MAGNIFICENT MALLS
According to the
Guinness Book of World Records, the West Edmonton Mall,
Canada, which encloses 5.2 million square feet on a 46-hectare site, is by far the
largest in the world. The Mall of America, which opened in the early 1990s, the
largest such center in the United States, is twice the size of its predecessor, the Del
Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California. Designed as a regional entertainment
center, this mall, which is designed around a theme park, Knott's Berry Camp
Snoopy, is still a million square feet smaller than the West Edmonton Mall. The West
Edmonton Mall has more than 800 stores, including 11 department stores, and more
than 100 restaurants and snack bars. Its other attractions include an 18-hole
miniature golf course; an indoor water park with beaches and a wave-making
machine for surfing; a dolphin water show; one of the world's longest water slides;
submarines for underwater rides; a regulation-sized hockey rink; a nightclub area
fashioned after Bourbon Street in New Orleans; cinemas; Canada Fantasyland, an
amusement park with nearly 50 rides; a zoo; art exhibits; and a 360-room hotel.
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