Overview
At 675,000 square feet (62,700 m2), as of 2005, the Dakota Square Mall is the largest mall within a 170 km (110 mi) radius. It is the third largest mall in North Dakota, boasting 70 shops, with four major anchor stores, a food court and a nine-screen Carmike Cinema with stadium seating. It also includes local recruiting offices for the United States military.
One unusual feature of the mall is a Sleep Inn & Suites directly attached to the mall itself, which opened in November 2003. The hotel also features Splashdown Dakota Super Slides, a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) water park complex which opened in April 2004. Dakota Square is one of only a few shopping malls in the United States to feature an attached hotel.
Dakota Square also includes several businesses not physically attached to the mall complex itself. These stores include a fast food restaurant, a grocery store, an American buffet, and an electronics retail store.
Located 50 miles (80 km) from the Canadian border, the mall also draws a significant number of customers from Canada.
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