Letňany is an area of Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1307, and became part of Prague in 1968. It has been part of the Prague 9 administrative district since 2001, having previously been in the local government district of Prague 18, and it has its own cadastral area (also called "Prague 18"). There is a large shopping mall, "Obchodní centrum Letňany", which has a shopping area in excess of 125,000 m2.[1]

Letňany was the site of the aircraft industry (Avia and Letov), but as the industry gradually declined Letňany became a mostly residential district. There are two airports – the non-public international Letňany airport and Kbely military airport.

Nearby Letňany metro station opened in May 2008, on the new extension of Line C on the Prague Metro.

Government

The Air Accidents Investigation Institute has its head office in Letňany.[2]

Concerts

The place has also been used as the venue for some big concerts, including AC/DC, Ed Sheeran, Rolling Stones, or Guns N' Roses, and Metallica, Rammstein and more.

Concerts at Letňany
Date Artist Tour Attendance
May 22, 2016 AC/DC Rock or Bust World Tour 60,000 / 60,000
July 4, 2017 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 49,756 / 50,000
August 19, 2017 Robbie Williams The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour —
June 13, 2018 Ozzy Osbourne No More Tours II —
June 20, 2018 Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast World Tour 29,763 / 30,000
July 4, 2018 Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 65,250 / 65,250
May 26, 2019 Muse Simulation Theory World Tour 32,987 / 35,093
July 7, 2019 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 139,036 / 157,980
July 8, 2019
August 18, 2019 Metallica WorldWired Tour 73,555 / 73,658
May 15, 2022 Rammstein Rammstein Stadium Tour 99,512 / 99,512
May 16, 2022
June 5, 2022 Imagine Dragons Mercury Tour 115,018 / 115,018
June 6, 2022
June 18, 2022 Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour 35,000 / 48,382
June 22, 2022 Metallica 2021–2022 Tour —
June 21, 2023 Maroon 5 UK + Europe 2023 —
July 30, 2023 Depeche Mode Memento Mori World Tour —
August 6, 2023 The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour 60,714 / 60,714

References

  1. ↑ "Letňany Shopping Centre website". Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "AAII Contacts". Air Accidents Investigation Institute. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

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