Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/buildings-and-structures-in-bloomington-minnesota

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Mall of America

Shopping mall in Bloomington, Minnesota

Mall of America

Shopping mall in Bloomington, Minnesota

FieldValue
nameMall of America
logomall_of_america_logo13.png
logo_altMOA Logo
image2018 Mall of America 01.jpg
captionThe entrance to Mall of America in 2018
ownerTriple Five Group
address2131 Lindau Lane
locationBloomington, Minnesota
coordinates
opening_date
floors4 on East and South Wings
3 on North and West Wings
floor_area5600000 sqft
architectHGA, KKE Architects, Inc., Jerde Partnership
managerMOAC Mall Holdings, LLC
parking12,300 spaces
(Two 7-story ramps and two overflow surface lots)
publictransit
number_of_stores520
number_of_anchors6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
website

3 on North and West Wings (Two 7-story ramps and two overflow surface lots)

Mall of America (MoA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Located within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the mall lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River, and across the Interstate from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. It opened in 1992, on the former site of the Metropolitan Stadium, and is the largest mall in the United States, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the twelfth largest shopping mall in the world.

The mall is owned by the Canadian Triple Five Group (which in turn is owned by Canada's Ghermezian family, along with the West Edmonton Mall and the American Dream). Approximately 32 million people visit the mall annually, 80% of whom are from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Illinois and Ohio.

History

The mall's concept was designed by the Triple Five Group in conjunction with global design firm DLR Group, owned by the Ghermezian brothers, who also own the second-largest shopping mall in North America, the West Edmonton Mall. The Mall of America is located on the site of the former Metropolitan Stadium, where the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins played until the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome opened in 1982. A plaque in the mall's amusement park commemorates the former location of home plate and one seat from Met Stadium was placed in Mall of America at the exact location it occupied in the stadium, commemorating a 520 ft home run hit by hall-of-famer Harmon Killebrew on June 3, 1967.

In 1986, the Bloomington Port Authority signed an agreement with the Ghermezian organization. Groundbreaking for the mall took place on June 14, 1989. Organizations involved include Melvin Simon and Associates, Teachers Insurance and Annuity, and the office of architect Jon Jerde.

Mall of America opened its doors to the public on August 11, 1992. Its anchors were Nordstrom, Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Sears. Even before opening, the mall had earned several nicknames, including "The Megamall", "Sprawl of America", "Hugedale" in reference to the four major "dale" shopping malls within the Twin Cities: Rosedale, Southdale, Ridgedale and the now-defunct Brookdale.

Mall of America became the largest shopping mall in total area and largest in total store vendors in the United States when it opened. The Mall of America's 42 million annual visitors equal roughly eight times the population of the state of Minnesota. , the mall employed over 11,000 workers year-round and 13,000 during peak seasons.

In early 2020, Mall of America closed for a period of twelve weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, closing on March 17, and reopening on June 10 with only 150 tenants open for business. The mall was originally scheduled to reopen on June 1, but civil unrest in the Twin Cities around this time caused the mall to postpone the reopening.

In 2003, after a protracted six-year legal battle between Simon Property Group, the managing general partner of the property, and the Ghermezian brothers/Triple Five Group, over majority ownership of the site, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Ghermezians, effectively transferring control and planning authority of the mall back to the creator of the concept. The dispute stemmed from a 1999 purchase of Teacher's Insurance's 27.5% equity stake by Simon Properties, giving them majority ownership. The Ghermezians claimed they were never told of the deal and sued Simon, citing fiduciary responsibility. On November 3, 2006, the Ghermezians gained full control of Mall of America by spending US$1 billion.

Expansions

Mall of America spans four floors in the Huntington Bank Rotunda.

On May 18, 2008, the Mall of America received a tax break for a proposed $2 billion expansion. The bill gave the city of Bloomington the ability to increase taxes on sales, lodging, food, and beverages to finance a parking ramp at the mall. On March 24, 2012, the Triple Five Group, partnered with architectural firm DLR Group, announced the start of a $200 million expansion that would build into the north parking lot of the mall. The plans called for an additional hotel and an additional 200000 sqft of retail space. The project broke ground in the fall of 2013 and began opening in stages in the summer of 2015. In March 2014, ground was broken on the mall's north side for the $104 million, 14-story JW Marriott hotel, owned and financed by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. In 2018, it was announced that MOA had proposed to build an indoor water park, with a cost between $150 and $200 million for the project. In March 2022, the plan was approved by the Bloomington City Council.

