This documentary explores the Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the United States. Discover the innovative design and construction techniques that made this retail giant possible through interviews with architects and project managers. Stunning 3D renderings illustrate the challenges and triumphs of creating a mall with over 500 stores, an indoor amusement park, and a vast array of attractions. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the team ensuring a seamless and exciting experience for millions of visitors. Join us for a journey through this iconic retail and entertainment destination.
Are you mixing temperature scales and perceptions to create a story line of extremes beyond the reality? Just because it’s the coldest metropolis in the country doesn’t mean you have to exaggerate it to compete with the Canadian cities further north!
As someone that has worked for Mall of America for 24 years, this was fun to watch. It really is an amazing place and the teams that keep it going, work so hard and are so great at what they do.
@@devilblueduke yep! i'm still there and my 5 colleagues have also been there 20+ years. I've done a lot! started as a ride operator, housekeeping, guest services, movie theatre when it was theatre at moa....it's truly a great place to work!
Statements made later in the video indicate that "sub-zero" means "sub-Celsius". I think it is still an exaggeration to say that we are below freezing for six months. We are only consistently below freezing for extended periods between November and March.
The record is from the late 1800's at 68 days. They also seem to be confused about the fact that 5 degrees is above freezing, the fact that MSP is an international airport and that the Metro is sparsely populated. That was in the first 5 minutes.
I was surprised that the Southdale Center in Edina, MN wasn't mentioned as part of the historical context. The idea of the enclosed mall became a reality in Minnesota. Southdale Center was designed by Victor Gruen with the idea of creating a downtown shopping experience that didn't require someone to endure the winter cold. It opened in 1956.
SOUTHDALE is CLOSED ready to be torn down. Mall of America is Very very boring with hee same stores over and over. Mall shopping is DEAD. It is so much easier to go on line and order exactly what you want from the comfort of your home. Fighting traffic and looking through the junk on sale is a huge waste of time..
@@b4804514, they have been trying to repurpose the Center for the last decade or so. They opened a Kowalski's Grocery Store in the space where the TJ Maxx used to be in July. Beyond the DMV office and the fitness center, I am not sure what they can do with the interior.
@@b4804514 Southdale is experiencing an influx of high end retail that is new to the market or formerly at Galleria. They also have a stunning new Kowalski's grocery store. They aren't what they used to be, but they are doing well as they adapt to market realities. To say they are ready to be torn down is incorrect.
@@b4804514 Sure...just came back from Southdale this morning and I didn't realize the things I bought there were not supposed to be available for purchase due to the mall's closure!
@@b4804514The malls that did not evolve have died or are on their way. There are many still thriving in the US like MOA. Mall shopping is also quite popular and in other countries...What the negative thinkers regard as "a waste of time" is the exact experience others seek. The "comfort of your home" has turned into a willing prison for the less motivated and has replaced the social interaction and experiences of life with an iPhone.
I remember receiving a map of Camp Snoopy and posting it in my children's bedroom. We studied all the Camp Snoopy rides and planned a trip there. It was so much fun to get out in the wintertime to go to an amusement park.
1:50 We do not have ''discotechs'' in Minnesota or at the mall. There are bars that might have some dancing at night at the mall but by no means are they ''discotechs'' or as we would call them here ''clubs''
Early on in the malls life the 4th floor had a number of bars located there. You could go bar hopping from one spot to the other without having to drive to multiple places. It was very popular for awhile before that somehow dried up. I saw some things there during those days. Now the bars have been replaced by an indoor electric go cart track, bowling alley, one comedy club, as well as the usual video gaming stuff. The mall is always changing. One store folding up and another one comes in
Many of the documentaries on this channel were created in other languages and then dubbed into English. Judging by some of the vocabulary the script uses, the translator learned their English in the UK.
@@Jay-kx5cbyes, it’s not practical all all to just do “normal” shopping, as we have many other malls. But for some specific stores that are only there, then just gotta plan your route or you’ll waste lotta time walking around. Lego store always fun of course, and some inquiry spots nowhere outside of Chicago would have in Midwest.
4:28 Temps are not ''sub zero'' 6 months a year. Below freezing maybe 5 month but not ''sub zero'' And when you say dropping as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit... It gets much colder than that it can go -30 or more.
Wow, a lot of negative comments here. Maybe get some exercise by taking a walk in the mall like thousands do on a weekly basis - 1.1 mile per floor gets you in a better mood.
