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Jag ser fram emot fredagen. "Black Friday". Då ska vi strosa. Länge. Tidigt, tidigt ska vi gå upp. Liksom många andra. Det är årets största shoppingdag då julrean inleds och affärerna öppnar när det ännu är mörkt ute. Mall of America it is.

• Cost to build - $650 million
• Economic impact - Mall of America contributes more than $1.8 billion in economic impact activity annually to the state of Minnesota
• Gross leasable space - 2.5 million square feet
• Gross building area - 4.2 million square feet
• Number of stores - More than 520
• Sit-down restaurants - 20
• Fast food restaurants - 30
• Specialty food stores - 36
• Movie screens - 14
• Employees - 11,000 year-round, 13,000 during summers and holidays
• Parking spaces - 12,550 on-site
• Walking distance around one level - .57 miles
• Total store front footage - 4.3 miles
• Key attractions include The Park at MOA^TM, Underwater Adventures® Aquarium, LEGO® Imagination Center, Dinosaur Walk Museum, A.C.E.S. Flight Simulation, NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Nordstrom and Sears.
  
  Did you know?
  
• 258 Statues of Liberty could lie inside the Mall
• If Mount Rushmore was divided into individual monuments, a president could reside in each of the Mall's four courts
• Mall of America is big enough to hold 32 Boeing 747s
• Seven Yankee Stadiums can fit inside Mall of America
• If a shopper spent 10 minutes browsing at every store, it would take them more than 86 hours to complete their visit to Mall of America
• There is no sales tax on clothing in Minnesota

Rackarns. Vi som tänkte att vi kanske kunde besöka åtminstone hälften av affärerna om vi går upp riktigt tidigt och åker därifrån riktigt sent... seems like we have no chance. Men det ska bli grymt roligt!