Architecture

Mall of America aerial view from west in 2025
Sign at a Mall of America entrance, removed in 2014 as part of the Phase II expansion
The Mall of America has three levels on its western side, pictured above.

The Mall of America has a gross area of 5600000 sqft or 129 acre, The mall is nearly symmetric, with a roughly rectangular floor plan. More than 500 stores are arranged along three levels of pedestrian walkways on the sides of the rectangle, with a 4th level on the south and east sides. Four anchor department stores are located at the corners. The mall is organized into four different zones. Each of those zones had its own decorative style until a series of renovations from 2010 to 2015 led to a unified and more luxurious style, as well as to coincide with the mall's first major expansion. The mall's food court is on the 3rd floor.

Despite Minnesota's cold winters, only the mall's entrances and some below ground areas are heated. Heat is allowed in through skylights above the central amusement park area. The majority of the heat is produced by lighting fixtures, other electric devices and people in the mall. Even during the winter, air conditioning systems may still be in use during peak hours to ensure a comfortable shopping environment. Although the common areas are unheated, the individual stores do have heating systems.

Two nearly identical seven-story parking ramps on the east and west sides of the mall provide 12,287 parking spaces. Overflow parking north of the building provides an additional 1,200–1,500 spaces and 1,407 spaces are provided by IKEA, which opened in July 2004.

Tenants

The Theatres at Mall of America opened three days after the grand opening of the mall. Initially, the cinema was run by General Cinema, but it was bought out then rebranded by AMC Theatres, and eventually operated by mall management. The cinema occupied the south side of the fourth floor through December 2016, when it closed permanently. It was replaced by Cinemex subsidiary CMX Cinemas in late 2017. Due to CMX Cinema's bankruptcy proceedings, CMX Mall of America closed down and replaced with B&B Theatres in 2021.

On January 3, 2012, Macy's Inc. announced it would close its Bloomingdale's location at the Mall of America after nearly two decades. On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears (which had been at the Mall of America since its opening in 1992) would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide.

Currently, the mall features Macy's, Nordstrom, L.L. Bean, and Crayola Experience as its anchors, along with the vacant anchor space formerly occupied by Sears. There are also many junior anchors, like Toys "R" Us, H&M, Barnes & Noble, Nordstorm Rack, and DSW. Former junior anchors include Best Buy, Marshalls, Forever 21, and American Girl, with the latter being replaced with a 24,000-square-foot M&M's retail store, which opened in late 2020. There are also two hotels on the mall's property: JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America and Radisson Blu Hotel.

Attractions

Amusement park view from third floor

Nickelodeon Universe, formerly Camp Snoopy, is an indoor theme park in the center of the mall. The park features roller coasters, among numerous other rides and attractions, including many not related to Nickelodeon, and is the largest indoor theme park in the United States. Unlike many indoor amusement parks, Nickelodeon Universe has a great deal of natural foliage in and about the park, and its floor has a wide variance in height – the highest ground level in the park is 15 ft above the lowest. The rides include the roller coasters SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, Fairly Odd Coaster, Back at the Barnyard Hayride and Avatar Airbender, and a thrill ride called BrainSurge. It also has a miniature golfing section called Moose Mountain. This miniature golf course features eighteen holes and a relatively fast astroturf surface.

At the Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium, guests travel through a 300 ft curved tunnel through 14 ft of water to view over 4,500 sea creatures including sharks, turtles, stingrays and many more. Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium offers special events such as sleepovers, scuba diving, snorkeling and birthday parties.

Nostalgic artifacts and memorials

  • A stadium seat commemorating the longest home run at Metropolitan Stadium, hit by Minnesota Twins player Harmon Killebrew on June 3, 1967. The seat is painted red and bolted to a wall to mark the exact height and position at which the ball landed in the upper-deck seats.
  • A plaque embedded in the floor of Nickelodeon Universe, marking the spot of the home plate at Metropolitan Stadium.[[File:Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate memorial.jpg|thumb|right|The home plate plaque in Nickelodeon Universe]]
  • A second plaque was added to the floor of Nickelodeon Universe in 2018, marking the spot on the 50-yard line at Metropolitan Stadium that was used for the coin toss before every Minnesota Vikings home game played there.
  • The United Airlines Flight 93 memorial, in honor of those who died aboard that flight during the September 11 attacks. A bust of Tom Burnett (who was born and raised in Bloomington) stands on the west side of the first floor, next to the fountain in front of Nordstrom.