Wrong there is a light rail trains come and go. In mid 90s to now. Since 2000 they had a blue 💙🔵 line for the light rail trains come in mall America and back to MPLS Minnesota downtown. The back to Bloomington Minnesota.
@@telav1278 I mean. If we are nitpicking, the only real difference between the two is one is above ground and one is below ground, but our lightrail has plenty of areas designed for roads to go over it so it won't impede traffic. So... eh? I get your point though.
@telav1278 Can you read, I said we never had any subways system. Only. Buses and light rail trains. The sho42000 is the one said subway system. Like in NYC city system.
@@Kyoto_150 I measured on google maps. The tunnel goes between Humphrey Dr and the south end of the military base. Technically you are right, it's 1.43 miles.
More bigger than SM MALL OF ASIA . Nice that they have real plants to break the usual box type mall. Its nice to see how a ambitious project like this mall brought life how to enjoy malling better than usual shopping. Hope they continue to evolve and continue to be sustainable and become a green certified establishment which has a perfect balance of business and environmentally responsible.
The documentary said the massive waterpark would be completed in 2024. It hasn't even started construction. It looks like it will be scaled down significantly if built at all.
Thank you!! I very rarely visit the MOA, but always marvel at Harmon’s massive home run monument! I remember Harmon and his firearms! Others: Tony Olivia, who still works for the TWINS organization, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett and Kent Hurbek; and VIKINGS Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall and Coach Bud Grant. Then there was the number of Minnesota North Stars who played nearby at Met Center: Gump Worsely (one of the last goalies to eschew wearing a mask!), Lou Nanne, and Henri Bouche.
It's licensed from the documentary producers, but the documentary producers seem to have wanted to cut costs. The United States doesn't have "freedom of panorama," which means that a copyright owner can actually pursue you for showing their copyrighted item like a logo on a hotel. There are people whose entire job is copyright clearance, but they clearly didn't want the expense.
No central heating - that may very well be true, but the entrances have heaters and I wouldn't be surprised if every single story has it's own heating system which they pay for. Otherwise the thousands of lights, restaurant kitchens, moving parts friction, etc create heat.
There actually arent any heaters in any of the public areas. The stores don't have heaters either. (I've worked at many of them) The difference in temperature between when it's busy and when it's slow is actually kinda shocking. On Tuesdays in February, it can be quite cold.
@@herranton that's what I thought lol, no sun and slow days after Christmas is probably unconformable to hang around without proper winter clothing on.
Going here Canada's Labour's day wknd, (next wknd) any suggestions on what to do around there, first time checking it out with the Family, I got 5 girls with me lol
In fact SM PRIME HOLDINGS is targeting to build 100 SM SUPERMALLS here in the Philippines with more than 80 malls in full operation. If you'll be here in the Philippines you will be overwhelmed with how our malls runs
I came here to say the exact same thing... Canada's had malls preexisting West Edmonton Mall since the 1950s - 30 years before West Edmonton Mall was built. LoL
I visited here I believe in late 92'(I was about 12) and didn't realize how new it was at the time, I only vaguely remember it. Need to visit again soon.
Since when is it only 42 degrees Fahrenheit in June in Minnesota? Is this bearded guy getting paid to pretend like we're in the arctic circle and have to shoo polar bears off of our lawns?
OK QUESTION? This is a Remarkable Mall and it seems well documented, but WHY ARE HALF THE PICTURES BACKWARDS??? The names of the stores are BACKWARDS. if this is such a quality video, then WHY?
I wondered how old this video was, since Sears was shown in the drone video. The masks were part of,the giveaway. But it’s December 2024, and there is no Waterpark. According to a news report from May of 2024, still working for approval, but is now 140,000 square feet, which is 1/3 of the original projected size.
The only problem I would say is the stores don't have the exclusive clothing other cities have and a lot of the stores more specifically shoe stores are just multiples throughout the mall
I remembered from the year it was opened up until about 2000 they'll open the mall up during Thanksgiving but no stores were open just the mall and we were able to run around n play hide n go seek in camp snoopy lol only workers were securities lol
Gators probably could've been considered a discotheque. I mean, they played music and had a dance floor and that was the whole idea. Heck, OSB was pretty much a dance club on the weekends. (It's not like they were playing football games from 10pm to 2am). I'm not sure how much time you spent at the mall on Friday and Saturday nights in the 90s, but the fourth floor was basically one giant nightclub starting at the arcade and hooters, stretching all the way around the rotunda. It was lunacy. I'm still surprised more people didn't _die._
I noticed that some stuff is wrong in the documentary. It isn't subzero in Bloomington for 6 months out of the year. It is 34 right now after Christmas.
