Bought Tyler a T-Shirt and I’m a coffee cup guy so it was calling to me.

• Cost to build – $650 million
• Economic impact – Mall of America contributes more than $1.8 billion in economic impact activity annually to the state of Minnesota
• Gross leasable space – 2.5 million square feet
• Gross building area – 4.2 million square feet
• Number of stores – More than 520
• Sit-down restaurants – 20
• Fast food restaurants – 30
• Specialty food stores – 36
• Movie screens – 14
• Employees – 11,000 year-round, 13,000 during summers and holidays
• Parking spaces – 12,550 on-site
• Walking distance around one level – .57 miles
• Total store front footage – 4.3 miles
• Key attractions include Nickelodeon Universe®, Underwater Adventures® Aquarium, LEGO® Imagination Center, Dinosaur Walk Museum, A.C.E.S. Flight Simulation, NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom and Sears.

Did you know?

• 258 Statues of Liberty could lie inside the Mall
• If Mount Rushmore was divided into individual monuments, a president could reside in each of the Mall’s four courts
• Mall of America is big enough to hold 32 Boeing 747s
• Seven Yankee Stadiums can fit inside Mall of America
• 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
• There is no sales tax on clothing in Minnesota

Source: http://www.mallofamerica.com/about_moa_facts.aspx

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