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Support for your hotel event is our priority. Our Southern California warehouse was sited to speed deliveries to top venues in Hollywood — including the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Hollywood Ballroom, Pool Terrace, and breakout rooms at Loews Hollywood Hotel, 1755 North Highland Avenue, connected to Hollywood & Highland and the Dolby Theatre.
Sizes and capacities from the hotel’s published function-space chart. Production notes are how Above the Line typically outfits each space.
The hotel’s largest venue. Dramatic 25-foot ceilings, divisible salons, and scale for general sessions, awards, and large seated dinners. Adjacent to the Dolby Theatre campus.
High-trim LED under 25 feet on the long axis, flown line array, IMAG for large theater sets.
Pillar-free mezzanine ballroom with 15-foot ceilings. Used for press, dinners, and mid-size sessions. Splits into studios.
Theater 650 · Banquet 540 · Classroom 500 · Reception 650
CURV 500 columns or compact array under 15 feet; low-profile LED or laser projection.
Rooftop terrace with views toward the Hollywood Sign. Strong for receptions and evening programs.
Reception 550 · Banquet 300
Outdoor-rated LED, weather-covered consoles, battery or generator. Plot wind and sunset.
Mid-size rooms for dinners, breakouts, and receptions. Preston’s supports larger social programs.
Preston’s reception 350 · banquet 240 · Mt. Olympus theater 140
Ground-stack LED and point-source PA so the rooms still read as hotel ballrooms.
Mezzanine breakouts and the high-floor Panorama suite with city views. Ideal for breakouts and intimate programs.
Canyon combined theater up to 500 · Panorama reception 40
Discreet point-source and compact LED or projection under 11–12 foot ceilings.
Published Loews Hollywood Hotel function-space figures. Confirm current airwall and fire-code limits with the hotel.
| Room | Sq ft | H | Banquet | Theater | Classroom | Reception |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Dolby Ballroom | 25,090 | 25' | 1,700 | 4,320 | 1,950 | 2,400 |
| Dolby Salons 1–2 | 9,532 | 25' | 500 | 700 | 500 | 700 |
| Hollywood Ballroom | 7,932 | 15' | 540 | 650 | 500 | 650 |
| Pool Terrace | 10,000 | open | 300 | 550 | ||
| Preston’s | 4,820 | 12' | 240 | 260 | 144 | 350 |
| Mt. Olympus | 1,560 | 11' | 110 | 140 | 90 | 140 |
| Property published total | ~76,000 |
From compact speakers to full line-array systems. CURV 500 columns for Hollywood Ballroom. Flown arrays for the Ray Dolby under 25-foot ceilings.
Bright and detailed laser projection up to 30,000 lumens — enough to hold an image on large Dolby screens or in the Hollywood Ballroom.
Looks that elevate every event. High-trim fixtures for the Dolby, discreet house looks in breakouts, and terrace-safe outdoor fixtures on the Pool Terrace.
Indoor and outdoor high-def LED panels sized to the room. Full-width walls in the Ray Dolby or compact ground stacks in the Hollywood Ballroom.
IMAG and multi-camera for large theater sets. Clean feeds for hybrid or recording when the program must look as good on screen as in the room.
Floor plans drawn from current hotel plates — airwalls, load-in paths, chandelier drops — before the truck leaves our Southern California warehouse.
Streaming systems and crew so remote attendees get a clean program on the same show clock as the room in Hollywood.
Itemized estimates early. Open numbers so the banquet event order matches what is actually in the room.
Equipment is important, but human behavior is even more crucial. Expert technicians dedicated to service and your success — including the hotel banquet and AV staff in the building.
Our Southern California warehouse was sited to speed deliveries to Hollywood, the coast, and Orange County. Support for your hotel event is our priority.
LED walls, line arrays, CURV 500, lighting, projection, and broadcast cameras — one shop, one crew, one call.
Short drive to Highland Avenue. We stage gear so load-in windows stay tight and the show clock stays on time.
One point of contact from site walk to strike. Plots, labor, and power shared with the hotel team before the first case rolls.
Itemized quotes. No surprise service charges. The number on the estimate is the number that lands on the invoice.
We right-size the system to the room and the audience — full Dolby LED when it matters, compact CURV when the Hollywood Ballroom is the right scale.
CAD, show files, and shared docs so planners, hotel ops, and our crew stay on the same page from the first walk-through.
Tell us the room, the date, and the rough headcount. We will come back with a clear system and a clear number.
Or call 562.605.4980 / email sales@aboveav.com · Southern California.
