Mall of America

The Mall of America, which is located in Bloomington, Minnesota is the largest mall in the United States. This is a mall that features over 520 stores is four stories high and is approximately 4.2 million square feet big, of which 2.5 million square feet is dedicated to retail space.

Officially opened in 1992, the Mall of America cost an estimated $650 million dollars to build. The mall is currently managed and owned by the Ghermezians brothers through their company Triple Five Group, and in 2006 received 40 million visitors.

There are over 50 restaurants that are located in the Mall of America. Nightclubs are there as well 7 of them in fact. There is free parking and shuttles from the local hotels and the airport.

There is more than just the one amusement park for the kids and the kid in all of us. There is of course the Nickelodeon park but there is so much more. There is a flight simulation area and adventure golf. No mall would be complete without a movie theater and this one is no exception.

It is such a popular area that over 500 couples have gotten married there at the mall. http://www.bloomingtonmn.org/page/1/mall-of-america.jsp

In 2004 a $1.9 billion dollar plan called Phase II was created to expand the mall by more than double with an ice rink, dinner theater, water park, multiple hotels, and more. However Phase II has become stalled due to disagreements over funding. Mall developers are currently asking for $234 million dollars to help subsidize the project, but state and local officials have refused to comply.

1. Bloomingdales
2. Macys
3. Nordstrom
4. Sears
5. Barnes & Noble (Junior Anchor)
6. DSW Shoe Warehouse (Junior Anchor)
7. Marshalls (Junior Anchor)
8. Best Buy (Junior Anchor)