Concord Mills facts for kids
Entrance 6 to Concord Mills
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| Location | Concord, North Carolina, United States |
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| Opening date | September 9, 1999 |
| Developer | Mills Corporation |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| No. of stores and services | 200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 19 (18 open, 1 vacant by 2020) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,334,000 square feet (123,933 m2) (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Concord Mills is a super big shopping mall located in Concord, North Carolina. It's almost 1.4 million square feet! This huge mall is in Cabarrus County, very close to Charlotte. It's also about 12 miles from Uptown Charlotte.
Concord Mills is one of two malls in Concord. The other one is Carolina Mall. This mall used to be run by the Mills Corporation. Now, Simon Property Group owns it. It's North Carolina's biggest single tourist spot. In 2005, over 17 million people visited! The mall is also about a mile from the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Some of the main stores and fun places you can find here include AMC Theatres, Sea Life Aquarium, Camille La Vie, Old Navy, and Burlington. You'll also find VF Outlet, Bass Pro Shops, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kirkland's, Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, H&M, Books-A-Million, The Children's Place, Nike Factory Store, Dave & Buster's, and Sun & Ski Sports.
Awesome Stores and Fun Places
Concord Mills is special because it has many outlet stores. These stores sell items from famous brands at lower prices. It also has many big-box stores, which are large stores selling lots of different products. Plus, there are exciting entertainment spots!
Some of the biggest and most popular stores and attractions include:
- AMC Theatres: A great place to watch movies.
- Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World: A huge store for outdoor gear and fishing.
- Dick’s Sporting Goods: Everything you need for sports.
- Best Buy: A store for electronics.
- Books-A-Million: A giant bookstore.
- Burlington Coat Factory: Known for coats and other clothes.
- Dave & Buster's: A fun spot with games and food.
- H&M: A popular clothing store.
- Sea Life Charlotte-Concord Aquarium: An amazing aquarium to see sea creatures.
- Sun & Ski Sports: For all your outdoor sports needs.
- The Children's Place: A store just for kids' clothes.
- VF Outlet: Another great place for discounted brand-name clothes.
You can also find other cool stores like the Nike Factory Store and The LEGO Store. There's American Eagle Outfitters, Old Navy Outlet, Express, and The Disney Store Outlet.
The mall also has a motion simulator for exciting rides. And if you get hungry, there's a big food court with many choices. It even had the first Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in the Charlotte area!
Around the Mall
Before Concord Mills opened in 1999, this area was mostly woods. But since the mall arrived, the area around it has grown a lot! The main road near the mall, Bruton Smith Boulevard, is now full of restaurants, stores, hotels, and car dealerships. New places open there all the time.
Other fun places near the mall include the Great Wolf Lodge of Concord. This is a popular indoor water park resort that brings in many visitors from out of town. The Charlotte Motor Speedway and zMax Dragway are also very close, about a mile away.
Concord Mills is known for getting very busy, especially on weekends and during holidays like Black Friday. Traffic can sometimes get backed up all the way to the highway exit!
Images for kids
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2010 aerial photograph of Concord Mills
