Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates, home to a ski slope, to get $1.3 billion renovation

Описание: (24 Apr 2025)
UAE MALL OF EMIRATES

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 17 April 2025
1. Mall of the Emirates
2. Traffic near by the mall
3. Mall sign
4. Skiers passing near sign, reading (English) “I Love Ski Dubai”
5. Wide of ski arena
6. Various of skiers at the ski arena
7. Skiers on the chair lift
8. Various of skiers on ski slope inside mall
9. Tilt-down of 'Fashion Dome' at Mall of the Emirates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Galal Ismail, chief executive officer of Majed Al Futtaim:
"Our 5 billion (dirham, or $1.3 billion) investment programs in Mall of the Emirates over five years has already started. We've already allocated and mostly spent the first billion. We have some elbow room to grow the mall by 10%, add a new 100 stores to the shopping experience, but it's really not about size. It's about elevating our shopping, dining, and entertainment experiences, including some of the best cinematic experiences anywhere in the world, here with Vox IMAX. It's about introducing new experiences that our new customers want."

11. Various of people at the mall
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Galal Ismail, chief executive officer of Majed Al Futtaim:
"We're also introducing new cultural community and wellness experiences that provide a different dimension for customers visiting the mall. And we're also infusing all of these experiences with a lot of data and technology to make it even more seamless."

13. Various of people at the mall
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Galal Ismail, chief executive officer of Majed Al Futtaim:
"Mall of the Emirates is a global shopping destination, one of the most loved places here in the UAE, and a mall of firsts. Many firsts in shopping, retail, entertainment and dining were introduced to Dubai here in Mall of Emirates. Mall of The Emirates is also the first and the largest shopping mall in the world to obtain LEED Platinum certification for sustainability. So it's also one of the most sustainable retail assets you can visit anywhere around the world."

15. Entrance of cinemas
16. People entering the IMAX cinema theatre
17. Tourists at the mall
18. People at a restaurant
STORYLINE:
Dubai’s sprawling Mall of the Emirates, home to an indoor ski slope in the desert sheikhdom is getting a $1.3 billion renovation.

The operator of the mall announced the plans for the renovation last week.

The Dubai-based firm Majid Al Futtaim said the project would turn the mall "into a next-generation lifestyle destination."

It said another 20,000 square meters (215,278 square feet) of additional space would be added to bring in another 100 stores to the mall, which already has hundreds of shops and restaurants.

"It's about introducing new experiences that our new customers want," said Ahmed Galal Ismail, the chief executive officer of Majed Al Futtaim. "Many firsts in shopping, retail, entertainment and dining were introduced to Dubai here in Mall of Emirates."

The mall saw over 40 million visitors in 2024.

The mall, which sits along the 12-lane Sheikh Zayed Road, long has been a landmark in the city, alongside its other major shopping destination, Dubai Mall.

The malls are popular in Dubai’s summer months, when temperatures routinely reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) with high humidity.

Mall of the Emirates first opened in 2005.

AP video shot by Bassam Hatoum

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