Linnahall

Linnahall Heliport
Linnahall Heliport
	IATA: none; ICAO: EECL;
Summary
Airport type	Private
Serves	Tallinn
Location	Tallinn, Estonia
Elevation AMSL	17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	59°26′53″N 024°45′12″E / 59.44806°N 24.75333°E
Map
	EECL Location in Estonia
Helipads
	Sources: Estonian AIP

Linnahall
	View of venue seen from the Pirita (c.2006)
Former names	V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport (1980-91)
Address	Mere puiestee 20; 10111Tallinn; Estonia
Location	Kalamaja
Owner	Tallinna linnavalitsus
Operator	Tallinna Linnahalli Aktsiaselts
Capacity	4,200
Construction
Broke ground	1975
Opened	19 July 1980
Architect	Riina Altmäe, Raine Karp
Website
	Venue Website

59°26′48″N 24°45′10″E / 59.44667°N 24.75278°E / 59.44667; 24.75278

Linnahall (Estonian: Tallinna Linnahall, 'Tallinn City Hall') (originally the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports) is a multi-purpose venue in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated in the harbour, just beyond the walls of the Old Town, and was completed in 1980. It is not to be confused with the primary administrative building of the historical municipal government (Raad) of Tallinn, often referred to as the Town Hall. The venue also features a heliport and a small sea port (formerly used by Copterline and Linda Line for connections to Helsinki).

The venue

The 1980 Summer Olympics were hosted in Moscow in 1980. As inland Moscow had no suitable venue at which to stage the sailing event this task fell to Tallinn, the capital of then Estonian SSR.^[1] Apart from the main venue for the sailing event, Pirita Yachting Centre, a lot of other sports and entertainment facilities were built during preparations for the Olympics.^[2] One of them was "V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport", which was later renamed to its present name - Linnahall.^[3] A large concrete structure, architects of Linnahall are Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe.

The ice hall part of the venue closed in 2009 and the concert hall closed in 2010. The city searched for Investors from 2009-2015 and in 2015 Tallinn city council decided to renovate Linnahall. Analysis by experts, project description, procurement for design and construction services started in 2015 and is expected to be finalized in 2017. Renovation and construction was planned for 2018-2019 and scheduled to reopen sometime in 2019. All of this was stated on a sign outside the hall, but renovation was postponed.

Noted performers

Linnahall Heliport

Linnahall Heliport (ICAO: EECL), is a heliport at the Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia. It was used by Copterline for its flights to Helsinki Hernesaari Heliport in Helsinki, Finland. It is the only publicly used heliport in Estonia.

Gallery

Linnahall
Tallinn Linnahall Heliport
Helicopter belonging to Holmar OÜ, an Estonian aircraft operator parked in Tallinn Linnahall Heliport
Linnahall from the city
Linnahall panorama
Linnahall looking towards Tallinn
Linnahall panorama towards the docks
Panorama from Linnahall
Fast ferries docked at Linnahall
Graffiti on Linnahall
Linnahall viewed from the west