"Pall mall (pronounced pal-mal) or palle maille was a game played in the 16th and 17th centuries..., 
  When the game fell out of fashion, some of these pall malls evolved into shopping precincts, hence the modern name of shopping centres in the USA: shopping malls[citation needed]; others evolved into grassed shady promenades, still called malls today." 

 USA Shopping malls are definitely not evolved spaces formerly used for pall mall. The United States didn't even exist until the late 18th century, when the game had already gone out of fashion. I don't think a citation is needed, I think an omission is needed.