Mall of America - Bloomington, MN
Posted by: DougK
N 44° 51.359 W 093° 14.522
15T E 480876 N 4966980
Mall of America is located on the former site of Metropolitan Stadium, where the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins played until the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome opened.
Waymark Code: WM97XD
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2010
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Mall of America is known for being the largest mall in America, in terms of the number of retail stores. It opened to the public on August 11, 1992.
The mall has a rectangular floor plan with three stories of shops and vendors. The are four anchor stores located at the corners. A fourth level houses two restaurants, Hooters and Cantina #1, along with Theatres at Mall of America.
There are two nearly identical seven story parking ramps on the east and west side which provide 12,500 parking spaces. Two parking lots in the north and south side bring the total number of parking spaces to 20,000.
Other notable attractions include:
• Nickelodeon Universe - an indoor theme park
• Underwater Adventures Aquarium
• A.C.E.S. flight simulations
• 14-screen movie theater
• Lego Imagination Center
• Bodies... The Exhibition
Memorial features include:
• A Home Plate at the exact spot where it was in the original Metropolitan Stadium.
• A seat at the correct distance and height, where Harmon Killebrew's 520 foot home run landed.
• A United Flight 93 memorial for the Sept 11, 2001 attack.