Mall of America® By The Numbers

• .57 miles is the walking distance around one level of Mall of America
• 8 acres of skylights allow about 70% of the natural light to enter the Mall
• 4 out of 10 visitors to Mall of America are tourists
• 4.3 miles of total store front footage
• 7 Yankee Stadiums can fit inside the Mall
• 25 rides and attractions in Nickelodeon Universe
• 32 Boeing 747s could fit inside the Mall
• 65 semi trucks were needed to transport trees to the theme park to create the outdoor feel of an indoor park
• 70 degrees inside Mall of America whether its spring, summer, winter or fall
• 86 hours is the length of time it would take to complete your visit to the Mall if you were to spend just 10 minutes in each store
• 100+ pounds of food are fed daily to animals at SEA LIFE™ Minnesota Aquarium - plus 90 extra pounds on the days the sharks are fed
• 258 Statues of Liberty could lie inside the Mall
• 400+ events are held at Mall of America each year
• 520+ stores are located in Mall of America
• 5,000+ weddings have been performed at Mall of America
• 11,000 year-round employees at Mall of America (13,000 during peak periods)
• 12,550 on-site parking spaces at Mall of America in two ramps
• 30,000+ live plants and 400 live trees climbing as high as 35 feet tall in Nickelodeon Universe®
• 32,000+ tons of trash recycled each year
• 170,000+ Legos have been lost in the LEGO play area
• 1.2 million-gallon aquarium at SEA LIFE™ Minnesota Aquarium
• 4.2 million square feet of gross building area
• 40 million visitors annually which is more than the combined populations of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa...and Canada
• 130+ million number of rides in the park since opening
• $650+ million cost to build
• Nearly $2 billion Mall of America generates in economic activity annual for the state of Minnesota

Did you know?

• If Mount Rushmore was divided into individual monuments, a president could reside in each of the Mall’s four courts
• There is no sales tax on clothing in Minnesota