It's no secret that the giant shopping centers in the world are not so few. They are especially common on the Asian continent. For example, New South China Mall with an area of 660 thousand square meters is located in Dungan and is in the TOP of the largest shopping centers. It is so large that it catastrophically suffers from a lack of visitors. He is called the "biggest ghost."
Of course, the presence of a large area does not guarantee that the shopping center will be interesting and visited.
When designing Avia Park, this moment was taken into account, and with its opening it became known not only as the largest shopping center in Moscow: there is a giant aquarium in Avia Park.
Why Avia Park?
Perhaps because the most large shopping center in Moscow located on the territory of the airport. Frunze, on Khodynka. It is located very conveniently: in a densely populated area of the capital, along the Leningrad highway, at the intersection of the main transport highways. 100 meters from the Khodynskoe Pole metro station and a half hour walk from the Aeroport and Dynamo metro stations. In addition, the construction of the fourth transport ring is planned near the shopping center.
"Red Sea" in the Moscow shopping center
The largest shopping and entertainment center in Moscow has a giant aquarium, the installation of which took 3 days. Its height is 23, its diameter is 6 meters. The aquarium consists of 8 wheels and has a cylindrical shape. Weighing 12 tons, it holds 370 thousand tons of special salt water. 3 thousand tropical fish were launched into the aquarium. To date, in terms of the number of inhabitants, it has surpassed the Moscow Aquarium.
The aquarium is located in the lobby of the first floor, ends under the ceiling and is visible to visitors on each of the four levels of the shopping center. The frame is cylindrical and mounted in acrylic glass, whose weight is 555 tons. Its fragments are connected using the latest seamless technologies.
From floor to ceiling in the middle there is a natural coral reef, around which hundreds of its inhabitants majestically swim. The aquarium is so deep that trained divers doing the cleaning dwell on special decompression platforms.
Now, in order to see the inhabitants of coral reefs in all their splendor, it is not necessary to go to the Red Sea. You can simply visit the largest shopping center in Moscow - Avia Park.
There is something to see here
Now about the mall itself. It has four floors and an area of 463 thousand square meters. At the same time, more than 150 thousand people can be in Avia Park. In order to get around it, you must go a path of 10 km.
No wonder Air Park is known as the largest shopping center in Moscow with an aquarium. Here are:
- more than 500 stores;
- 80 restaurants;
- many entertainment complexes;
- mega-multiplex for 17 rooms with an area of 10 thousand square meters;
- two museums;
- kindergartens with animators;
- ice rink;
- two-story parking.
Everything for children ...
Playground in the mall? Forget it. The creators of Avia Park went further. On the fourth floor is the largest children's shopping center in Moscow with a real TU-154 plane, which they raised there to meet young visitors.
Here, on an area of 10 thousand square meters, there is a unique KidZania children's park, where children are taught various professions in a playful way. In the mini-city, the child will receive a small amount of money "kizo" - this is the local game currency. Its quantity will not be enough for full entertainment.This is the charm: the child is given the opportunity to learn the profession you like, try your hand at the field of various specialties and make money. Small surgeons and police officers, firefighters and reporters, pilots and architects earn their own money and learn to spend. The training, which is close to real, is designed so that children are interested.
The first KidZania appeared in Mexico in 1999. Today, there are gaming cities in 13 countries of the world; more than 35 million adults and children have visited them.
In addition to KidZania, the mall has five children's rooms where you can leave your child. For toddlers, a mini-kindergarten with animators and nannies works less.
... and for adults
Shopping galleries "Avia Park" represent a network of crossings. Despite the huge areas and four floors, finding the right store or restaurant is not difficult. Bright and convenient information stands - terminals with navigation - will pave the way on a virtual map. Just enter the name of the desired object.
In the hypermarket, the main tenants are, of course, hypermarkets:
- Electronics (Media Markt, MVideo);
- products (Auchan);
- goods for sports (Decatlon, Sportmaster);
- children's goods ("Children's World", "Daughters & Sons", "Ship");
- household goods (DIY, Hoff, Uyuterra).
We will not list trade brands and brands that are represented in the center’s stores. Walking through galleries and squares, you will no longer have a question, which is the largest shopping center in Moscow.
Disadvantages of the shopping center
What are visitors complaining about?
- Firstly, to completely faceless huge parking lots, which make you look for a car for quite some time. Some drivers even take pictures of the car, thus making it easier for themselves to search.
- Secondly, the mall has poorly equipped rooms for mother and child. There are no comfortable chairs for feeding the baby and chairs. The rooms are more like public spaces.
- Thirdly, finding a store or bar is not a problem, but searching for the same room of the mother and child takes a lot of time. There are a great many pointers, but many of them are false and uninformative.
- Fourth, a small number of elevators, which provokes constant lines.
- Well and the last - absence of travelators. Escalators of the shopping center are not intended for wheelchairs, as they have restrictive columns in the middle.
Despite these minor flaws, the largest shopping center in Moscow, Avia Park, being a “city in a city”, saves time and gives an unforgettable experience. Arriving here, you can buy what you need and get a bank card, watch a movie or go to a museum, have lunch, walk your child and find a lot of other kinds of entertainment.
