SATHYABAMA / CONVENTION CENTRE 13.0126°N · 80.2275°E · Chennai · IN
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· OPERATING · 06:00 — 00:00 IST · · 3,000 — 4,000 SEATS · · 60 m CLEAR SPAN · · 14 LOAD-IN BAYS · · OB-VAN BAY LIVE · · DOLBY ATMOS × 3 HALLS · · OPERATING · 06:00 — 00:00 IST · · 3,000 — 4,000 SEATS · · 60 m CLEAR SPAN · · 14 LOAD-IN BAYS · · OB-VAN BAY LIVE · · DOLBY ATMOS × 3 HALLS ·
 Facility · Available · 2026—2032

Infrastructure
for convening.

A 4,000-seat convention centre at the Sathyabama campus — specified as a broadcast facility, operated as a hotel, booked by the day or by the semester.

Book a slot → See the stack
Convention centre exterior at dusk
01 / Elevation, east. Rajiv Gandhi Salai.
Max assembly4,000
Clear span60 m
Halls04
Load-in bays14
OB tie-lines10 GbE
Egress6:40
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Capability

Four acoustically isolated halls under one roof. Every hall ships with its own stage, dock, HVAC, and FOH console — a daytime summit and an evening concert never share a wire.

GRAND3,000–4,000

Grand Hall

Convocations, state visits, concerts. Retractable tiered seating flips to a flat 2,500-cover banquet in 90 minutes.

  • 24 t flying truss grid
  • L-Acoustics K2 line array
  • 4K laser, 50 000 lm, 36 m throw
  • Processional aisles for convocations
CHAMBER650

Chamber Hall

Keynote room and parallel-track venue, independently serviced from the Grand Hall so programming can run concurrently.

  • Fixed tiered seating
  • Simultaneous interpretation, 5 channels
  • Dedicated OB tie-line
  • NR 20 isolation from adjacent spaces
STUDIO A / B220 × 2

Studio Theatres

Film-grade cinemas for premieres, viva voces, and workshops. Dual projection, Dolby Atmos, two-hour turn to next show.

  • Dolby Atmos 9.1.4
  • Dual 4K DCP projection
  • Isolated to NR 20
  • Independent lobby and bar
CONCOURSE2 800 m²

Pre-function Concourse

Registration, exhibition for 60 booths, catering for 2,500 standing. Daylight-washed, dimmable to black.

  • Rig points on 3 m grid
  • Two freight lifts, 2.5 t each
  • Double-height, 11 m to ceiling
  • Direct dock access
Grand hall interior
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Specified like a
broadcast facility.

Line-rated audio, broadcast fibre, climate holding +/- 1 °C at full occupancy, egress clear in six minutes forty — every surface instrumented, every system monitored from a single ops console.

Acoustic isolation
NR 20 between halls
Climate
7 °C ΔT · 4 000 pax
Vision
4K laser · 50 000 lm
Sound
L-Acoustics K2 · Atmos
Broadcast
10 GbE dark fibre · OB bay
Interpretation
5-ch SI · 1 800 receivers
Load-in
14 bays · 2 trailer docks
Egress
Full house in 6:40
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How it moves

Operations publishes targets. Monitoring posts the numbers. These are our ninety-day rolling medians.

96%Setup within SLAtarget 95%
6:40Full-house egressIS 1860 : 9:00
< 1 °CClimate drift at peakspec ± 2 °C
99.98%Power uptimedual-feed + UPS
12 minFOH changeoverindustry 20–30
₹ 400Student seat, standard₹ 1 200 premium
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Student seat booking opens 21 days before each event. Rental slots open 180 days out — anchor dates are already booked for the next four quarters, so get in early.