View Full Version : West Edmonton Mall or Who has the Largest
Old Guy
02-10-2006, 07:44 PM
The main reason that I only visit my place there in September.:mrgreen:
Went golfing the last 2 days here:razz:
Invigor
02-10-2006, 07:54 PM
I wish...we only got about 2" last night :(
SJSobczyk
02-10-2006, 07:58 PM
Ahhhh 16 degrees tomorrow. Gonna put on some socks with sandals, wouldnt be Canadian if i didnt!
Steve
digital-audiophile
02-10-2006, 08:06 PM
I'm looking forward to wearing my team canada jersey tomorrow without having to hide it under a winter jacket :)
TheReefGeek
02-10-2006, 08:08 PM
We are above zero here too this weekend, and not a snowflake in site. Kinda depressing actually!
SJSobczyk
02-10-2006, 08:09 PM
I would be depressed if i lived in Edmonton as well!
Kidding
Go Flames
Steve
TheReefGeek
02-10-2006, 08:21 PM
oooooh, thems fightin words!
You would be depressed if you came to Edmonton, because you would realize you should have left Calgary so much sooner :mrgreen:
oooooh, thems fightin words!
You would be depressed if you came to Edmonton, because you would realize you should have left Calgary so much sooner :mrgreen:
Is this "Edmonton" place I hear people speaking of not a large shopping mall to the north of me? :)
TheReefGeek
02-10-2006, 08:39 PM
Yep, its just the largest mall in the world surrounded by a couple huts. Er, igloos I meant. lol
SJSobczyk
02-10-2006, 08:50 PM
Well did you know:
The TransAlta Stage is the largest outdoor production facility of its kind anywhere in the world. The cost of the project was in excess of $6 million.
During the Stampede, approximately 1,844,286 Mini Donuts are consumed.
Caravan Committee Stampede Breakfasts consume more that five tons of pancake batter, two tons of bacon and sausage, 5,000 bottles of pancake syrup and 85,000 containers of juice.
Harry the Horse Mascot makes 75 appearances during the 10 days of Stampede and wears size 38.5 shoes.
The Calgary Stampede is Canada's largest annual event.
In October 2005, the rodeo prize money was increased to $1.6 million with $1 million of that being paid out on Final Showdown Sunday.
In 2005, attendance for the 10-day event was 1,242,928.
The Stampede Casino needs nearly six tons of coins to open and operate.
Calgary's economic benefit from the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede is $300 million annually.
Some of these facts really gross me out!
Steve
:rolleyes:
Uh. This thread was about our snowy climate compared to the opposite out there.
Not about Alberta chest thumping.:lol:
digital-audiophile
02-10-2006, 09:26 PM
:rolleyes:
Uh. This thread was about our snowy climate compared to the opposite out there.
Not about Alberta chest thumping.:lol:
It's Gods country.. we can't help but draw attention to ourselves ;)
SJSobczyk
02-10-2006, 09:31 PM
i apoligize i go off topic pretty easily.
I can honestly say i do not miss the snow one bit!
Steve
geopod
02-10-2006, 10:05 PM
Hey doug..Alberta chest thumping is good. Calgary only wishes to be as good as Edmonton....thats why they keep talking about us cause they wanna be like us too ....
sorry guys had to put that in there.
calgary aint that bad
george
TheReefGeek
02-10-2006, 10:12 PM
Steve, its the lounge, there is not topic to go off of! :)
i apoligize i go off topic pretty easily.
I can honestly say i do not miss the snow one bit!
Steve
:smile: Thats ok. Just giving you the gears.
Steve, its the lounge, there is not topic to go off of! :)
Sure, there,s my topic in the thread title. :razz:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=57&d=1139595061
Doug, I'm glad that this got dropped on you instead of us. :)
If you need to have a bunch of it sent our way............ Please feel free to send it to Edmallton. :)
*thump, thump, thump*
J/K
Well while you Alberians are busy thumping your chests I wish some of that snow would drift over you and dump on us. I bought a new sled this fall (Polaris 700) and have only been able to ride it like 3 times 'cause we have barely any snow! I want some!!!!!!!:twised:
Quagmire
02-11-2006, 12:42 AM
Well while you Alberians
Damn Ive been spelling it wrong all these years :D
I didn't hit a wrong key now did I????
