The Block at Orange

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The Block at Orange (formerly The City Shopping Center) is an open-air shopping mall developed by The Mills Corporation in Orange, California, a few miles southeast of Disneyland. It is popular with teenage skateboarders, housing Vans skatepark. It is also popular for its nightlife because of its AMC 30 Movie Theater, Lucky Strike Lanes, Dave & Buster's and Alcatraz, a San Francisco themed brewpub named after - and borrowing some themes from - the former prison at Alcatraz Island.

Prior to 1998, the mall was an enclosed mall called The City Shopping Center, featuring anchor stores May Company and The Broadway, anchoring The City edge city complex. Mills purchased the site, originally considering conversion to an outlet mall, but instead converted it to an outdoor lifestyle center after seeing the success of the Irvine Spectrum. The slogan was The Block at Orange... It Isn't Square.

The Virgin Megastore was featured in Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan where Borat kidnapps Pamela Anderson.

[edit] Anchors & Majors

• Alcatraz Brewing Co. (10,491 sq. ft.)
• AMC Theatres (112,830 sq. ft.)
• Borders Books & Music (25,088 sq. ft.)
• Burke Williams Day Spa (13,060 sq. ft.)
• Dave & Buster's (59,955 sq. ft.)
• Hilo Hattie (20,000 sq. ft.)
• Lucky Strike Lanes (25,015 sq. ft.)
• Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue (31,368 sq. ft.)
• Old Navy (15,722 sq. ft.)
• Ron Jon Surf Shop (25,782 sq. ft.)
• Steve & Barry's (37,886 sq. ft.)
• The Powerhouse (20,278 sq. ft.)
• Vans Skate Park (42,355 sq. ft.)
• Virgin Megastore (22,196 sq. ft.)

[edit] External links

• The Block at Orange
• Converting The City to The Block

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