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Grand Ballroom at New York Hilton Midtown

Published dimensions

Grand Ballroom is 61.6 x 26.8 m (202 x 88 ft), 1,651 m² (17,770 sq ft), with a 7.3 m (24 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 7.3 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 11 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 61.6 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 98 x 11 (19600 x 2200 px, 8,408 kg, 172.5 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	82 x 16 = 1312	49.2 x 5.4 m	62976 x 6912	5,904 kg / 13,016 lb	116.1 kW, 558 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	98 x 11 = 1078	49 x 5.5 m	19600 x 2200	8,408 kg / 18,537 lb	172.5 kW, 829 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	98 x 11 = 1078	49 x 5.5 m	12544 x 1408	8,408 kg / 18,537 lb	150.9 kW, 726 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 3,482 theater seats, 1,424 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 979 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 54.6 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at New York Hilton Midtown

South and East Corridor59.7 x 79.9 m (196 x 262 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Rhinelander Complex59.4 x 75.6 m (195 x 248 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Rhinelander - Murray Hill A59.4 x 62.5 m (195 x 205 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Rhinelander & Gramercy59.4 x 49.7 m (195 x 163 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Rhinelander - Gramercy A59.4 x 40.2 m (195 x 132 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom East & East Foyer47.2 x 44.2 m (155 x 145 ft) · 7.3 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom East & West32.3 x 62.5 m (106 x 205 ft) · 7.3 m ceiling
Americas Hall I53.3 x 28.7 m (175 x 94 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Americas Hall II53.3 x 28.7 m (175 x 94 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
3rd Floor Promenade12.5 x 114.6 m (41 x 376 ft) · 3.4 m ceiling
Grand Ballroom East32.3 x 44.2 m (106 x 145 ft) · 7.3 m ceiling
Rendezvous Trianon, Petit Trianon, & Trianon59.7 x 21 m (196 x 69 ft) · 6.1 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at New York Hilton Midtown · Venues in New York