Mall of America

Mall of America

Mall logo at entrance
Location	Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	44°51′15″N 93°14′32″W / 44.85417°N 93.24222°W / 44.85417; -93.24222
Opening date	August 11, 1992
Developer	Melvin Simon & Associates & Triple Five Group
Management	Triple Five Group
Architect	HGA, KKE Architects, Inc., Jerde Partnership[1]
No. of stores and services	520+
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	2,500,000 square feet (230,000 m2) + 5,200,000 square feet (480,000 m2) expansion (7,700,000 square feet (720,000 m2))
No. of floors	4
Parking	20,000 spaces, including two 7-story ramps and overflow surface lots.
Website	http://www.mallofamerica.com

Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, the Megamall) is a large shopping mall in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. The mall is southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the interstate from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In the United States, it is the second-largest inside mall in terms of retail space but is largest in terms of total enclosed floor area.^[2][3] Opened in 1992, the mall received 40 million visitors in 2006.^[4]

Triple Five Group, owned by the Ghermezian family of Canada, fully owns and manages the property, and has also owned West Edmonton Mall in Canada.^[5]

In addition to the inside of the mall, outside of the mall are additional hotels, kiosks, restaurants, and stores. The Mall of America and the additional businesses meet at the South Loop District in Bloomington.

1. ↑ "3DVIA Consumer Experience Software - Dassault Systèmes®". www.3ds.com.
2. ↑ Emil Pocock (April 19, 2007). "Largest Shopping Malls in the United States". American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
3. ↑ JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer (March 22, 2007). "Mall of America wants biggest mall title". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
4. ↑ Sandra Larriva and Gabe Weisert (April 25, 2007). "Most Visited Tourist Attractions". Forbes Traveler. Archived from the original on July 31, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
5. ↑ Allie Johnson, FOX 9 (Mar 7, 2018) [Updated Mar 9, 2018 08:30AM]. "Mall of America proposes $150-$200 million city-owned water park". fox9.com/news. Retrieved 2019-03-18. The Mall of America is modeled on the West Edmonton Mall in Canada, one of the largest malls in the world, which Triple Five also owns.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)