However, it has never opened since then – and takes pride of place with Guinness World Records as the largest unoccupied building on the planet. 123RF Olympic Stadium, Montreal: "The Big Owe". Olympic Stadium, MontrealThe Olympic movement is a world class generator of white elephants, with the stadium built for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal being perhaps the most notorious. New South China Mall, DongguanIn terms of gross leasable area, this is the largest shopping mall in the world. Naypyidaw, Burma/MyanmarIt's one thing making a white elephant building, but quite another to make a white elephant city.

Source: Stuff April 04, 2019 22:52 UTC