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 1 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 16.8 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 26 x 1 (5200 x 200 px, 203 kg, 4.2 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	22 x 1 = 22	13.2 x 0.3 m	16896 x 432	99 kg / 218 lb	1.9 kW, 9 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	26 x 1 = 26	13 x 0.5 m	5200 x 200	203 kg / 447 lb	4.2 kW, 20 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	26 x 1 = 26	13 x 0.5 m	3328 x 128	203 kg / 447 lb	3.6 kW, 18 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, Parkside- holds about 97 theater seats, 39 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 27 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 9.8 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at The Drake

Gold Coast Room-39.6 x 16.2 m (130 x 53 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling
Camellia Room-28.7 x 17.4 m (94 x 57 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom-28.3 x 17.1 m (93 x 56 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling
French--22.3 x 16.8 m (73 x 55 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Walton-35.7 x 7.9 m (117 x 26 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Club International-17.1 x 10.7 m (56 x 35 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Drake-16.5 x 10.7 m (54 x 35 ft) · 3.7 m ceiling
Walton North-20.1 x 7.9 m (66 x 26 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Walton South-15.2 x 7.9 m (50 x 26 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Georgian-17.7 x 5.2 m (58 x 17 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Venetian-17.1 x 5.2 m (56 x 17 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling
Huron-13.1 x 5.2 m (43 x 17 ft) · 2.4 m ceiling

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