Mall of America (MOA) is a shopping mall located in Bloomington,Minnesota,a suburb of the Twin Cities in Minnesota,United States. It lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77,north of the Minnesota River,and across the Interstate from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. It opened in 1992,and is the largest mall in the United States,the largest in the Western Hemisphere,and the ninth largest shopping mall in the world.
Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi,Minnesota and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is commonly known as the Twin Cities after the area's two largest cities,Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Minnesotans often refer to the two together simply as "the cities". It is Minnesota's economic,cultural,and political center.
Burnsville is a city 15 miles (24 km) south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County,Minnesota. The city lies on a bluff overlooking the south bank of the Minnesota River upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River. Burnsville and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis–Saint Paul,the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States,with about 3.7 million residents. According to the 2020 census,the population is 64,317.
Bloomington is a suburban city in Hennepin County,Minnesota,on the north bank of the Minnesota River,above its confluence with the Mississippi River,10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Minneapolis. As of the 2020 census,the city's population was 89,987,making it Minnesota's fourth-largest city.
Metropolitan Stadium was an outdoor sports stadium in the north central United States,located in Bloomington,Minnesota,a suburb of Minneapolis.
The Metro Blue Line is a 12-mile (19.3 km) light rail line in Hennepin County,Minnesota that extends from downtown Minneapolis to the southern suburb of Bloomington. The line was originally named after Hiawatha Avenue which runs parallel to a good portion of the line. Major locations on the line include the Mall of America,Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and Target Field in downtown Minneapolis.
Nicollet Avenue is a major street in Minneapolis,Richfield,Bloomington,and Burnsville in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It passes through a number of locally well-known neighborhoods and districts,notably Eat Street in south Minneapolis and the traffic-restricted Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.
Interstate 494 (I-494) is a bypass route making up part of a beltway of Interstate 94,circling through the southern and western portions of the Minneapolis –Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota. The 43-mile (69 km) road is coupled with Interstate 694 at each end,and composes more than half of the major beltway of the region. I-694 / I-494 also act as loop routes for Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W.
Minnesota State Highway 77 (MN 77) is a 11.403-mile-long (18.351 km) highway in Minnesota,which runs from its intersection with 138th Street in Apple Valley and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with State Highway 62 in Minneapolis. MN 77 is also known as Cedar Avenue.
Barbara Elaine Peterson Burwell is an American philanthropist and former beauty pageant titleholder. After being crowned Miss Minnesota USA 1976,she competed at Miss USA 1976,becoming the first woman from Minnesota to win the title. Afterwards,she represented the United States at Miss Universe 1976,where she was unplaced.
Lyndale Avenue is a major street in the U.S. state of Minnesota that traverses the cities of Minneapolis,Brooklyn Center,Richfield,and Bloomington. A noncontiguous portion also exists in Faribault,part of Highway 21. There are several commercial districts along the street,including Lyn-Lake in South Minneapolis,Shops at Lyndale in Richfield,and the Oxboro area in Bloomington. Portions of both Interstate 94 and Interstate 35 run on the right-of-way of Lyndale Avenue.
Southtown Center,colloquially known as Southtown,is a regional shopping mall in Bloomington,Minnesota,a suburb of the Twin Cities. Southtown Center consists of 534,650 square feet (50,000 m2) of retail space. The center contains 38 retail tenants and is anchored by AMF Bowling Centers,Bed Bath &Beyond,Kohl's,and TJ Maxx.
Cedar Avenue is a roadway that runs from Minneapolis to Northfield in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The roadway is known as Minnesota State Highway 77 in the busiest portion of the route,from Minneapolis to Apple Valley. The portions north and south of this are county roads,Hennepin County 152 and Dakota County 23,respectively. Its northern terminus in Minneapolis is at Washington Avenue in Cedar-Riverside,though its alignment is briefly interrupted by an interchange at Hiawatha Avenue to the south.
Metro is a transit network in Minnesota serving the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It also provides service to some suburban areas. As of 2022 the system consists of two light rail lines and five bus rapid transit (BRT) lines all of which are operated by the local public transit company:Metro Transit. The five lines connect Downtown Minneapolis and St Paul with the Bloomington,Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport,Roseville,Richfield,Burnsville and Brooklyn Center.
Greenspring Media is a publisher of Minnesota-focused publications. The company publishes two subscription magazines,Minnesota Monthly and Midwest Home,as well as custom publications including Real Food,Where Twin Cities,Twin Cities Living,Minneapolis Meeting &Planner's Guide,Bloomington-Mall of America Visitors Guide,Minneapolis-Saint Paul Official Visitors Guide,and Visit-TwinCities.Com.
Nekima Valdez Levy Armstrong is an American lawyer and social justice activist. She served as president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP from 2015 to 2016. She has led a variety of organizations that focus on issues of racial equality and disparity in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. Levy Armstrong was an associate professor of law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis from 2003 to 2016. After concluding her term as an NAACP chapter president and leaving her academic post,she had an unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Minneapolis in the 2017 election. She has been a prominent local activist in several protests over the killing of black Americans by police officers.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Minnesota. The protests began as local protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul the day after George Floyd was murdered during an arrest in Minneapolis on May 25,2020,before reaching other locations in the U.S. state of Minnesota,the United States,and internationally. The events are ongoing.
Gene Winstead is an American politician and businessman from Minnesota. Winstead was first elected Mayor of Bloomington,Minnesota in 2000. He had previously served as a city council member for 5 years. His 20 year tenure as mayor is the longest in Bloomington history.
Neil W. Peterson was an American politician who served as the tenth Mayor of Bloomington,Minnesota.
The Marq2 transit corridor is a north–south thoroughfare in Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States. It consists of the parallel streets of Marquette and Second avenues in the downtown area. Each public streetway has two contraflow bus lanes with two lanes available for general purpose traffic in the opposite direction. Vehicular transit flows south on Marquette Avenue and north on 2nd Avenue. The inner curb lane allows buses to stop for riders while the second bus only lane allows buses to pass each other along the corridor. Bus routes that operate on the corridor stop at every other block at an assigned gate with each route assigned a northbound and southbound gate. Gates are assigned letters A,B,C,or D on Marquette Avenue and E,F,G,and H on Second Avenue. Custom bus shelters are installed at each stop with heaters and real time transit information. The corridor primarily serves express buses operated by all five public transit agencies in the Twin Cities.
