Friday, June 5, 2009

The Mall of America: Comsumerism at it's Peek

-The Opening of the Mall of America
-Ghermezian Family
-Opening date August 11, 1992
-Twin Cities suburb of Bloomingtonm,Minnesota.
Consumerism at it's peek, the Mall of America has 2.5 million square feet and 20,000 parking spaces, four floors and 520 plus stores. It contains America's largest indoor theme park. It includes memorials such as The exact seat to which Harmon Killebrew hit his longest home run at Metropolitan Stadium, The home plate plaque in Nickelodeon Universe denoting the exact spot of home plate at Metropolitan Stadium, and United Airlines Flight 93 memorial, for those who died aboard during the September 11, 2001 attacks, the bust of Tom Burnett is on the west side of the first floor, next to the fountain in front of Nordstrom, he was a native of Bloomgington and a victim of 911.

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