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Grand Ballroom at Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center

Published dimensions

Grand Ballroom is 39.6 x 74.7 m (130 x 245 ft), 2,958 m² (31,841 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 74.7 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 119 x 11 (23800 x 2200 px, 10,210 kg, 209.4 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	99 x 17 = 1683	59.4 x 5.7 m	76032 x 7344	7,574 kg / 16,697 lb	148.9 kW, 716 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	119 x 11 = 1309	59.5 x 5.5 m	23800 x 2200	10,210 kg / 22,509 lb	209.4 kW, 1007 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	119 x 11 = 1309	59.5 x 5.5 m	15232 x 1408	10,210 kg / 22,509 lb	183.3 kW, 881 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 6,386 theater seats, 2,612 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 1,796 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 67.7 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center

Exhibit Hall C129.5 x 85.3 m (425 x 280 ft) · 10.7 m ceiling
Exhibit Hall B129.5 x 82.9 m (425 x 272 ft) · 10.7 m ceiling
Exhibit Hall A129.5 x 82 m (425 x 269 ft) · 9.1 m ceiling
Atlantic Ballroom112.2 x 53.9 m (368 x 177 ft) · 8.8 m ceiling
Floridian Ballroom57.9 x 34.1 m (190 x 112 ft) · 7.6 m ceiling
Sandpiper Ballroom38.7 x 35.4 m (127 x 116 ft) · 7 m ceiling
Grand East PreFunction31.4 x 31.4 m (103 x 103 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Floridian Prefunction29.9 x 29.9 m (98 x 98 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling
Palm Ballroom AB42.7 x 20.4 m (140 x 67 ft) · 4.3 m ceiling
Grand South Prefunction29.4 x 29.4 m (96 x 96 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Palm Prefunction25 x 25 m (82 x 82 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
202/205 Prefunction22.9 x 22.9 m (75 x 75 ft) · 3.1 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center · Venues in Fort Lauderdale