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A palace of excess in a city obsessed with excessiveness, the Dubai Mall is a colossus of spending, enticing people to stay, eat, shop, and leave with their wallets a lot lighter.
Like most mega-malls, this one is carved into about a dozen different themed zones to make it a little more human scale and to group complementary retailers together.
Emphasizing the mall's place as a day-long destination and not just a quick shopping trip, it includes an aquarium, a theme park, a movie theater, an ice skating rink, and other entertainment features.
Over the decades there have been a succession of "world's largest malls" designed to separate shoppers from their money. While it used to be years or decades between crown changes before, things are different now that Dubai and the rest of the developing world are in the game. Don't be surprised to see something larger in a matter of years.
Developer: Dutco Balfour Beatty
Developer: Al Ghandi/CCC
At the time of its completion, this was the world's largest mall.
Part of the mall features a retractable roof.
Superlatives:
This mall has the first branch of Paris' famous Galleries Lafayette in the Middle East.
World's largest mall.
World's largest gold bazaar.
World's musical fountain.
Largest department store in the United Arab Emirates (Galleries Lafayette at 192,000 square feet)
Stories above ground: 3
Stories below ground: 2
Stores: Approximately 1,200.
Site size: 278 acres
Floor space: 5,900,000 square feet.
Retail space: 3,770,000 square feet.
Theater seats: 3,000.
Steel used: 7,300 tons
Parking spaces: 14,000
2004: Dubai Mall joint venture formed.
2006: Original opening date for this mall (missed).
Lamprinos k.
Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 9:31am
Rating: Five stars. the best mall i ever seen.
Kashif
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 4:54am
Love Dubai , A wonder on earth and Dubai Mall
Juan carlos
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 2:59pm
Rating: Five stars. Fantastic mall in Dubai the luxury city !!
tavneet kaur
Thursday, July 5th, 2012 @ 12:50pm
wow ! best of all the malls in world .
Sarvar
Friday, February 24th, 2012 @ 10:19pm
Indisputably this is the greatest shopping center in world. I like it very much.
NIZAMUDEEN
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 @ 8:15pm
Rating: One star. Great. I too have a vision of good shopping mall.
faride nazeri
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 @ 1:29pm
Rating: Five stars. the best mall in the world and dubi is so butifull city .thanksssssssss
kasir khan
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 @ 11:15pm
Absolutly, one of the most beautiful mall I've ever seen.
DAUD WARSI
Sunday, September 25th, 2011 @ 10:35am
Rating: One star. The best mall in the world no 1 mall in dubai I love dubai mall
anuj gole
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 @ 6:32am
Rating: Five stars. best mall in the earth
Mansoor ALGAADI
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 @ 6:22am
Rating: Five stars. Almighty gave this country and they deserve that
Prabu
Monday, June 20th, 2011 @ 5:52am
Rating: Five stars. Its Marvelous
Cathy Clark
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 @ 4:34pm
Rating: Five stars. The best mall in the world. I love the skylight window and aquarium.
Kuntal Chaudhury
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 @ 2:01am
Rating: Four stars. I have visited this mall. Its marvellous as shonw in the above pics.
khalid shaikh
Friday, April 15th, 2011 @ 12:30am
Rating: Five stars. amazing i love it
niloo
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 @ 3:03pm
Rating: Five stars. I'v been here it is amazing :* Miss dubie
dude
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 @ 7:51pm
Rating: Five stars. wow, the architecture and design is better than anything ive seen in the U.S.
habiba dalhatu
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 @ 10:19am
wow! what a wonderful building!!
Mashhood Kayakkool
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 @ 6:15am
Rating: Five stars. Amazing this is one of great mall in the world
upul athauda
Friday, November 19th, 2010 @ 1:37am
nice place i am visit this place i am really enjoyedi like to work here
Abbas khan
Monday, November 8th, 2010 @ 1:17am
Rating: Five stars. outstanding and great achievment
vikasini
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 @ 3:23am
Rating: Five stars. wow!!!mind blowing, what a mall as i am studying civil i did like to build such type of mall in india in future i will this mall is gonna be my inspiration
shaikh shahid
Friday, September 10th, 2010 @ 10:34am
Rating: Five stars. DUBAI MALL IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR D SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT, AND HAVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF THEME PARKS WHICH NO MALL HAS SUCH A BEAUIFUL FEATURES
Arun
Thursday, August 5th, 2010 @ 8:18pm
Rating: Four stars. Great. I too have a vision of good shopping mall.I would like to have it to be built in India.
william ddaaki
Friday, June 18th, 2010 @ 6:55am
This is a great city constructed with great Love for the nation
akash
Monday, May 10th, 2010 @ 9:00pm
Rating: Five stars. I dont have any words.IT,S SO GORGEUIS
Ahmad
Monday, April 12th, 2010 @ 9:01am
Rating: Five stars. The Best Mall in the World
jovencio f. floro
Sunday, March 28th, 2010 @ 7:40pm
this city of dubai is the best in the world today.
righana
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 @ 3:02am
Rating: Four stars. its great dubai a palace for all need more than anything.. c'est formidable!
waqas ali
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 @ 11:23am
Rating: Five stars. i love dubai buildings
mahesh pendyala
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 @ 12:18pm
its butifully and execlente
the best and the most beautiful mall in the world
Friday, July 17th, 2009 @ 3:24pm
Rating: Five stars. the best and the most beautiful mall in the world.
Brent Kampert
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 @ 4:47pm
Rating: Five stars. I'm from Chicago and think this is the kind of mall we should have. That is so cool with the Aquarium, skylight windows, and attractions with a lot of stores included. It should be rated one of the "New 7 Wonders of the World".
AFTAB WASI
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 @ 3:23pm
Rating: Five stars. Absolutely, one of the most beautiful mall I've ever seen.
mohammed al kindi
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 @ 3:02am
Second to none in the city of life..Dubai, a place for all.
velizara
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 @ 12:58pm
Rating: Five stars. simply outstanding
gaurav mehta
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 @ 3:39am
Rating: Five stars. it will be the best mall in the world...
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Lamprinos k.
Five stars.
Kashif
Juan carlos
tavneet kaur
Sarvar
NIZAMUDEEN
One star.
faride nazeri 
Mansoor ALGAADI
Prabu
Cathy Clark
Four stars.
habiba dalhatu
william ddaaki
akash
jovencio f. floro
mahesh pendyala
mohammed al kindi