The
Mall of America (
MoA) is a
shopping mall owned by the
Triple Five Group and is the largest mall in the United States. It is located in
Bloomington,
Minnesota (a suburb of the
Twin Cities), southeast of the junction of
Interstate 494 and
Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the
Minnesota River and across the interstate from the
Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. Opened in 1992, the mall receives over 40 million visitors annually, the most of any mall in the world. 80 percent of the visitors are from
Minnesota,
Wisconsin,
Iowa,
the Dakotas,
Illinois,
Ohio, and Canada. The
Triple Five Group, owned by Canada's
Ghermezian family, owns and manages the Mall of America, as well as the
West Edmonton Mall.