Talk:Ala Moana Center

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I challenge the claim that Ala Moana Center was the largest shopping mall in the United States until the construction of the Mall of America (1992). I know CNN says it was, but the question is whether Wikipedia got its information from CNN or whether CNN got its information from Wikipedia. The King of Prussia Mall was built in 1963 and has over 400 stores according to Wikipedia. It is 2,793,200 square feet (251,388 m²) in size. The Wikipedia article for the King of Prussia Mall says it is the second largest mall in the United States. I used to live in Honolulu and I've driven around the King of Prussia Mall. The King of Prussia Mall seemed to dwarf Ala Moana Center. After years of shopping at Ala Moana (I even worked there for a few months), I was amazed to see the size of the King of Prussia Mall. Tysons Corner Center in the Washington, DC metro area seems to me to be about comparable in size to Ala Moana. It is 2,200,252 square feet in size and has over 300 stores.[1] It was opened in 1968. By comparison, Ala Moana only has 260 stores and restaurants according to this article. This article makes no claims about the actual square footage of Ala Moana Center. --JHP 04:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, when I first moved to Hawaii in 1989, prior to the construction of the Mall of America, Ala Moana was described as the largest "open air" mall in the United States. Even back then I never heard it referred to as the largest mall in the U.S. If it really was the largest mall back then, it wouldn't have needed the "open air" qualifier.

After a further search, I see that Wikipedia has a List of largest shopping malls in the United States and Ala Moana doesn't even make it onto the list at all. --JHP 04:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It does make that list as the 15th largest in the United States. --Gerald Farinas (talk) 22:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Contradictory statements

On section of the article states:

In 1959, Ala Moana Center became the largest shopping mall in the United States, only to be overshadowed years later by new retail developments across the nation.

But a subsequent paragraph reads:

Heralded as the largest shopping mall in the country when it opened in 1966...

Something is obviously not right here. The source supporting the first statement is a dead link, so I can't compare the sources. Can someone look into this? I don't usually edit this article, and have too big a workload with other articles. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 23:50, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Coordinate error

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I see nothing wrong with the coordinates currently in the article. If there is a problem that you think needs to be addressed, you'll need to give a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 17:36, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]