In the 1800's, that region of what is now the south-central flank of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro area running east to west was part of a much larger demilitarized zone that was created by the US Army in response to the frequent Ojibwe invasions from the north into the villages south in the Sioux territories and was managed out of Fort Snelling (very near today's Mall of America and the airport), in part to keep the peace between the two combatants. Prior to the Ojibwe invasions it was long held Sioux land (they followed the Paleo Indians who were the first inhabitants after the retreat of the glaciers, some 12,000ya), but the constant harassment by the Ojibwe led the Sioux to largely depopulate the area, creating a void of sorts and also an opportunity for settlement by American easterners ready to make a buck in timber and the like. Plus, St. Paul was as far as you get north on the Mississippi by steamboat, so it was a reachable outpost of one of the most northern portions of the Louisianna Purchase. The stadium went up a hundred plus years later, long after the dust had settled, and the Ojibwe and Sioux get along fine now and are making bank running their respective casinos both to the north and south of the cities. Plus, there's still a lot of Natives who live in the Twin Cities Metro, living their lives like everyone else.
Yes, Norgate Shopping Centre in Montreal (strip mall, 1949) and Park Royal Shopping Centre (1950, enclosed) would like a word. As for b-roll, in Canada e have "freedom of panorama," meaning that if a copyrighted work is permanently installed outside, we don't have to worry about infringement. The US doesn't have that fully. You can photograph architecture, but for instance the Korean War Veterans Memorial sculptor sued the USPS for using his work on a stamp.
I grew up here, at first it’s fun. But after a while. It’s not fun no more. Lots of business has come and gone. Mall of America sue business for behind rent and it’s change a lot for sure. I’m a proud Minnesotan and proud to have this in the state. But it’s not fun not like before.
Remember getting a call Sundy morning a ride was down and they needed someone to vome in and repair it, the local distributor didn't have the part but i had one in my demo kit, put itin got the ride running, they refused to pay for the part because it was used, a coiple years later a coworker got called, informed them they would have to wait until monday when the distributor was open for new parts.
they say an indoor water park is “coming soon” to MOA once every like, two years. they’ve been saying that since i was like, eight years old and i’m in my twenties now 😂
Why did the same line repeat twice in 20 seconds? 2:12 - “The task of making this colossus rise from the ground brought many challenges: no building of this size had ever been built in the area.” 2:30 - “The task of making this colossus rise from the ground brought many challenges: no building of this size had ever been built in the area.”
European channel. We aren't all usa . Tee hee. Or Australia. Most Europeans call football football. Only though usa calls football football played with hands lol
The average temperatures in Minneapolis is roughly similar to Oslo or Stockholm, although we tend to have _harsher absolutes._ (Like, we regularly drop below the coldest temp ever recorded in oslo, at least once every year). Last winter we had a cold snap where we didn't get above -17 CELSIUS for 8 days. It can get fuxcing cold here. Go look up the averages.
@@TheKidtattoo where? Svalbard? Because last new years is was -5c in oslo and 1c in Stockholm. (These are the population centers, I don't care how cold it gets near Kirkenes because nobody lives there. Edit: it was -1c in Minneapolis last new years.
Since I live just an hour away, I have gone to the Mall of America about once every three years, starting when it opened over 30 years ago. Unfortunately, the mall is slowly losing its luster. In the beginning the mall had four very good anchor stores and higher end stores throughout the mall. Through the years, it seems like the higher end stores are leaving and being replaced with "B" tier and lower stores. Sadly it seems like the mall store class is becoming more of a dollar store. I've noticed the same with the class of customers roaming the mall as well.
For their recent interior mall renovations, they need inspiration from how the nice malls in Paris and Asia look. Making a mall interior look all white doesn’t make it nice, it looks cold and and not warm and cosy. Even the malls in Honolulu look better.
As they stated in the video, they wanted to showcase the stores and make them standout. The old design(s) competed with the store fronts. It looks clean, open, and more brighter now. It’s really nice.
