Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping mall, has taken a stand against the growing trend of Thanksgiving shopping and will be closed on the turkey feast this year. At Mall of America, the mall opened for the first time on Thanksgiving at midnight in 2012 and then in 2013 opened at 8 p.m. For Thanksgiving in 2014 and 2015, the mall was open at 6 p.m. Still, Mall of America said some of its tenants may choose to be open on Thanksgiving. For the first time ever, Mall of America will close its movie theater and its Nickelodeon Universe amusement park on Thanksgiving. Renslow noted that as Mall of America began opening earlier and earlier on Thanksgiving Day, it had gotten some split feedback from workers.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 05, 2016 19:08 UTC