Editing Potsdamer Platz (section)

==Facilities and attractions==
The rebuilt Potsdamer Platz now{{when|date=September 2022}} attracts around 70,000 visitors a day, rising to 100,000 at weekends. It is a particularly popular attraction for visitors: the "Arkaden" shopping mall is {{cvt|180|m}} in length. There are also four major hotels, and Europe's largest [[casino]] ([[Spielbank Berlin]]).{{cn|date=September 2022}}

===Film and theatre===
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The Theater am Potsdamer Platz is a [[musical theatre|theatre for musicals]] seating over 1600 people.<ref>{{cite web | title=CinemaxX | website=Potsdamer Platz | date=6 December 2018 | url=https://potsdamerplatz.de/en/properties/cinemaxx/ | access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref> It is known as the [[Berlinale Palast]] during the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], serving as the venue for the premieres of competition films and several special gala films, as well as the opening and awards ceremonies.<ref>{{cite web | title=Festival Map: Berlinale Palast | website =Berlinale | url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/service/map/map.html?loc=berlinale-palast | access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>

The CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz is a [[multiplex cinema]] containing 19 screens and seating up to 3,500 people.<ref>{{cite web | title=CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, DE | website=Cinema Treasures  | url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43646 | access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref> It has been the main Berlinale screening cinema since 2000, two years after its opening in 1998.<ref>{{cite web | title=Festival Map: CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz| website =Berlinale | url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/service/map/map.html?loc=cinemaxx-am-potsdamer-platz | access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref> 

Since 2000, the two Potsdamer Platz venues have served as the two principal venues of the festival.<ref>{{cite web | title=Berlinale beginnings | website=Variety | date=8 February 2012 | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/berlinale-beginnings-1118049905/ | access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref>

=== Newer buildings ===
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File:Berlin Ampel.jpg|Potsdamer Platz (2005); In background left Beisheim Centre, right Delbrück-Hochhaus now P5
File:Train station Berlin Potsdamer Platz.jpg|[[Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station|Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz]] entrance hall (2005)
File:Berlinale2007.jpg|[[Berlinale Palast]], 2007
File:Potsdamer Platz 2007.jpg|Potsdamer Platz: Sony Centre and Bahn Tower (2007)
File:PotsdamerplatzBerlin.JPG|New Potsdamer Strasse towards P. Platz (2007; Bahn Tower left, Kollhoff Tower rhs)
File:Potsdamer Platz 200807.jpg|Residential building by [[Richard Rogers]] (2008)
File:DBBuildingBerling150809.jpg|Sony Centre's Bahn Tower (2009)
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