40millionvisitorsannually
(More than the combinedpopulations ofNorthDakota, SouthDakota, Iowa andCanada)
$975million
Total
cost to
build
4 10
visitors toMall ofAmerica
are tourists.
OUT
OF
86
Hours a visit would take
if you spent just 10minutes
ineach store
Sales taxonclothing inMinnesota
SEVEN
YankeeStadiums can
fit inside theMall.
5.62
million square feet, thenew
sizeof theMallwithexpansion
(roughly 100 football fields)
258
Statues of Liberty could lie
inside theMall end toend.
EIGHT
acres of skylights
520+
STORES
Thismonthmarks thecompletionofMallofAmerica’s750,000-square-footexpansion,making theMinneapolisshopping
mecca the largest retail andentertainmentcomplex in theentireWesternHemisphere.Let’s talkshop.
—AMANDAOGLE
TheMallofNot-Just-America
POV
28
DECEMBER2015
AMERICANWAY
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HighTimes
Consider swapping the seas for treesonyour next kayaking trip
Ramblewild, theaerialadventureparkthatopened lastyear in
westernMassachusetts,mightnotbethebestplacetogo ifyou
suffer fromvertigo.Thatsaid, thereareoneortwoactivities
thatdon’t involve frolicking inthetreetops.There’shiking, for
instance,orsnowshoeing,orkayaking—oh,wait,herethey
call it“skyaking,”andyourboat issuspended intheair.Still,
howelseareyougoingtoscratchyourkayaking itch inthe
deadofwinter, right?Right.
Ramblewild.com
—A.K.
