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Tip Top Tap Ballroom - South at Warwick Allerton Chicago

Published dimensions

Tip Top Tap Ballroom - South is 17.4 x 9.8 m (57 x 32 ft), 171 m² (1,835 sq ft), with a 7.6 m (25 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 7.6 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 11 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 17.4 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 27 x 11 (5400 x 2200 px, 2,317 kg, 47.5 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	23 x 17 = 391	13.8 x 5.7 m	17664 x 7344	1,760 kg / 3,879 lb	34.6 kW, 166 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	27 x 11 = 297	13.5 x 5.5 m	5400 x 2200	2,317 kg / 5,107 lb	47.5 kW, 228 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	27 x 11 = 297	13.5 x 5.5 m	3456 x 1408	2,317 kg / 5,107 lb	41.6 kW, 200 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, Tip Top Tap Ballroom - South holds about 192 theater seats, 78 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 54 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 10.4 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Warwick Allerton Chicago

Tip Top Tap Ballroom32.6 x 9.8 m (107 x 32 ft) · 7.6 m ceiling
Buckingham Ballroom10.4 x 19.8 m (34 x 65 ft) · 5.5 m ceiling
Tip Top Tap Ballroom - North15.2 x 9.8 m (50 x 32 ft) · 7.6 m ceiling
Frank Lloyd Wright10.4 x 9.4 m (34 x 31 ft) · 2.1 m ceiling
Huron9.8 x 9.8 m (32 x 32 ft) · 7.6 m ceiling
Michigan9.8 x 9.8 m (32 x 32 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Olmstead7 x 10.7 m (23 x 35 ft) · 2.1 m ceiling
Mies Van Der Rohe6.1 x 10.7 m (20 x 35 ft) · 2.1 m ceiling
Sullivan5.5 x 8.2 m (18 x 27 ft) · 2.1 m ceiling
Ogden Boardroom4.6 x 9.4 m (15 x 31 ft) · 2.1 m ceiling
Burnham Boardroom4.9 x 8.2 m (16 x 27 ft) · 2.1 m ceiling

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