The Mall of America
| Mall of America | |
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The Mall of America logo
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| Alternative names | MoA |
| General information | |
| Type | Shopping mall |
| Address | 60 East Broadway Bloomington, Minnesota 55425 |
| Coordinates | 44°51′15″N 93°14′32″W / 44.85417°N 93.24222°WCoordinates: 44°51′15″N 93°14′32″W / 44.85417°N 93.24222°W |
| Opening | August 11, 1992 |
| Owner | Triple Five Group |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 on East and South Wings 3 on North and West Wings |
| Floor area | 2,500,000 sq ft (230,000 m2) + 5,400,000 sq ft (500,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | HGA, KKE Architects, Inc., Jerde Partnership |
| Main contractor |
Melvin Simon & Associates Triple Five Group |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 520+ |
| Number of anchors | 5 |
| Parking | 12,287 spaces (Two 7-story ramps, two overflow surface lots, and one lower level transit station) |
| Website | |
| mallofamerica |
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Mall of America (MOA) is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota (a suburb of the Twin Cities), southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and across the interstate from the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. Opened in 1992, it is the largest mall in the United States in terms of number of stores and total floor area.
The mall is managed by the Triple Five Group (which in turn is owned by Canada's Ghermezian family, along with the West Edmonton Mall). 80 percent of visitors to the Mall of America are from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas, Illinois, Ohio, and Canada.
The mall's concept was designed by the Triple Five Group, owned by the Ghermezian brothers, who also own the largest shopping mall in North America, the West Edmonton Mall. Mall of America is located on the site of the former Metropolitan Stadium, where the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins played until the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome opened in 1982. A plaque in the amusement park commemorates the former location of home plate, and one seat from Met Stadium was placed in Mall of America at the exact location it occupied in the stadium, commemorating a 520-foot (160 m) home run hit by hall-of-famer Harmon Killebrew on June 3, 1967.
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