This documentary explores the Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the United States. Discover the innovative design and construction techniques that made this retail giant possible through interviews with architects and project managers. Stunning 3D renderings illustrate the challenges and triumphs of creating a mall with over 500 stores, an indoor amusement park, and a vast array of attractions. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the team ensuring a seamless and exciting experience for millions of visitors. Join us for a journey through this iconic retail and entertainment destination.
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How about Dubai and Paris malls
Are you mixing temperature scales and perceptions to create a story line of extremes beyond the reality? Just because it’s the coldest metropolis in the country doesn’t mean you have to exaggerate it to compete with the Canadian cities further north!
Thank you
As someone that has worked for Mall of America for 24 years, this was fun to watch. It really is an amazing place and the teams that keep it going, work so hard and are so great at what they do.
Wow 24 years there !! Are you still working there ?? What do or did you do there??
@@devilblueduke yep! i'm still there and my 5 colleagues have also been there 20+ years. I've done a lot! started as a ride operator, housekeeping, guest services, movie theatre when it was theatre at moa....it's truly a great place to work!
I wished all malls were like mall of America. 😢
Funny living 20 mins from this place can make you forget how impressive it is!
so true lol
Sub zero six months of the year? It’s cold here, but not that cold.
Maybe they got confused with Edmonton or something. They have a huge mall too.
Lol right it didn't even snow last season
It’s not true, just over reacting over the temperature. I lived here my whole life
Statements made later in the video indicate that "sub-zero" means "sub-Celsius". I think it is still an exaggeration to say that we are below freezing for six months. We are only consistently below freezing for extended periods between November and March.
The record is from the late 1800's at 68 days. They also seem to be confused about the fact that 5 degrees is above freezing, the fact that MSP is an international airport and that the Metro is sparsely populated. That was in the first 5 minutes.
Temperatures in Minneapolis are not sub-zero, Fahrenheit or Celsius, for half the year 💀
The mosquitos are quite bad right now
@@billyfink1234 I haven't seen one yet this year, at least in the south mtero.
@TJW68 I wish! But I'm out in farm country not in the metro anymore. I miss the bug control of the cities.
I was thinking the same thing 😂 Even when you’re using Celsius April in MN still has an average of 2°C
It's pretty close 😂
Thanks!
A lot of sloppy editing and facts, but overall interesting.
The 74 football fields was definitely over the top of BS. To rebut that one all we have to say is look what sat there before.
I was surprised that the Southdale Center in Edina, MN wasn't mentioned as part of the historical context. The idea of the enclosed mall became a reality in Minnesota. Southdale Center was designed by Victor Gruen with the idea of creating a downtown shopping experience that didn't require someone to endure the winter cold. It opened in 1956.
SOUTHDALE is CLOSED ready to be torn down. Mall of America is Very very boring with hee same stores over and over. Mall shopping is DEAD. It is so much easier to go on line and order exactly what you want from the comfort of your home. Fighting traffic and looking through the junk on sale is a huge waste of time..
@@b4804514, they have been trying to repurpose the Center for the last decade or so. They opened a Kowalski's Grocery Store in the space where the TJ Maxx used to be in July. Beyond the DMV office and the fitness center, I am not sure what they can do with the interior.
@@b4804514 Southdale is experiencing an influx of high end retail that is new to the market or formerly at Galleria. They also have a stunning new Kowalski's grocery store. They aren't what they used to be, but they are doing well as they adapt to market realities. To say they are ready to be torn down is incorrect.
@@b4804514 Sure...just came back from Southdale this morning and I didn't realize the things I bought there were not supposed to be available for purchase due to the mall's closure!
@@b4804514The malls that did not evolve have died or are on their way. There are many still thriving in the US like MOA. Mall shopping is also quite popular and in other countries...What the negative thinkers regard as "a waste of time" is the exact experience others seek. The "comfort of your home" has turned into a willing prison for the less motivated and has replaced the social interaction and experiences of life with an iPhone.
I remember receiving a map of Camp Snoopy and posting it in my children's bedroom. We studied all the Camp Snoopy rides and planned a trip there. It was so much fun to get out in the wintertime to go to an amusement park.
I just had Deja vu. I will definitely put the Mall of America on my bucket list.
No you did not have deja vu
I thought you already said you were putting the Mall of America on your bucket list...
