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Wikipedia article "Mall of America".

Mall of America (also MOA, MoA, or the Megamall) is a super-regional shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. The mall is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the interstate from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In the United States, it is the second largest enclosed mall in terms of retail space but is largest in terms of total enclosed floor area.^[1][2] Opened in 1992, the mall received 40 million visitors in 2006.^[3] Triple Five Group fully owns and manages the property.


_ With Department Stores Disappearing, Malls Could Be Next

With Department Stores Disappearing, Malls Could Be Next

Brick-and-mortar retail was in the midst of seismic change before the pandemic. Now analysts say that hundreds of malls are at risk of closing in the next five years.

July 5

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mall 

noun [C] (ALSO shopping mall)

a large, usually enclosed, shopping area where cars are not allowed:

There are plans to build a new mall in the middle of town.

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mall (countable and uncountable, plural malls)

1. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. [from 20th c.] quotations ▼
2. An enclosed shopping centre. [from 20th c.] quotations ▼
3. (obsolete) An alley where the game of pall mall was played. [17th-19th c.]
4. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade. [from 18th c.] quotations ▼
5. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall. [from 17th c.] quotations ▼
6. (obsolete) The game of polo. [17th c.]
7. (obsolete) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall. [17th-19th c.]

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