Transit

Main article: Mall of America station

The mall entrance to the transit station

In the lower level of the eastern parking ramp is the Mall of America station, the busiest transit hub in Minnesota with services to and from many destinations in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The Transit Station contains two stops on the Metro Network: the southern terminus of the METRO Blue Line (light rail) to Downtown Minneapolis via MSP Airport and Hiawatha Avenue (operated by Metro Transit), and the northern terminus of the METRO Red Line (bus rapid transit) to Apple Valley. The indoor waiting area at Mall of America Transit Station is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Metro Transit and the MVTA also operate many local bus services to the Transit Station and many area hotels along with the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel offer free shuttles to their establishments.

The mall is not a park and ride facility, and overnight parking is banned to prevent passengers taking the train to the airport. Commuters are required to use the nearby 30th Avenue station's parking ramp. The station underwent a $25 million upgrade which was completed in October 2019.

Safety and security

Security personnel

Behavior Detection Officers (BDOs) are trained in Israel, each one going through at least 240 hours of training. As Doug Reynolds, the former Security Director at the mall noted in a congressional testimony in 2008, BDOs are taught to "look for intent, rather than means. The objective is to focus on suspicious indicators in three categories: People, vehicles, and unattended items like backpacks, shopping bags, and suitcases." This methodology has prepared the mall for a variety of threats, both from terrorists and everyday criminals.

In 2010, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported that mall security officials were instructed to question or detain individuals exhibiting what they deemed "suspicious behavior". Signs of suspicious behavior included photographing air-conditioning ducts, or signs that a shopper was hiding something. At the time, some officials within the Bloomington Police Department worried that the mall's security methods may infringe peoples' rights.

In 2011, NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition and PBS's NewsHour both aired programs documenting security abuses by the mall's security personnel. On December 31, 2013, members from the First Nations protest movement Idle No More attempted to repeat a successful Native-American round dance held at the mall in 2012, but failed after being stopped by mall security. Organizers of the dance, Patricia Shepard and Reyna Crow from Duluth were arrested on site for trespassing.

In January 2023, a TikTok was posted of a man wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan Jesus saves and the Coexist (image) logo crossed out being asked to either take it off or leave the mall, the member of security in the video saying "Jesus is associated with religion and it is offending people. People have been offended." In the video he stated that in another instance he was preaching in the mall and the mall has a policy against religious solicitation.

Militant threat

In February 2015, the al-Shabaab militant group also released a propaganda video calling for attacks on the Mall of America and other Western shopping centers. Although the group had never launched attacks in North America, security at the mall was tightened in response and the Department of Homeland Security issued a one-day alert to shoppers to remain vigilant.

Protests

On December 21, 2014, thousands of protesters attended an unauthorized demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter in the mall's rotunda. The demonstration was in response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the then recent jury decision not to prosecute the white officer in that case, as well as the death of Eric Garner of New York. In response to the demonstration, the Mall of America closed the areas of the mall around the rotunda. Police arrested 25 demonstrators. The Bloomington City Attorney, Sandra Johnson, pursued charges against the organizers, and the city is sought compensatory damages from some of the organizers for out-of-pocket costs the city incurred while paying overtime for additional security. In response to these charges, demonstrators have called for a boycott of the mall.

Plans for another Black Lives Matter demonstration at the Mall of America on December 23, 2015, prompted mall officials to file a restraining order against the movement's activists. Eight individual activists were sued in Hennepin County District Court. The mall's lawsuit would prohibit the defendants from demonstrating and require them to delete all of their posts to social media pertaining to the demonstration. The lawsuit additionally asked that the court jail Black Lives Matter activists unless they publicly announce that the demonstration is cancelled on their social media accounts. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota called the mall's lawsuit an "improper prior restraint on speech" and an unconstitutional overreach.

Notable criminal incidents

2019 murder attempt

Main article: 2019 Mall of America murder attempt

On April 12, 2019, a five-year-old boy was thrown from the third-story balcony by 24-year-old Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda of Minneapolis, outside the Rainforest Cafe, and landed near the Michael Kors store. The boy was in the hospital for over five months, but eventually recovered. Aranda was sentenced to 19 years in prison in June of that year with the possibility for parole after 12 years.

