The Esplanade (Bangkok)

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The Esplanade
Facts and statistics
Location	Ratchadapisek Road, Din Daeng, Bangkok, Thailand
Opening date	December 2006
Management	Siam Future Development Plc.
Owner	Siam Future Development Plc.
No. of stores and services	120
Total retail floor area	105,000 square meters
No. of floors	7

The Esplanade is a shopping and entertainment complex on Ratchadapisek Road in Din Daeng district, Bangkok.

Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 2.1 Anchors 2.2 Retail outlets 2.3 Entertainment and leisure activities 2.4 Restaurants 3 Transportation and nearby attractions 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

Anchored by the Esplanade Cineplex, the shopping mall opened in December 2006. The cineplex hosted the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok in October 2007.

With a retail space of more than 100,000 square metres, the seven-floor complex includes the 12-screen Esplanade Cineplex with 3,000 seats in an area of 12,000 square metres, a 1,200-square-metre B2S book store and other retail shops and restaurants.

Other facilities include a 22-lane Blu-O Rhythm & Bowl covering 2,500 square metres, the Sub Zero ice-skating arena over 2,000 square metres and a Tops Supermarket of 2,000 square metres. The 1,500-seat Ratchadalai Musical Theatre opened in March 2007, and maintains a regular schedule of musical theater productions.

[edit] Facilities

[edit] Anchors

• Major Cineplex Group (Cineplex, bowling alley, disco ice skate arena, karaoke club)
• Central Retail Group (Tops Marketplace, B2S book store)

[edit] Retail outlets

• Central B2S Page One Book Store
• Fresh Air Entertainment Music Live House
• Orangery Too Bar & Restaurant
• KPN Music Academy
• iStudio by SPV Group

[edit] Entertainment and leisure activities

• California Wow Xperience Fitness Club
• Ratchadalai Musical Theatre - Operated by Scenario Co., Ltd., the 1,500-seat theatre maintains a regular schedule of musical theatre productions.
• Sub Zero ice-skating rink
• An in-door skatepark

[edit] Restaurants

There are many restaurants in the complex, including a "Food Walk" on the basement level, which features a variety of cuisine.

[edit] Transportation and nearby attractions

See also: Huai Khwang and Thailand Cultural Centre

The Esplanade is adjacent to the Bangkok Metro's Thailand Cultural Centre station (exit 3). Other nearby stores include JUSCO and Carrefour hypermarket. The Ratchada nightclub strip is located opposite the mall.

[edit] See also

• List of shopping malls in Thailand
• List of cinemas in Thailand

[edit] External links

• Esplanade Cineplex
• Siam Future property profile

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