Skimmerking
02-11-2006, 03:55 AM
imagine the size of snowblower you could buy there Doug with trading in Ruth's new sled that she does not use.....:mrgreen:
Or wait a minute what about a bigger tank...
geopod
02-11-2006, 04:18 AM
Mike,
Being I just got posted to edmonton last march I have a brand new snow blower I bought in Nova Scotia and I will never use it here.
geo
Tarolisol
02-11-2006, 04:51 AM
Yep, its just the largest mall in the world surrounded by a couple huts. Er, igloos I meant. lol
Sorry to burst your bubble but Edmonton doesnt even have the worlds largest mall anymore . Beijing's Golden Resources Shopping Mall, opened in October 2004, is the world's largest. And this year an even bigger one is opening in United Arab Emirates. And Berjaya Times Square is Malasia is also bigger then West Ed so i guess you guys have to settle for 4th. Oh yeah and GO Flames Go.
I have a honkin snowblower. :lol:
and here I though we would not have as much snow this winter the way it started out. :rolleyes:
Serves me right for moving somewhere at a higher altitude. Well for here, :lol: , nothing compared to out west. :lol:
geopod
02-11-2006, 02:54 PM
sean,
i was gonna mention that Dubai was building the bigger one too.I was just there and seen the plans of the new mall and it is gonna be crazy huge
george
Beermaster
02-11-2006, 03:06 PM
I havent even be able to start my sled this year, we havent even had 1" of snow total yet this year, it totally sucks!!!!!!!!!!
and on that note, any one want to buy a sled, or trade for a quad lol
Skimmerking
02-11-2006, 05:00 PM
OH being on T-3 's for my back operation I wish I could spell SLED. haahah.....
HE he he just a joke here.
Wait til i tell Tammy that I'm saving up to buy a 96x24x24 tank for my Butterflyies and tang's hehehehehehehehe
Skimmerking
02-11-2006, 05:06 PM
Oh ya there george, When i get a chance to come up to
Edmonton we are going to have to get together to go reef visiting to some places around Edmonton ok..
I don't know if you can handle hangin out with a Artillery SGT thou..
holy Crap 1598 posts 2 more to go time for post padding
I doubt it
TheReefGeek
02-11-2006, 06:43 PM
We'll see if the Dubai mall ends up larger or not.
Mall of America was also PLANNED to be bigger than West Ed too, but didnt turn out that way!
StirCrazy
02-12-2006, 12:27 AM
Sorry to burst your bubble but Edmonton doesnt even have the worlds largest mall anymore . Beijing's Golden Resources Shopping Mall, opened in October 2004, is the world's largest. And this year an even bigger one is opening in United Arab Emirates. And Berjaya Times Square is Malasia is also bigger then West Ed so i guess you guys have to settle for 4th. Oh yeah and GO Flames Go.
It never was the "worlds" largest, only the largest in north america.. but I hear they are planning on building one in the US that is even bigger.
Steve
Tarolisol
02-12-2006, 12:35 AM
It never was the "worlds" largest, only the largest in north america.. but I hear they are planning on building one in the US that is even bigger.
Steve
Actully it held the title of worlds largest for nearly 20 years.
TheReefGeek
02-12-2006, 04:55 AM
I dont think there is any larger mall outside of North America
StirCrazy
02-12-2006, 05:52 PM
Actully it held the title of worlds largest for nearly 20 years.
Considering the Oriental Plaza was built in the 70's and has a total area of 800 000 m^2 I would say you are wrong.. :mrgreen: I was a Edmontonian for most of my life and I am just as big of a chest thumper as any other Albertan and I will be moving back when I retire but lets keep our chest thumping backed with facts.. and yes this means Calgarians cannot talk about wanting a professional hockey team anymore:wink: :mrgreen:
Steve
TheReefGeek
02-13-2006, 03:13 AM
I beg to differ! West Ed is the largest mall in the world, unless the Dubai mall is actually completed larger in 2008.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/west_edmonton_mall
Tarolisol
02-13-2006, 05:43 PM
Considering the Oriental Plaza was built in the 70's and has a total area of 800 000 m^2 I would say you are wrong.. :mrgreen: I was a Edmontonian for most of my life and I am just as big of a chest thumper as any other Albertan and I will be moving back when I retire but lets keep our chest thumping backed with facts.. and yes this means Calgarians cannot talk about wanting a professional hockey team anymore:wink: :mrgreen:
Steve
All my info was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall so i do have facts. Now your the only one thumping his chest.
Heres also some more facts for you http://www.easternct.edu/depts/amerst/Malls.htm
asherah
02-13-2006, 06:05 PM
holy smokes... we don't have a lick of snow here. In fact, there was a forest fire. It's so dry.
amanda
Snow is on the way for us apparantley. I think -19 for Thursday.... noooooooo haha. We have it too good this year.
Beverly
02-13-2006, 10:00 PM
Bring on the snow :biggrin: Am beginning to think all the grass has died from this weird winter :sad: And a forest fire already !??!!!
SNOW!! SNOW!! SNOW!! All together, now! SNOW!! SNOW!! SNOW!!
