Tallinn Linnahall Heliport

Linnahall
Linnahall in 2006
Location within Estonia
Former names	V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport
General information
Type	Concert/Sports venue
Location	Tallinn, Estonia
Address	Mere puiestee 20
Coordinates	59°26′48″N 24°45′10″E / 59.44667°N 24.75278°E / 59.44667; 24.75278Coordinates: 59°26′48″N 24°45′10″E / 59.44667°N 24.75278°E / 59.44667; 24.75278
Completed	1980
Opened	1980
Design and construction
Architect	Raine Karp, Riina Altmäe

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 / 59.44806; 24.75333
Map
EECL Location in Estonia
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 8 26 Concrete
Sources: Estonian AIP

Linnahall is a former concert/sports venue in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated on 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 municipal government (Raad) of Tallinn, sometimes referred to as the Town Hall.

The 22nd Summer Olympic Games 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. 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. One of them was V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport, which was later renamed to its present name - Linnahall. A large concrete structure, architects of Linnahall are Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe.

The venue also features a heliport, with service to Helsinki, and a small port for Linda Line catamarans.

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 is planned for 2018-2019 and scheduled to reopen sometime in 2019. All of this is stated on a sign outside the hall.

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.