The Mall of America (commonly, locally known as "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 St. Paul International Airport. Opened in 1992, it is the second largest mall in the United States[2] in terms of total floor area (including Nickelodeon Universe), the fifth largest mall in North America in terms of leaseable space and the twelfth largest in the world. read more