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on location: midwest ❖ Spoonbridge and Cherry, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Source of the Mississippi River, Itasca State Park Explore Minnesota Tourism Photos Mountain Adventure Golf and a 14-screen movie theater. Mall of America, located 15 minutes from downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, features 520-plus shops that annually draw more than 42 million visitors, including some four million international guests. The mall’s Phase II plan calls for up an additional 5.6 million square feet, with high-end hotel, retail and medical facilities, including a Radisson Blu hotel opening in 2013. (mallofamerica.com) Walker Art Center at 85. Established in 1927, the Walker Art Center became the first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest and began its focus on contemporary art in the 1940s. A major expansion opened in 2005, and today the Walker is one of the nation’s five most-visited modern/contemporary art museums in the U.S. Besides featuring the works of major 20th and 21st century artists, the museum is revered for the vitality of its performing arts, film and education programs. A vital force for bringing new visitors into the Walker has been the adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which opened in 1988. Its centerpiece is Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Brugen’s Spoonbridge and Cherry, a whimsical symbol of the Twin Cities. Together the garden and Walker Art Center attract more than 600,000 visitors a year. (walkerart.org) MSP Airport’s Terminal 1-Lindbergh at 50. Minneapolis- St. Paul (MSP) International Airport has come a long way since opening in 1962 with 24 aircraft gates on two concourses, or “piers.” Today it has 117 gates on seven concourses. Airlines carried about 33 million passengers to and from MSP last year, compared to fewer than 2 million in 1962. On average, some 80,000 people a day now fly through Terminal 1-Lindbergh. Of the seven airlines that served MSP when the terminal opened, only United Airlines still exists. The others – Braniff, Eastern, North Central, Northwest, Ozark and Western – succumbed to acquisition, merger or liquidation. MSP became a major hub in 1986 with the merger of the two largest carriers at the airport, Northwest and Republic, creating the world’s fourth largest airline. Although Delta Air Lines didn’t begin serving the Twin Cities until 1984, it became the dominant carrier in 2008 when it acquired Northwest Airlines. Because it was the only active terminal at MSP when it opened for business in 1962, Terminal 1-Lindbergh wasn’t actually named until 1985, when it was rededicated to famous Minnesota aviator Charles A. Lindbergh. Naming the terminal had become necessary with the introduction of a second terminal in 1986, the Hubert H. Humphrey International Charter Terminal. A numeric designator was added to both terminal names in 2010 in an effort to win approval from state and federal highway officials for signs directing drivers to the correct terminal for their airline. (mspairport.com) 42 April 2012 LeisureGroupTravel.com
Fun: ® Family : Mall of America has the widest variety of entertainment tainment options under one roof, including the largest indoor Nickelodeon ® theme park – Nickelodeon Universe. ® World-Class Shopping: : 520 stores all in one location with no sales tax on clothing and shoes! For more information, contact Millie Philipp in Mall of America Tourism at 952.883.8843, mphilipp@mallofamerica.com or visit www.mallofamerica.com Photo: Mario Testino Diana: A Celebration February 4 - June 10, 2012 An award-winning exhibition celebrating the life and work of Diana, Princess s of Wales. Mall of America, Level 4 /MallofAmerica @MallofAmerica
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