Sony Center

The Sony Center is a Sony-sponsored building complex located at Potsdamer Platz. The center was completed in 2000 at a total cost of US$ 800M. It contains a mix of shops, restaurants, a conference centre, hotel rooms, luxurious rented suites and condominiums, offices, art and film museums, an IMAX cinema, showing 3D movies all the time and a "Sony Style" store. Free WLAN connections are available for all visitors. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the center also had a large television screen on which the games were broadcast to viewers sitting in the open area in the middle. A large shopping mall is nearby, as is a myriad of hotels and an office building featuring the fastest lift in Europe.