For those who have forgotten what snowflakes look like.... http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/index.html
But keep away the cold weather :2gunfire:
StirCrazy
02-14-2006, 12:20 AM
All my info was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall so i do have facts. Now your the only one thumping his chest.
Heres also some more facts for you http://www.easternct.edu/depts/amerst/Malls.htm
your own links showes orental plaza as being bigger. west ed, 5.3 milion square feet total area, Orental plazza 8.6 million square feet total area. :mrgreen:
Steve
Tarolisol
02-14-2006, 01:07 AM
your own links showes orental plaza as being bigger. west ed, 5.3 milion square feet total area, Orental plazza 8.6 million square feet total area. :mrgreen:
Steve
I never said the oriental plaza wasnt bigger. I said west edmonton mall was the worlds largest for nearly 20 years, since oriental plaza was opened in 2000. May be we should use facts here.http://www.wcities.com/en/record/229,46496/78/record.html
And Oriental plaza is almost half office space as well as residential housing.
And this doesnt look like a building that was built in the 70s
http://www.levettandbailey.com/images/projects/B-Oriental.jpg:)
Skimmerking
02-14-2006, 01:49 AM
Man Doug its good to see that your thread stay on it's topic. You were right thou...:lol:
StirCrazy
02-14-2006, 12:43 PM
I never said the oriental plaza wasnt bigger. I said west edmonton mall was the worlds largest for nearly 20 years, since oriental plaza was opened in 2000. May be we should use facts here.http://www.wcities.com/en/record/229,46496/78/record.html
And Oriental plaza is almost half office space as well as residential housing.
And this doesnt look like a building that was built in the 70s
http://www.levettandbailey.com/images/projects/B-Oriental.jpg:)
weird as after an hour trying to find out when it opened I found 1970.. oh well guess the internet isn't that good.:biggrin: but I do remember when I was working building stage 3 of west ed talk of a bigger mall, I will try remember but maybe it was a lie.
Steve
Tarolisol
02-14-2006, 05:54 PM
I have heard that west ed is going to expand again, but they need some support which they arnt getting.
TheReefGeek
02-14-2006, 05:56 PM
They already have the zoning permits for another phase actually. Building upwards from what they already have I believe
Skimmerking
02-14-2006, 06:46 PM
Hey there Doug, I hate to change the topic of your thread, but man that is alot of snow there.:lol:
SJSobczyk
02-14-2006, 06:49 PM
They already have the zoning permits for another phase actually. Building upwards from what they already have I believe
Does this mean there can be another 3 Le Chateau's to make my shopping complete?
LOL
Steve
TheReefGeek
02-14-2006, 06:56 PM
Lol, I dont think they know what they are putting in yet actually.
Thread name change!?!
Sorry for causing this hostile take over of your thread with the mall comment in my first post in this thread Doug. :(
Thread name change!?!
Sorry for causing this hostile take over of your thread with the mall comment in my first post in this thread Doug. :(
Thats fine. Guess my topic was boring, so figured I may as well get in on the "mall" fun. :lol:
Funky_Fish14
02-15-2006, 12:03 AM
Lol wow so I finally get to the last two posts and understand why the thread title didnt make any sense!
I as well am chanting for snow! And slightly cold weather, but not too cold!
SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!
Cheers,
Chris
:shocked!: Its was -35 here this morning
Skimmerking
02-15-2006, 03:18 PM
Really that sounds about right, it was -31 in town today.. thank god i'm inside and not out in the training area today like other times i have been out when its -72 with the wind Chill....
Beverly
02-15-2006, 03:22 PM
Well, at least you folks have SNOW :biggrin: It only snowed enough here yesterday to make the roads wet :sad: Only -13 overnight, though :biggrin:
StirCrazy
02-16-2006, 01:23 AM
Well, at least you folks have SNOW :biggrin: It only snowed enough here yesterday to make the roads wet :sad: Only -13 overnight, though :biggrin:
snow whats that stuff? I have heard of it and I vaguely recall what it looks like from my younger years..:mrgreen:
Beverly
02-16-2006, 02:06 AM
snow whats that stuff? I have heard of it and I vaguely recall what it looks like from my younger years..:mrgreen:
I'm beginning to feel the same way :eek:
snow whats that stuff? I have heard of it and I vaguely recall what it looks like from my younger years..:mrgreen:
I could always send you a salt bucket full Steve. :lol:
Beverly
02-16-2006, 02:02 PM
Still no snow!!!???!!, but at 8:00 am is -28C with a windchill factor of -41C.
TheReefGeek
02-16-2006, 02:44 PM
Yep, and going back up to above zero for the weekend!
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