Crocus City
Shopping mall near Moscow, Russia
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::summary Shopping mall near Moscow, Russia ::
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Crocus City is an exhibition and business complex located in Krasnogorsk with concert halls, hotels, and restaurants.
Development
Developed by Aras Agalarov's Crocus International, the site is located near the Moscow Oblast Administrative HQ, just outside Moscow's MKAD ring road.
Complex
Crocus City Mall
Crocus City Mall is a shopping mall located in Crocus City. Built of natural stone in a mixture between neo-classical and oriental architectural styles, the two-storey building opened in 2002.
Crocus City Hall
Main article: Crocus City Hall
2024 terrorist attack
Main article: Crocus City Hall attack
On March 22, 2024, the concert hall and its surrounding facilities were subjected to a coordinated terrorist attack by ISIS-K, where 143 people were killed and over 551 others injured.
Crocus Expo
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Crocus Expo is the adjacently located trade fair and business centre, also built, run and operated by Crocus International. It is the largest business centre in Russia.
From 2011 to 2019, Crocus hosted an annual video game exhibition Igromir, which was moved there from VDNKh exhibition center due to an increasing number of visitors. Over a hundred thousand visitors had attended Igromir in Crocus each year.
In 2014, Crocus Expo also hosted the first Comic-Con Russia.
In 2016 it received a bomb threat via phone call which caused its evacuation. Crocus City Hall received similar threats a year later.
Metro station
Main article: Myakinino (Moscow Metro)
Vegas Crocus City
Vegas Crocus City is a shopping mall located in Crocus City.
Crocus City Oceanarium
Crocus City Oceanarium is an Oceanarium located in Crocus City.
Transport
The paid for the Moscow Metro railway station at Myakinino to be additionally planned and built on the extension of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, located between Volokolamskaya and Strogino stations. Myakinino opened on 26 December 2009. It was the first station to be built outside Moscow.
References
References
- "Crocus City Mall". mydestinationinfo.com.
- (27 March 2024). "Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 140 after another victim dies in hospital". ABC News.
- "«Крокус-Экспо» эвакуировали из-за угрозы взрыва – СМИ".
- "Концертный зал в Москве эвакуировали из-за угрозы взрыва".
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