Mall of Arabia is a planned

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; it will be a part of the City of Arabia in the Dubailand theme park premises in

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. Original announcements said it would be completed in 2008. Following the collapse of the Dubai real-estate market, the mall's opening has been delayed. In 2016, in favor of

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's opening date, it was announced that the mall will be revived within 10 years. According to the developers the 10 million square-foot mall will contain more than 1,000 retail outlets, a rooftop hotel, waterfront dining and entertainment, a theme park, an earth science museum, and a planetarium. It also will contain its own monorail system linked with the

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along with a two-story underground parking garage capable of holding 10,400 vehicles.

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