10 March 2017 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Shopping
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Mall of America© (MOA™) is a shopping mall located in
Bloomington,
Minnesota (a suburb of the
Twin Cities), southeast of the junction of
Interstate 494 and
Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the
Minnesota River and across the interstate from the
Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. Opened in 1992, it is the second
largest malls in the United States, after the
King of Prussia Mall in
Philadelphia. The mall is managed by the
Triple Five Group (which in turn is owned by Canada’s
Ghermezian family, along with the
West Edmonton Mall). 80 percent of visitors to the Mall of America are from
Minnesota,
Wisconsin,
Iowa,
the Dakotas,
Illinois,
Ohio, and
Canada.
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