Wow I hope it's not too severe 😕
1:50 We do not have ''discotechs'' in Minnesota or at the mall. There are bars that might have some dancing at night at the mall but by no means are they ''discotechs'' or as we would call them here ''clubs''
I feel like these videos are a voiceover from a french documentary and the narratice voice you hear isnt a real person
Yeah I was like that's definitely not true
Early on in the malls life the 4th floor had a number of bars located there.
You could go bar hopping from one spot to the other without having to drive to multiple places.
It was very popular for awhile before that somehow dried up.
I saw some things there during those days.
Now the bars have been replaced by an indoor electric go cart track, bowling alley, one comedy club, as well as the usual video gaming stuff.
The mall is always changing.
One store folding up and another one comes in
Many of the documentaries on this channel were created in other languages and then dubbed into English.
Judging by some of the vocabulary the script uses, the translator learned their English in the UK.
or when they said people come from Chicago "through the territory".
It's funny how when you live in Minnesota, you just kinda take it for granted. I haven't been to the mall in over 6 years and I live 15 minutes away.
Is it overwhelming to be inside?
@@Jay-kx5cb It is dangerous to be inside. Too many bad people.
@@Jay-kx5cbyes, it’s not practical all all to just do “normal” shopping, as we have many other malls. But for some specific stores that are only there, then just gotta plan your route or you’ll waste lotta time walking around. Lego store always fun of course, and some inquiry spots nowhere outside of Chicago would have in Midwest.
4:28 Temps are not ''sub zero'' 6 months a year. Below freezing maybe 5 month but not ''sub zero'' And when you say dropping as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit... It gets much colder than that it can go -30 or more.
Sub zero Celsius
@@thewombat4377 We don't do Celsius in America.
@@jpgranat but the presenter does for the sake of the rest of the planet
@@thewombat4377 😄
336,984,080 United States citizens couldn't care less about how the Russians tell the temperature in Red Square...
I knew that and I don’t live there 😂
Wow, a lot of negative comments here. Maybe get some exercise by taking a walk in the mall like thousands do on a weekly basis - 1.1 mile per floor gets you in a better mood.
There are no subways in Minnesota. I can see why this is a free documentary.
Wrong there is a light rail trains come and go. In mid 90s to now. Since 2000 they had a blue 💙🔵 line for the light rail trains come in mall America and back to MPLS Minnesota downtown. The back to Bloomington Minnesota.
@@LynnDeatherage-q3kexactly…. Light rail, not a subway.
@@telav1278 I mean. If we are nitpicking, the only real difference between the two is one is above ground and one is below ground, but our lightrail has plenty of areas designed for roads to go over it so it won't impede traffic. So... eh? I get your point though.
@telav1278 Can you read, I said we never had any subways system. Only. Buses and light rail trains. The sho42000 is the one said subway system. Like in NYC city system.
Subway station is technically correct as the light rail goes underground the mall. But it’s not a subway nonetheless. It’s called the METRO blue line.
I remember going here as a kid. I remember riding roller coasters inside. Pretty amazing.
What's with the mirror-image video shots?
I just wanted to ask the same question but then I saw this comment :)
I noticed that as well. Drone was set to selfie mode 🤦♂️
Possibly avoiding copyright scans or just stupidity.
@@Twobarpsi seriously what are you all talking about? Lol
@lcfflc3887 0:12 for example. Read "sears"
"As big as at least SEVEN football fields" then shows a diagram of a basketball court. Fine editing!!!
74 early in the video, but only 7 later in the video, football fields meaning futbol / soccer fields
AI is sloppy
As a Minnesotan that water park fell through
free documentary forever..i have learnt much from this channel
1 year than the 3 million years I spent in school
awww. Thank you
Wow u are old !! I only spent 500,000 years in school.
1:15 Those are not subways, its light rail. At no point does it run underground.
How about under the airport?
@@deanbecker2062 okay yeah, under ground for 1 mile.
@deanbecker2062 either he or she didn't know about the airport and I'm pretty sure that is more than a mile!
@@Kyoto_150 I measured on google maps. The tunnel goes between Humphrey Dr and the south end of the military base. Technically you are right, it's 1.43 miles.
@@deanbecker2062and under the mall?
Minnesota represent!!!!! 😊❤🎉😊❤🎉
More bigger than SM MALL OF ASIA . Nice that they have real plants to break the usual box type mall. Its nice to see how a ambitious project like this mall brought life how to enjoy malling better than usual shopping. Hope they continue to evolve and continue to be sustainable and become a green certified establishment which has a perfect balance of business and environmentally responsible.
more bigger? what does that mean?