2021 shooting

On December 31, 2021, a single gunshot was fired on the north side of the third floor of the mall. A patrolling Bloomington Police Department officer who heard the shot immediately notified mall security, who activated the mall's lockdown alarm. Responding officers found a man who had been shot in the leg when they arrived at the scene and later another injured person was found who appeared to have been grazed by the bullet. The first victim was transported to the hospital while the second was treated on the scene by paramedics and released. According to a statement by Deputy Chief Kim Clausen, she recommended that there was an "altercation" between two men that resulted in one shooting the other. After a thorough search of the mall by police and security officers, the lockdown was lifted approximately 40 minutes after it started and the mall closed for the rest of the day shortly thereafter.

On January 3, 2022, an 18-year-old Roseville man was identified as they left the scene of the shooting with the shooter was arrested for aiding and abetting first-degree assault, and on January 4, police arrested the suspect on assault charges and in a subsequent search of the house found a gun. In March, 2022, the man, Kahlil Wiley, pleaded guilty to one count of second degree assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to three years and nine months. The second assault charge against him was previously dismissed.{{cite news|url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/man-sentenced-to-nearly-4-years-in-new-years-eve-mall-of-america-shooting/|title= Man sentenced to nearly 4 years in New Year's Eve Mall of America shooting|last=Omastiak|first=Rebecca|agency=KSTP-TV|date=March 22, 2024|accessdate=October 23, 2024}}

August 2022 shooting

On August 4, 2022, the mall was put under lockdown after two men fired gunshots during an altercation at the Nike store, then fled. Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch was in the mall with his family at the time; they were unharmed. The two alleged shooters were apprehended a week later in Chicago. They were detained shortly after stepping out of a barbershop. Three people were also arrested for allegedly aiding the shooters as they fled the scene and hid from authorities at a nearby Best Western hotel. Two of the suspects originated from Minneapolis, while the other three originated from Burnsville, all between the ages of 21 and 23.

December 2022 fatal shooting

On December 23, 2022, the mall was placed under lockdown after a "long-standing feud" led to the fatal shooting of a 19-year old male inside the Nordstrom department store. A bullet grazed a bystander's clothing resulting in only minor injuries. Two teenagers, 18-year-old TaeShawn Adams-Wright (born September 26, 2004) of Minneapolis and 17-year-old Lavon Longstreet (born March 3, 2005) of Golden Valley, were later convicted of second degree-murder and second-degree assault for the shooting. Both men were sentenced in 2024 to 30 years and seven months in prison, and both were incarcerated at MCF Stillwater.

In media

The Mall of America was used as a filming location for various movies and television shows, including:

  • D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
  • D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
  • Hosted the first episode of WCW Monday Nitro on September 4, 1995.
  • Jingle All the Way (1996)
  • You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's Mall Party (1997)
  • Mall Masters (2001)
  • Viva la Bam (2003–2006)
  • Mall Cops: Mall of America (2010)
  • The End of the Tour (2015)

The mall was referenced in the series How I Met Your Mother during the episode "Slap Bet" as the reason why native Minnesotan Marshall Eriksen believed that Robin Scherbatsky would have been married in a mall; this is a reference to the Chapel of Love in the mall, which closed in August 2022. The mall was the location of the premiere of Digimon: The Movie (2000) and the 30th anniversary screening of The Godfather (1972). The mall was also referenced in the series Reginald the Vampire in the episode "Reginald Andres Beyond Thunderdome" by the character Ashley who was quoted as saying "I was born on the day they broke ground for the largest shopping mall in America."

In the Lifter Puller song "Bloomington", singer Craig Finn (a Minnesota native) refers to the mall as a place where the narrator conducts some of their illicit business: "His idea of fun is Bloomington, he always takes his calls at the megamall".

