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Encyclopedia > Fashion Show Mall
Fashion Show Mall as seen from the Strip with The Cloud in the center.
Christmas Decor as seen during the 2005 and 2006 holiday seasons.

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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 277 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 277 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 2. ... The south end of The Strip. ... Looking west toward Paradise Road and the Las Vegas Strip in the CDP of Paradise, Nevada Paradise is a census-designated place located in Clark County, Nevada. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... General Growth Properties NYSE: GGP is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust in the United States. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...


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. Projection screens are installations consisting of blank surface and a support structure used for projecting an image for the view of an audience. ...


The mall features several high end restaurants, some accessible from private entrances and elevators so they may operate when the mall is closed. High end refers to the best and generally most expensive of a class of goods or services. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to order, to be consumed on the premises. ...


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

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History

The mall opened in 1981 with Dillard's, Bullock's, Goldwaters, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue (Originally only 64,000 ft²). This article is about a department store chain. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ... Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. ...


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. Bloomingdales is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the parent company of Macys. ... Nordstrom, Inc. ... Lord & Taylor, based in New York, New York, is the oldest department store chain in the United States. ... This article is about a department store chain. ... Nokia Corporation (OMX: NOK1V, NYSE: NOK, FWB: NOA3) is currently the worlds largest manufacturer of mobile telephones, with a global market share of approximately 36% in Q1 of 2007. ...


Rouse, the previous owner, was purchased by General Growth Properties in 2004. The Rouse Company, founded by James W. Rouse in 1939 and publicly held since 1956, is a shopping mall and community developer. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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. Macy's Fashion Show has a home department. The Macy's Home Store is found down the street at Spring Mountain and Arville. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Robinsons-May is the current name used by a chain of department stores operating in the Southern California, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada, previously with headquarters in North Hollywood, California. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ...


Anchor stores

  • Bloomingdale's Home (Opened 2002, 100,000 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 Bullock's, became Macy's 1996, expanded 2002, 199,000 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, 167,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)
  • Nordstrom (Opened in 2002, 200,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)
  • Saks Fifth Avenue (Opened 1981, moved to its current location 2002, 166,000 sq. ft.) (Only location in Nevada)

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Major Stores

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Restaurants

Auntie Annes, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is an American chain of pretzel bakeries founded by Anne F. Beiler and her husband, Jonas, in 1989. ... Bloomingdales is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Federated Department Stores, which is also the parent company of Macys. ... California Pizza Kitchen NASDAQ: CPKI is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. ... Cinnabon is a chain of American baked goods stores and kiosks formerly owned by AFC Enterprises, and, as of 2004, owned by FOCUS Brands, Inc. ... Maggianos Little Italy is a casual dining restaurant chain, specializing in Italian food. ... Nordstrom, Inc. ... Nordstrom, Inc. ... Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a coffeehouse chain based in the United States. ...

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Phase II of Fashion Show's redevelopment plan, the East Expansion, features a 480 foot-long steel structure called the "Cloud." The Cloud hovers 128 feet above a 72,000 square-foot plaza on the Las Vegas Strip, providing shade during the day and doubling as an image projection surface at night.
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