Incredible mall and documentary!!
The documentary said the massive waterpark would be completed in 2024. It hasn't even started construction. It looks like it will be scaled down significantly if built at all.
Bloomington, MN 💕💕💕💕
Loved this video, Mall Of America is beautiful place to visit
and like all your videos they are informative and entertaining
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2 more weeks! This has been on my bucket list for years. First stop is the aquarium, then the M&M's Store.
Thank you!!
I very rarely visit the MOA, but always marvel at Harmon’s massive home run monument! I remember Harmon and his firearms! Others: Tony Olivia, who still works for the TWINS organization, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett and Kent Hurbek; and VIKINGS Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall and Coach Bud Grant. Then there was the number of Minnesota North Stars who played nearby at Met Center: Gump Worsely (one of the last goalies to eschew wearing a mask!), Lou Nanne, and Henri Bouche.
Harmon Killebrew’s FOREARMS, not “firearms”…
My error.
My buddies and I used to go there every week when I was a teenager.
Nice living close, just run to the mall of America with the wife on date night every so often. . Shopping, coffee, movie and exercise.
Why are some of the signage mirrored in reverse? Was this documentary pirated ?
Guessing it's copyright related. It's either that or blur the signs.
It's licensed from the documentary producers, but the documentary producers seem to have wanted to cut costs. The United States doesn't have "freedom of panorama," which means that a copyright owner can actually pursue you for showing their copyrighted item like a logo on a hotel. There are people whose entire job is copyright clearance, but they clearly didn't want the expense.
Visited when I was 10, 26 years later, it's still among my best memories
No central heating - that may very well be true, but the entrances have heaters and I wouldn't be surprised if every single story has it's own heating system which they pay for. Otherwise the thousands of lights, restaurant kitchens, moving parts friction, etc create heat.
There actually arent any heaters in any of the public areas. The stores don't have heaters either. (I've worked at many of them)
The difference in temperature between when it's busy and when it's slow is actually kinda shocking. On Tuesdays in February, it can be quite cold.
@@herranton that's what I thought lol, no sun and slow days after Christmas is probably unconformable to hang around without proper winter clothing on.
Going here Canada's Labour's day wknd, (next wknd) any suggestions on what to do around there, first time checking it out with the Family, I got 5 girls with me lol
What an awesome impactful project!
In fact SM PRIME HOLDINGS is targeting to build 100 SM SUPERMALLS here in the Philippines with more than 80 malls in full operation.
If you'll be here in the Philippines you will be overwhelmed with how our malls runs
🙄 West Edmonton Mall isn’t Canada’s first mall, it is Canada’s LARGEST mall, but not even close to being “Canada’s FIRST mall”!
Facts matter!
I came here to say the exact same thing... Canada's had malls preexisting West Edmonton Mall since the 1950s - 30 years before West Edmonton Mall was built. LoL
@@Kitchen_BS when “documentaries” get such simple facts incorrect, it makes me really wonder about the accuracy of the rest of the information!
First mall close to size and scope of MOA.
@@LifenaDay525 that’s not at all what was said, but sure….
Also good news is it’s right next to MSP Airport.
Now that's what call a mall
Who does your editing? Much of your B-Roll inserts are horizontally inverted, very distracting.
Probably realized they did the same pan direction for all their B-roll. Did the same thing last weekend at a car show and feel their pain :')
Yeah those backwards logos are so obvious
They also blurred out the “11” of KARE 11’s newsreel so I was thinking it had something to do with rights?
@@robrakow6509 Yes, I think it's so that they don't need to seek clearances on logo usage.
The white interior sucks
I visited here I believe in late 92'(I was about 12) and didn't realize how new it was at the time, I only vaguely remember it. Need to visit again soon.
wonderful video
Very interesting information.
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That demolition video is of the met center. Where an ikea sits on now.
Hope they treat their employees well 😊Nice🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Since when is it only 42 degrees Fahrenheit in June in Minnesota? Is this bearded guy getting paid to pretend like we're in the arctic circle and have to shoo polar bears off of our lawns?
Looks like a nice place, I'm going. I live on the other side of the airport. But rarely go
My teeth hurt after this commercial. 😂
Water park open in 2024? There going to need to step up construction to do that
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder when this was filmed.
Amazing 😍 watching from Oman 🇴🇲
OK QUESTION?
