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Avedon Ballroom at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel

Published dimensions

Avedon Ballroom is 33.5 x 21.5 m (110 x 71 ft), 720 m² (7,753 sq ft), with a 4.7 m (15 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 4.7 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 5 rows of 500 mm tile flown. Along the 33.5 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 53 x 5 (10600 x 1000 px, 2,067 kg, 42.4 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	44 x 8 = 352	26.4 x 2.7 m	33792 x 3456	1,584 kg / 3,492 lb	31.1 kW, 150 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	53 x 5 = 265	26.5 x 2.5 m	10600 x 1000	2,067 kg / 4,557 lb	42.4 kW, 204 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	53 x 5 = 265	26.5 x 2.5 m	6784 x 640	2,067 kg / 4,557 lb	37.1 kW, 178 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, Avedon Ballroom holds about 1,413 theater seats, 578 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 397 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 26.5 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

Other rooms at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel

Montrose24.3 x 30.2 m (80 x 99 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Cassatt Ballroom33.5 x 21.5 m (110 x 71 ft) · 4.7 m ceiling
Guggenheim Ballroom19.1 x 35.4 m (63 x 116 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Louvre Ballroom18.1 x 35.5 m (59 x 116 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Avedon CD21.6 x 22.3 m (71 x 73 ft) · 4.9 m ceiling
Cassatt CD21.6 x 22.3 m (71 x 73 ft) · 4.9 m ceiling
Grand Foyer & Alcoves30.5 x 14.9 m (100 x 49 ft) · 3 m ceiling
Guggenheim 1-219.2 x 23.5 m (63 x 77 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Guggenheim 2-319.2 x 23.5 m (63 x 77 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Louvre 1-218.3 x 23.8 m (60 x 78 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Louvre 2-318.3 x 23.8 m (60 x 78 ft) · 4.6 m ceiling
Metropolitan14.6 x 19.5 m (48 x 64 ft) · 3 m ceiling

Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-05. All rooms at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel · Venues in Rosemont