Tennispalatsi ( sv, Tennispalatset; lit. ''Tennis Palace''), is an enclosed cultural and recreational center in Kamppi,

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. It houses a

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multiplex movie theatre, the

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, the Museum of Cultures, and small shops. Tennispalatsi was built in 1938 in preparation for the

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. The functionalist building, which had four

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courts, was designed by Helge Lundström. In the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

the

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preliminary games were held in Tennispalatsi.

Movie theatre complex

has a 14-theatre

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in Tennispalatsi. It was opened on 26 February 1999. The theater sizes are from 92 to 703 seats. The largest theater has a screen of (). All the rooms use

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, DTS and

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technologies. They also fulfill the

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standards although they are no longer THX certified after Finnkino quit paying the THX licensing fees in 2004; the THX logos no longer are used in Tennispalatsi or Finnkino's marketing. Tennispalatsi is one of the two big Finnkino movie theatre multiplexes in Helsinki, along with Kinopalatsi. According to Finnkino, it was the world's first movie theatre to utilize THX and SDDS in all its auditoriums.

References

External links

Tennis Palace Art Museum - Building and History1952 Summer Olympics official report.
p. 57.
Official site at FINNKINO
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