The megamall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, US, is now open after the pandemic forced it to shut for seven months.
The big-names now operating in the mall include Angry Birds Not-so-Mini Golf Club, the Big Snow winter-themed real snow park, Nickelodeon Universe, Dream Riders, The Rink ice-skating venue, the Dreamworks water park, and the Out of this World Blacklight mini-golf.
The 3,000,000sq.ft mall has been in various stages of planning and building for 23 years. It has had more than $5bn in investment and two bankruptcies. It has been developed by the Triple Five Group, with 55 per cent of the space devoted to entertainment and dining and only 45 per cent to retail.
The Nickelodeon park, for example, has 25 rides and attractions and the ice rink can take 2,400 spectators in three tiers of observation. The Dreamworks water park is the second-largest in the world and in the snow park there is a ski hill that will accommodate 500 skiers at a time. There is also an observation wheel that overlooks Manhattan, an aquarium, and a Legoland.
