Apparently as far as Iran is considered, bigger is better.
Iraq may have the largest cemetery in the world, but Iran has the largest shopping mall in the world.
The Iran Mall is located in Tehran, Iran, and is currently 15 million square feet.
To put that in simpler terms, this behemoth is the size of 260 football fields, all put together. It is over double the size of the previous biggest mall, which is the South China Mall.
What exactly will you find in this massive shopping complex? Nothing much, just…
- Three food courts with over 200 restaurants.
- 700 shops.
- A book garden with 67,000 volumes of books.
- A 215,000 square foot hypermarket.
- A 129,000 square foot ice rink and swimming pools.
- 12 IMAX theaters.
- A 5-star luxury hotel with 450 rooms.
- A roofed amusement park.
- 15 sports fields.
And many more miscellaneous features, from things as mundane as a museum to things as interesting as a permanent car showroom; this place has it all.
Oh, and by the way, this shopping mall was introduced in 2018, so it’s still pretty new. In fact, all those shops and restaurants and car showrooms? Those are just the first phase. The second phase will add another 6 million square feet and who knows how many more facilities.
My question is, how long until this “shopping mall” has to be classified as a city…