Mall of America

Mall of America
	The entrance to Mall of America in 2018
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°51′15″N 93°14′32″W / 44.85417°N 93.24222°W
Address	2131 Lindau Lane, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425
Opening date	August 11, 1992
Management	Melvin Simon & Associates; Triple Five Group
Owner	Triple Five Group
Architect	HGA, KKE Architects, Inc., Jerde Partnership
No. of stores and services	520
No. of anchor tenants	6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	2,869,000 sq ft (266,500 m2)
No. of floors	4 on East and South Wings; 3 on North and West Wings
Parking	12,300 spaces; (Two 7-story ramps and two overflow surface lots)
Public transit access	Blue Line ; Red Line ; D Line
Website	mallofamerica.com

Mall of America (MoA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Located within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the mall lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River, and across the Interstate from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. It opened in 1992, and is the largest mall in the United States, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the twelfth largest shopping mall in the world.^[2]

The mall is managed by the Triple Five Group (which in turn is owned by the Ghermezian family, along with the West Edmonton Mall and the American Dream). Approximately 40 million people visit the mall annually, 80% of whom are from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Illinois and Ohio.^[3]^[4]

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