Grove City Premium Outlets, (formerly Prime Outlets-Grove City) is an open-air

outlet mall An outlet store, factory outlet or factory shop is a brick and mortar or online store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public. Traditionally, a factory outlet was a store attached to a factory or warehouse, sometimes allowin ...

, which is situated on Interstate 79, four miles south of its junction with Interstate 80, in Springfield Township, west of Grove City,

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. Located about sixty miles north of

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and seventy miles south of

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, Grove City Premium Outlets includes more than one hundred and thirty brand-name outlet stores, a food court, and one of the Pittsburgh Steelers' official team stores. It is one of the largest outlet malls in the United States.

History

In 2002, it was announced that Grove City Outlet's parent company Prime Outlets, was struggling to stay out of debt. In 2006, Value Retail News rated Prime Outlets in Grove City as one of the top twenty outlet centers in the United States. The outlets previously received the award in 2004. On Black Friday in 2006, shoppers created a

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10 miles (16 km) long during the middle of the night on Interstate 79. Due to Pennsylvania's lack of sales tax on clothing, many visitors to Grove City's outlets are from out-of-state or from Canada. A number of hotels are adjacent to the center. In late August 2010, the center was acquired by

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's Premium Outlet sector along with the majority of the Prime Outlet centers. It was then renamed Grove City Premium Outlets in September 2010.

References

External links

Grove City Premium Outlet's official website
{{Simon Property Group Shopping malls in Metro Pittsburgh Shopping malls in Pennsylvania Outlet malls in the United States