Untethered Utopia

摘要

Offering tourists the largest entertainment and shopping complex in the world wasn't enough for West Edmonton Mall's tech-savvy executives. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, a former fur-trading post in northwestern Canada, the uebermall covers the equivalent of 48 city blocks and is billed as "the greatest indoor show on earth." Each year, 22 million visitors flock to the entertainment mecca's three hotels, eight amusement parks, 21 theaters, 110 restaurants and 800 shops. Boredom is definitely not an option. Fantasyland Hotel guests can choose from Roman, Polynesian and other themed rooms, and World Waterpark thrill seekers can scream down miles of slides that stretch like licorice in a candy factory. On Bourbon Street, it's Mardi Gras every day.