Fashion Show Mall

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Fashion Show Mall as seen from the Strip

Fashion Show Mall is located at 3200 Las Vegas Boulevard South on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada (an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas area). Fashion Show Mall is owned by the General Growth Properties Inc. With 1,888,151 ft² of space, this is one of the largest enclosed malls in the world. The mall has over 200 stores, 7 anchors, an elevated stage, a fashion runway, and the Cloud.

Fashion shows occur in the Fashion Show Mall every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The Cloud, at The Strip entrance is about 128 feet (39 m) above the sidewalk and is 480 feet (150 m) long. During the day, the structure provides shade for the entrance and at night it serves as a movie screen.

The mall features several high end restaurants, some accessible from private entrances and elevators so they may operate when the mall is closed.

For the winter holidays, the mall has scheduled snow storms inside.

1 History
2 Anchor stores
3 Major Stores
4 Restaurants
5 External links

[edit] History

The mall opened in 1981 with Dillard's, The Broadway, Goldwaters, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue (Originally only 64,000 ft²).

In 2003, Neiman Marcus expanded from 102,000 ft² to 160,000 ft², Saks Fifth Avenue and Dillard's both relocated in the west end of the mall, and Macy's and Robinsons-May expanded as well. A whole West end was added to the mall adding 500,000 ft² of store space, including The Great Hall, where fashion shows are performed throughout the day. Also, Bloomingdale's Home (first in the nation) and Nordstrom opened in the west end of the mall as well. Lord & Taylor was scheduled to open in the former spot of Dillard's, as part of the mall's east expansion, but that location is still empty, as the Lord & Taylor chain halted its national expansion plans and canceled its store here in 2003. The mall is currently searching for an anchor to occupy the location. A Nokia Experience was built in front of the building's entrance of the anchor. Also, as part of the east expansion, the Cloud and an 11,000 square foot food court opened on the 3rd level.

Rouse, the previous owner, was purchased by General Growth Properties in 2004.

On September 9, 2006, following Federated's purchase of May Department Stores, Robinsons-May became the second Macy's store at Fashion Show. This store is just a regular Macy's like everywhere else. It is known as Macy's Fashion Show. The original Macy's, known as Macy's Las Vegas, has a ThisIsIt store on the 2nd floor as well as a Macy's Men's Store. It is also the flagship of all of the Las Vegas Macy's. Both stores feature different sales, as well as different products. They both have different atmospheres and different name brands. Both also lack a Home Department. The Macy's Home Store is found down the street at Spring Mountain and Arville.

[edit] Anchor stores

Bloomingdale's Home+Furniture (Opened 2002, 99,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)
Dillard's (Opened 1981, moved to its current location 2002, 200,000 sq. ft.)
Macy's Las Vegas with the Macy's Men's Store and ThIsIt (Opened 1981 as The Broadway, became Macy's 1996, expanded 2002, 200,000 sq. ft.)
Macy's Fashion Show (see above) (Opened 1981 as Goldwaters, became May Company 1989, Robinsons-May 1993, expanded 2002, Macy's 2006, 200,000 sq. ft.)
Neiman Marcus (Opened 1981, expanded 2002, 174,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)
Nordstrom (Opened in 2002, 207,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)
Saks Fifth Avenue (Opened 1981, moved to its current location 2002, 160,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)

[edit] Major Stores

Abercrombie & Fitch (17,826 sq. ft.) (third Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store, to open by end of the year)
Capital Grille (10,848 sq. ft.)
Express (15,632 sq. ft.)
Maggiano's (16,678 sq. ft.)
RUEHL 925 (10,258 sq. ft.) (under construction)
Z Gallerie (11,126 sq. ft.)
Zara (12,205 sq. ft.)