Mall+of+America

Have you ever wanted to go shopping, go on a roller coaster and see a movie with out even leaving the parking lot? Well you can! If you travel to Bloomington, Minnesota. Right smack dap in the middle of town is “The Mall of America”. A mall with a movie theater, 4 floors and more than enough places to eat.

The mall of America is in Bloomington Minnesota.( Kurpa) Bloomington is on the outskirts of the twin cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis) about 40 miles away. When you get into Bloomington, there are signs galore. Outside the mall, there are hotels so that you don’t have to leave the area, easy way to not get lost.
 * Where is the Mall of America?**

In the mall, there is over 350 stores ( Pocock). Most of the major stores that are through out the world are in this mall. It has 4 floors. There is a massive indoor amusement park in the middle that you can see where ever you are in the mall. The “Nickelodeon World” park includes a water ride. This is the biggest mall in the United States. The whole 4th floor is for restaurants and places to eat, also on the 4th floor is the movie theater that the mall built. They have 14 theaters. 4 Hotels and a small airport surround the mall.(Black)
 * What is in the Mall of America?**

The mall has 4 floors and 350 stores in it. It is roughly 230, 000 meters sq.(Black) In the amusement park, “Nickelodeon World”, there are 23 different rides. The Macy’s in the mall is the biggest on ever built. Macy’s is on of the malls anchor stores. The other 3 anchor stores are Sears, Bloomingdale's and Nordsterms ( Krupa )
 * How big is The Mall of America?**


 * Works Cited:**

Krupa, Frederique M. "Mall of America: The New Town Center." //Frederique Krupa's Design History and Criticism Papers//. Frederique Krupa, 1993. Web. 22 Apr. 2010. .

Pocock, Emil. (April 19, 2007). "Largest Shopping Malls in the United States American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University . http://www.easternct.edu/depts/amerst/MallsLarge.htm.

Black, Sam. "Ghermezians take sole control of Mall of America in $1B deal ", //Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal//, November 3, 2006.