This is a Remarkable Mall and it seems well documented, but WHY ARE HALF THE PICTURES BACKWARDS??? The names of the stores are BACKWARDS. if this is such a quality video, then WHY?
😄 Lighten up a little !
I like shopping at sraes. I bought a eromnek washer there just yesterday.
💁 Nahhh...I didn't. I was just kidding around a little bit. I did look at gatyam washer at s'ewol awhile back, though.
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@@devilblueduke 🙃 uoy knaht
It's probably how the channel avoids UA-cam's automated copyright systems.
Why is the video reversed? Some of it.
I was there yesterday it’s a Beautiful place, also huge so try not to get lost cause it’ll take a while to find your way out lol
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0:42 😱 Temperatures are sub-zero for 6 months ! Your United States audience is astounded !
I wondered how old this video was, since Sears was shown in the drone video. The masks were part of,the giveaway. But it’s December 2024, and there is no Waterpark. According to a news report from May of 2024, still working for approval, but is now 140,000 square feet, which is 1/3 of the original projected size.
The only problem I would say is the stores don't have the exclusive clothing other cities have and a lot of the stores more specifically shoe stores are just multiples throughout the mall
I remembered from the year it was opened up until about 2000 they'll open the mall up during Thanksgiving but no stores were open just the mall and we were able to run around n play hide n go seek in camp snoopy lol only workers were securities lol
Bullwinkle J. Moose lives in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota. I wonder if that subway has a stop there...
Met center was a hockey arena separate from Met stadium. Both were taken down for the mall.
France gave America the Statue of Liberty.
Canada gave us the Mall of America. 🍁🗽🍁
And Mike Myers, and RUSH
There's never been a discotheque at the Mall of America.
Gators probably could've been considered a discotheque. I mean, they played music and had a dance floor and that was the whole idea. Heck, OSB was pretty much a dance club on the weekends. (It's not like they were playing football games from 10pm to 2am).
I'm not sure how much time you spent at the mall on Friday and Saturday nights in the 90s, but the fourth floor was basically one giant nightclub starting at the arcade and hooters, stretching all the way around the rotunda. It was lunacy. I'm still surprised more people didn't _die._
14 discotheques? 😂😂😂😂😂
Ummmm, I’ve lived here in Minnesota for 24 years and we don’t live in weather as cold as you say 😂😂😂
We need one for American dream mall the second biggest in the USA
I noticed that some stuff is wrong in the documentary. It isn't subzero in Bloomington for 6 months out of the year. It is 34 right now after Christmas.
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4:45 What happened to the native americans before the stadium was built? 🏟️
In the 1800's, that region of what is now the south-central flank of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro area running east to west was part of a much larger demilitarized zone that was created by the US Army in response to the frequent Ojibwe invasions from the north into the villages south in the Sioux territories and was managed out of Fort Snelling (very near today's Mall of America and the airport), in part to keep the peace between the two combatants.
Prior to the Ojibwe invasions it was long held Sioux land (they followed the Paleo Indians who were the first inhabitants after the retreat of the glaciers, some 12,000ya), but the constant harassment by the Ojibwe led the Sioux to largely depopulate the area, creating a void of sorts and also an opportunity for settlement by American easterners ready to make a buck in timber and the like. Plus, St. Paul was as far as you get north on the Mississippi by steamboat, so it was a reachable outpost of one of the most northern portions of the Louisianna Purchase.
The stadium went up a hundred plus years later, long after the dust had settled, and the Ojibwe and Sioux get along fine now and are making bank running their respective casinos both to the north and south of the cities. Plus, there's still a lot of Natives who live in the Twin Cities Metro, living their lives like everyone else.
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Why are so much of your B roll reversed? And the West Edmonton mall was not Canada's first mall as stated.
Yes, Norgate Shopping Centre in Montreal (strip mall, 1949) and Park Royal Shopping Centre (1950, enclosed) would like a word. As for b-roll, in Canada e have "freedom of panorama," meaning that if a copyrighted work is permanently installed outside, we don't have to worry about infringement. The US doesn't have that fully. You can photograph architecture, but for instance the Korean War Veterans Memorial sculptor sued the USPS for using his work on a stamp.
It’s 2024… no water park in sight. 32:51
it was planned but then covid hit, the city is starting to talk about it again
who remembers when bam and his crew came here and "stayed" in the mall
So it’s just like West Edmonton Mall in Canada
I go to MOA all the time (was there yesterday actually), and I still don't get how they don't have a good pizza place after all these years.
whos going to the mall and why?