References

References

  1. "The Mall of America". Translucency.com.
  2. (October 25, 2019). "Mall of America developer opens nation's second-biggest mall in New Jersey. But will shoppers ?".
  3. Sandra Larriva and Gabe Weisert. (April 25, 2007). "Most Visited Tourist Attractions". Forbes Traveler.
  4. "The Mall of America: About Us".
  5. Mower, Lawrence. "Labor union launches ads targeting Gwen Graham over the American Dream mega-mall". Tampa Bay Times.
  6. Berfield, Susan. (December 15, 2016). "How Not to Build a Supermall: $5 Billion, 5 Governors, 3 Developers, and 15 Years".
  7. "Photos: Some images of the Mall of America since its opening in 1992". La Crosse Tribune.
  8. "Sid Hartman, supporter of stadium building through the decades, seeing a Super Bowl dream fulfilled". Star Tribune.
  9. "U.S. Bank Stadium ready for Super Bowl closeup". USA Today.
  10. (November 6, 2010). "Best Unique Things At Mall Of America".
  11. (May 16, 2011). "50 years ago today, Harmon Killebrew hit his longest home run". Twin Cities.
  12. Brown, Alleen. (2008-11-24). "Mall of America timeline".
  13. "Flashback Friday: Mall of America Opened its Doors 25 Years Ago". KSTP.
  14. (September 20, 2009). "Melvin Simon, 82, Dies; Commercial Real Estate Magnate Co-Owned Indiana Pacers". [[The Washington Post]].
  15. Ackman, Dan. "Mall Of America Goes To Canadians". Forbes.
  16. "Uptown home invasion suspect son of prominent architect Jon Jerde". NOLA.com.
  17. Karlen, Neal. (August 30, 1992). "The Mall That Ate Minnesota". The New York Times.
  18. (November 24, 2008). "Mall of America timeline".
  19. "Facts". Mall of America.
  20. (2020-03-17). "Register".
  21. (June 11, 2020). "Mall of America reopens, with only 150 of 500 stores open Wednesday".
  22. "Register".
  23. (2020-06-10). "Mall of America reopens with limited number of shoppers".
  24. (September 12, 2003). "Brothers win back control of megamall; Simon Property will contest a ruling that transfers majority ownership". Star Tribune.
  25. Black, Sam. (November 3, 2006). "Ghermezians take sole control of Mall of America in $1B deal". Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal.
  26. (May 18, 2008). "Capitol budget deal beats the clock". Twin Cities.
  27. "Mall of America".
  28. Webbtwebb, Tom. (March 22, 2012). "Mall of America plans $200 million expansion". TwinCities.com.
  29. "Mall of America's $325 million addition will open in stages". Star Tribune.
  30. Vomhof, John. (April 18, 2013). "Mall of America moves ahead with $225M expansion (Updated rendering)". Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal.
  31. [http://www.startribune.com/business/250815941.html 'Ground' broken on $325 million Mall of America expansion.] Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  32. (March 8, 2018). "Mall Of America Proposes Huge Indoor Water Park".
  33. KSTP, Josh Skluzacek. (March 11, 2022). "Bloomington approves financing plan to move MOA water park forward".
  34. Woodall, Candy. (2018-02-03). "This Philly-area mall, not Mall of America, is actually the largest mall in America".
  35. "Mall Of America".
  36. (July 25, 2014). "Mall of America' giant makeover ditches 90's in bid to stay hip.". Star Tribune.
  37. March, Stephanie. (December 26, 2018). "What's the Difference Between a Food Hall and a Food Mall?".
  38. Elmasry, Faiza. (October 10, 2006). "America's Largest Mall Offers More than Shopping". Voice of America.
  39. Schapiro, Rose. (November 29, 2007). "Road Trip to the Mall of America". [[Chicago Weekly]].
  40. WCCO – TV. (January 25, 2008). "Heating Costs".
  41. DiCarlo, Lisa. "AMC To Acquire General Cinema". Forbes.
  42. (January 19, 2017). "Shuttered Mall of America movie theaters will reopen with gourmet food, cocktails". Star Tribune.
  43. (May 13, 2021). "Mall of America Movie Theater to Reopen as B&B Theatres".
  44. (January 3, 2012). "Bloomingdale's at Mall of America closing; space to be divided". Twin Cities.
  45. Thomas, Lauren. (January 18, 2018). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC.
  46. Rantala, Jason. (2023-11-17). "Toys "R" Us opens flagship store in Mall of America shopping, MOA, toys r us - CBS Minnesota".
  47. (January 23, 2020). "M&M's to open 'experiential store' at Mall of America – Bring Me The News".
  48. "Moose Mountain Adventure Golf".
  49. "Official SEA LIFE Minnesota". Sharky.tv.
  50. "Official SEA LIFE Minnesota". Sharky.tv.
  51. (March 11, 2008). "Baseball at the Mall". Dusty Lens.
