Mall of the Emirates

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Mall of the Emirates
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Location Dubai, Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Coordinates 25°7′5″N 55°12′2″E / 25.11806, 55.20056Coordinates: 25°7′5″N 55°12′2″E / 25.11806, 55.20056
Opening date November 2005
Owner Majid Al Futtaim (MAF Holding)
Total retail floor area 2,400,000 square feet (223,000 m²)
Website www.MalloftheEmirates.com

The Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently owned by Majid Al Futtaim (MAF Holding). It is currently the largest shopping mall in the Middle East, although the Dubai Mall, which is under construction by Emaar, and Mall of Arabia will take the top spots upon completion in late 2008 or early 2009. Mall of the Emirates contains approximately 2,400,000 square feet (223,000 m²) of shops and the entire mall forms a total of approximately 6.5 million square feet. In a global perspective, the World's largest shopping mall, the South China Mall in Dongguan, China, contains approximately 7,100,000 square feet (660,000 m²) of shopping space in a complex that totals approximately 9,600,000 square feet (892,000 m²).[1] Although it features the usual amenities for a mall (a fourteen-screen movie theater, a gaming arena, a typical variety of stores, and a dramatic theater), its biggest claim to fame is the Middle East's first indoor ski slope, Ski Dubai. With the ski area, one of the largest in the world, the Mall of the Emirates seeks to differentiate itself from the dozen or so other newly completed malls in Dubai and the surrounding emirates. Half of the mall opened in September 2005, then officially opened in late November 2005 with the inauguration of the ski area, although it had already been in operation for several weeks. It is located in the Al Barsha area of Dubai.

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"Dancing" Water looking towards entrance

"Dancing" Water Feature

Mall of the Emirates interior

Ski Dubai

Ski Dubai seen from the Sheikh Zayed Road

Looking into Ski Dubai from inside the mall

Looking into Ski Dubai from inside the mall

Ski Dubai slope

[edit] Notable Stores

[edit] References

  1. ^ World's largest shopping malls compared, 20 January 2006, American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University, retrieved April 25, 2006

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