West Edmonton Mall - Canada's Biggest Mall

West Edmonton Mall (WEM), located in Edmonton,Alberta,Canada  is the largest Shopping Mall in North America and the tenth largest in the World by Gross Leasabel Area.It was the world's largest mall until 2004

The mall was founded by the Ghermezian Brothers, who immigrated from Iran in 1959

West Edmonton Mall covers a gross area of about 490,000 m² (5,300,000 sq ft).There are over 800 stores and services and parking for more than 20,000 vehicles

More than 23,000 people are employed and the mall receives 28.2 million visitors per year; it also attracts between 60,000 and 150,000 shoppers daily, depending on the day and season

The Mall has -

a Galaxyland amusement park
 ginormous water park
 three radio stations
a Chinatown-themed area
 a sea lions exhibit, mini-golf
an IMAX theatre
a chapel
an indoor shooting range and
large-scale replica of Columbus' ship the Santa Maria.

All that in addition to 800 shops