  52. Merullo, Roland. (May 13, 2006). "Who Financed 9/11?". Reader's Digest Australia.
  53. (February 19, 2020). "New $25 million Mall of America transit station set to welcome visitors 'in style'". Star Tribune.
  54. "Mall of America Transit Station". Minnesota Senate.
  55. "Inside the Anti-Terror Task Force at the Mall of America".
  56. Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives One Hundred Tenth Congress. (July 9, 2008). "The Challenge of Protecting Mass Gatherings in a Post-9/11 World". Committee on Homeland Security.
  57. G.W. SCHULZ, DANIEL ZWERDLING and ANDREW BECKER. (September 11, 2011). "They're watching at the Mall of America". Star Tribune.
  58. (September 7, 2011). "The shadow of suspicion falls in the Mall of America". Salon.
  59. (September 7, 2011). "Under Suspicion at the Mall of America". NPR.
  60. "Idle No More flash dance brings more than 1,000 protesters to Mall of America".
  61. KBJR News. ""Idle No More" Round Dance attempt ends in arrests at Mall of America". Northland Newsletter.
  62. (January 12, 2023). "Man Is Allegedly Told to Leave Mall of America for Wearing 'Jesus Is the Only Way' Shirt".
  63. (January 16, 2023). "Man in Jesus Saves t-shirt at Mall of America told to take it off".
  64. (February 22, 2015). "'Be particularly careful' today, U.S. homeland security chief tells MOA visitors". Star Tribune.
  65. (February 22, 2015). "No 'imminent threat' to West Edmonton Mall visitors, RCMP says". Edmonton Journal.
  66. (December 21, 2014). "Chanting 'Black Lives Matter,' Protesters Shut Down Part of Mall of America". The New York Times.
  67. (December 21, 2014). "'Black Lives Matter' protesters storm mall". CNN.
  68. (December 24, 2014). "Bloomington seeks charges against Mall of America protesters". Star Tribune.
  69. (March 10, 2015). "Mall of America demonstrators plead not guilty to charges". MPR News.
  70. (December 22, 2015). "Mall of America sues to stop planned Dec. 23 protest by Black Lives Matter". The Washington Post.
  71. (December 21, 2015). "Black Lives Matter Minneapolis: 8 Activists Sued By MOA". CBS Minnesota.
  72. (December 22, 2015). "Mall of America wants restraining order against Black Lives Matter protest". City Pages.
  73. (December 21, 2015). "Black Lives Matter vows MOA protest; judge weighs restraining order". MPR News.
  74. Jaeger, Max. (June 3, 2019). "Man who tossed 5-year-old from Mall of America balcony gets 19 years". [[New York Post]].
  75. (September 4, 2019). "Landen Hoffman, boy thrown from Mall of America balcony, is home from hospital". [[New York Post]].
  76. (June 3, 2019). "Mall of America attacker gets 19 years in prison". Associated Press.
  77. (December 31, 2021). "2 injured after shooting at Mall of America; police say mall secured, investigation ongoing".
  78. (January 3, 2022). "Teenager arrested in connection with Mall of America shooting".
  79. (January 4, 2022). "Mall of America shooting: Police arrest gunman, recover firearm".
  80. Sarlsohn, Hannah. (August 4, 2022). "Mall of America will remain closed after lockdown lifted". [[CNN]].
  81. (August 5, 2022). "NASCAR's Ky. Busch, family escape mall shooting". ESPN.
  82. (August 11, 2022). "Men wanted in Mall of America shooting arrested in Chicago area". [[KMSP-TV]].
  83. Furst, Randy. (2022-12-24). "One dead in shooting at Mall of America". [[Star Tribune]].
  84. Reeve, Richard. (December 25, 2022). "Man recalls when he heard shots fired inside Mall of America, police arrest 5 suspects". KSTP.
  85. Olson S, Rochelle. (December 25, 2022). "Mall of America shooting victim identified as Johntae Hudson of St. Paul". Star Tribune.
  86. Griswold, David. (June 10, 2024). "Second man sentenced to 30 years in deadly Mall of America shooting".
  87. (March 20, 2017). "MOA® Moments: Behind the Screens".
  88. Wakeman, Travis. "WWE Turning Point: Analyzing Historical Impact of First Episode of WCW Nitro". Bleacher Report.
  89. Powers, Kevin. (June 7, 2011). "Recalling Nitro with a BANG!". [[WWE]].
  90. "Viva La Bam".
  91. (March 21, 2010). "Mall of America seeks more roles in reality shows after 'Mall Cops' success". Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal.
  92. "Chapel of Love at the Mall of America".
  93. (April 24, 2007). "How I Met Your Mother: "Slap Bet" Review".
  94. "Lifter Puller - Bloomington lyrics - Genius".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Mall of America — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report