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Support for your hotel event is our priority. Our Southern California warehouse was sited to speed deliveries to Downtown Los Angeles — including LA’s largest ballroom and the 45,000 sq ft Plaza Pool Deck at the iconic cylindrical towers on Figueroa.
Sizes and capacities from the hotel’s published Marriott / Cvent capacity chart. Production notes are how Above the Line typically outfits each space.
Los Angeles’ largest ballroom. Built for general sessions, awards, product reveals, and seated dinners of more than 2,000.
Full-width or dual LED walls on the long axis, flown line array across 214 feet, and uplight in the coffers. LED composite treatment available on request with current floor photography.
Strong secondary room for breakouts, dinners, and concurrent programming next to the main ballroom.
Theater 432 · Banquet 320 · Classroom 213 · Reception 500
Stage LED or dual projection plus LD Systems CURV 500 columns and small subs under the 10-foot ceiling.
Third-floor ballroom for mid-size general sessions and dinners.
Theater ~980 · Banquet ~660 · Reception ~1,000
Compact LED wall or dual projection with ground-supported array or CURV columns.
Published Marriott / Cvent figures for The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles. Confirm current limits with the hotel.
| Room | Sq ft | H | Theater | Banquet | Classroom | Reception |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Ballroom | 26,108 | 18' | 3,000 | 2,120 | 1,454 | 3,000 |
| San Gabriel | 3,984 | 10' | 432 | 320 | 213 | 500 |
| Beaudry B | 2,332 | 10' | 174 | 170 | 84 | 250 |
| Palos Verdes | 1,365 | 9' | 122 | 72 | ||
| La Brea | 483 | 10' | 40 | 40 | 18 | 30 |
| La Cienega | 391 | 10' | 30 | 30 | 18 | 30 |
| Total event space 166,552 sq ft across 44–47 venues including Plaza Pool Deck (~45,000 sq ft outdoor). Figures from Marriott events page and Cvent. Confirm with hotel. | ||||||
From compact speakers to full line-array systems. Flown or ground-supported arrays for the 214-foot California Ballroom; CURV 500 columns in San Gabriel and smaller rooms.
Bright laser projectors for secondary screens, breakouts, and when LED is not the primary surface.
Stage wash, coffer uplight, and architectural looks that work with the cylindrical tower aesthetic and Plaza Pool Deck evenings.
Indoor high-def LED panels sized to the California Ballroom long axis or stage. Outdoor-rated panels for the Plaza Pool Deck.
IMAG, multi-camera switching, and streaming so remote attendees see the same program as the 3,000-seat theater setup.
Floor plans drawn against the actual Bonaventure plates — columns, airwalls, and pool-deck hardscape — before the truck leaves our Southern California warehouse.
Streaming systems and crew so remote attendees get a clean program with the same show clock as the live floor.
Bring us in early for an itemized budget. Open, clear estimates — no hidden service charges — matched to the BEO.
Southern California inventory reaches Figueroa quickly. Same-day and next-day support for Bonaventure load-ins.
Technicians who know large downtown ballrooms, multi-level campuses, and outdoor pool-deck power.
Audio, video, lighting, LED, staging, and content under one roof — not a collection of subcontractors.
From the US and Canada to Mexico and beyond — and next door across the LA metro from Southern California.
Walk-in graphics, PowerPoint assistance, post-event editing and upload. Content that belongs in a 26,000 sq ft ballroom.
Detailed, itemized budgets. We assist in execution so every dollar on the BEO shows up on the floor.
Decades of creating, managing, and producing events of all sizes. Working with you every step of the way.
Open, clear estimates that track every item and explain why it is on the plot. No hidden service charges.
Our team creates end-to-end solutions for all of your event needs — speaker services, content management, and special events — from concept and digital design through content testing and execution on the California Ballroom floor and Plaza Pool Deck.
Learn More →From general sessions that land to breakout rooms that run smoothly, we deliver the digital services, audiovisual technology, and back-end systems that engage attendees in the towers and on the deck.
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Send an RFP and we’ll be happy to put together an itemized quote.
