Grand Millennium Auckland has unveiled its ballroom transformation following an extensive makeover that features a custom-designed lighting sculpture by James Russ Studio, an 11.5m LED wall, and updated interiors.
Adorning the entire ballroom ceiling, The Sky Garden lighting sculpture handcrafted by James Russ Studio features over a million hand-assembled LED lights.
Drawing inspiration from spring blossoms of pink, purple and white wisteria flowers, the lighting sculpture embraces viewers in an immersive experience, adaptable across three dimmable settings.
The carpet design is inspired by the Wai o Horotiu stream that charts its course under the city and flows to Te Waitematā harbour. Changing colour tones reflect a widening of the river connecting to a sense of place and grounding the ballroom’s interior and experience to the past, and the city’s future.
The Grand Ballroom is one of the largest ballrooms in Auckland ideal for catering to a 1,000-guest cocktail function, 800 delegates for a theatre-style conference or a 550-guest banquet. The 830m2 space can be separated into four sections for smaller events that are all accessible via the pre-function area with views of Auckland city.
To celebrate the new-look ballroom, Grand Millennium Auckland is offering complimentary usage of the LED wall for gala dinners with 300+ people booked and held in 2024.
The Grand Ballroom refresh forms part of Grand Millennium Auckland’s extensive NZ$30 million (US$18 million) makeover across its F&B venues, meetings and events spaces and guestrooms.
