Thursday, January 3, 2008

Mall of America

On Tuesday, we were scheduled to leave Wisconsin. Collin and Kara joined us for breakfast, which we promptly ate before leaving Daniel and Naomi's house around 9am. Dan was flying out to China the same day as us, only a couple of hours before, so we left early to take him to the airport. After dropping Dan at the airport, we went to the Mall of America. It is the 2nd largest mall in America. And it was huge. Here are a few facts about it that I found...




Number of stores - More than 520


Food Stores and Resturants - 86


Employees - 11,000 year-round, 13,000 during summers and holidays


Walking distance around one level - .57 miles

If a shopper spent 10 minutes browsing at every store, it would take them more than 86 hours to complete their visit to Mall of America

Sia, Sam and I went into the Mall while Lukas stayed in the car for a nap. We strolled around one level of the mall and visited a few stores. It took us an hour. In the middle of the Mall is a theme park. There is a roller-coaster and a ferris wheel and lots of other fun rides. After looking around the Mall, we headed off to the airport.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What an awesome looking mall- where is the largest?

Nicki Woodfield said...

The largest in the world is somewhere in China, but the largest in America is somewhere in Ohio

Anonymous said...

The biggest mall in America would be in Bloomington Minnesota. That's why its called Mall of America, but the biggest mall in the world, I thought was in Canada.