I grew up here, at first it’s fun. But after a while. It’s not fun no more. Lots of business has come and gone. Mall of America sue business for behind rent and it’s change a lot for sure. I’m a proud Minnesotan and proud to have this in the state. But it’s not fun not like before.
Remember getting a call Sundy morning a ride was down and they needed someone to vome in and repair it, the local distributor didn't have the part but i had one in my demo kit, put itin got the ride running, they refused to pay for the part because it was used, a coiple years later a coworker got called, informed them they would have to wait until monday when the distributor was open for new parts.
I've been there twice. I got real bad vertigo. Its open center and 3 stories, freaks me out.
In 1960 early the SCCA raced in the parking lot
they say an indoor water park is “coming soon” to MOA once every like, two years. they’ve been saying that since i was like, eight years old and i’m in my twenties now 😂
Minnesota ain’t that cold. Haha
5:14 - wtf 😒
I didn’t know Bloomington had Subway. Where is located?
With the major major decline in mall attendance how is the mall fairing in this new environment is it still popular
It's still very busy every weekend and steady most weekdays.
It’s still doing pretty well. Definitely making lots of money. I would say like 70% of the people you see there are tourists post-covid.
@@thatonekatie3428 Entertainment helps, since capitalism (buy! buy! buy!) can only do so much.
Why did the same line repeat twice in 20 seconds?
2:12 - “The task of making this colossus rise from the ground brought many challenges: no building of this size had ever been built in the area.”
2:30 - “The task of making this colossus rise from the ground brought many challenges: no building of this size had ever been built in the area.”
Discotheque??? Really?
Minnesota is subzero 11 1/2 months out of the year.
How's that water park coming?
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That's SOCCER ⚽️ field, mate.
NOT football
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Soccer is football 😂 u sarcasticlittleprick u 🤭
European channel. We aren't all usa . Tee hee. Or Australia. Most Europeans call football football. Only though usa calls football football played with hands lol
32:50 "Scheduled to open in 2024." Meanwhile it's closing in on 2025, and construction still hasn't started... Oops.
You Could Freeze to Death just walking from Parking Lot to the Mall…
Taiwan has several malls this big as well. It's not just here.
And they have many months (most of the year) of heat and sunshine. The AC costs are probably insane.
No it’s not colder then us here in Scandinavia 😅
record low is -51C but generally it's warmer than scandi for sure
The average temperatures in Minneapolis is roughly similar to Oslo or Stockholm, although we tend to have _harsher absolutes._ (Like, we regularly drop below the coldest temp ever recorded in oslo, at least once every year).
Last winter we had a cold snap where we didn't get above -17 CELSIUS for 8 days.
It can get fuxcing cold here.
Go look up the averages.
@@herranton -17 is warm here, last New Year’s Eve we had -37°
@@TheKidtattoo where? Svalbard? Because last new years is was -5c in oslo and 1c in Stockholm. (These are the population centers, I don't care how cold it gets near Kirkenes because nobody lives there.
Edit: it was -1c in Minneapolis last new years.
@@herranton no in my hometown Arvika. We have a weird record. We always had the hottest summer day and the coldest winter day
Since I live just an hour away, I have gone to the Mall of America about once every three years, starting when it opened over 30 years ago. Unfortunately, the mall is slowly losing its luster. In the beginning the mall had four very good anchor stores and higher end stores throughout the mall. Through the years, it seems like the higher end stores are leaving and being replaced with "B" tier and lower stores. Sadly it seems like the mall store class is becoming more of a dollar store. I've noticed the same with the class of customers roaming the mall as well.
Wonder how many apartments would fit?
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I don't like how most of the signs are inverted in the video.
In New Hampshire where I live. NO SALES TAX ON ANYTHING PERIOD
32:56 Amagi Brilliant Park
Disco at the MOA? You haven't been able to dance there since 2000.
For their recent interior mall renovations, they need inspiration from how the nice malls in Paris and Asia look. Making a mall interior look all white doesn’t make it nice, it looks cold and and not warm and cosy. Even the malls in Honolulu look better.
Different styles around the perimeter.
As they stated in the video, they wanted to showcase the stores and make them standout. The old design(s) competed with the store fronts. It looks clean, open, and more brighter now. It’s really nice.
Sister mall is American dream mall