page_title: Downtown Summerlin (shopping center)
section_title: Operation
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Summerlin (shopping center) / History / Operation
caption_attribution_description: English: Downtown Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
context_page_description: The Downtown Summerlin shopping center is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment center. It is a part of the greater Downtown Summerlin area, a 400-acre development which lies within the affluent community of Summerlin on the western outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada. The shopping center contains 1,600,000 square feet and is located on 106 acres.
  The two major anchor stores are Dillard's and Macy's. In total, Downtown Summerlin is home to over 125 shops, bars, and restaurants, as well as a Regal Cinemas movie theater.
  A mall for the Summerlin community had been planned by The Howard Hughes Corporation since 1988, but was delayed several times. General Growth Properties acquired Howard Hughes Corporation in 2004, and began work on the site in 2007, to build what was then known as The Shops at Summerlin Centre. Construction was suspended in 2008, due to financial problems. Howard Hughes Corporation took over the project in 2010, and resumed construction in 2013. Downtown Summerlin's grand opening was held on October 9, 2014.
context_section_description: Downtown Summerlin includes a five-screen Regal Cinemas movie theater, which opened on October 5, 2014, and hosted discounted screenings for the next several days to benefit charity ahead of the official grand opening four days later. The mall portion opened as scheduled on October 9, 2014, with 85 of its 125 stores ready for business. Additional stores were scheduled to open in the coming months. The shopping, dining, and entertainment center contains a total of 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m²). The opening night included a fireworks and light show, and a four-day street festival was held to celebrate the opening. Nevada governor Brian Sandoval kicked off the street party.
  Thousands of people visited Downtown Summerlin on its opening day, causing issues with traffic and parking. More than 250,000 people visited Downtown Summerlin during its grand opening weekend. The center has 6,400 parking spaces, as well as tree-lined streets and walkways. The area includes approximately 400 palm trees. Downtown Summerlin had 111 announced tenants at the time of its opening, employing a total of 2,000 people. Dillard's opening was celebrated with six fashion shows. The mall included 32 planned restaurants at the time of its opening, although many of them were not ready for the opening day. Instead, food trucks provided services. Nordstrom Rack held its grand opening on October 24, 2014.
  More than one million customers had visited Downtown Summerlin as of November 2014, and many retailers were surpassing expectations. Executives in the local commercial real estate market believed that Downtown Summerlin would help the local economy grow. In November 2014, Howard Hughes Corporation opened an ice rink on vacant land near the mall's north parking garage. The site was originally intended for future development as a third department store. The land was subsequently made into a park, although the ice rink continues to return each year around Christmas time. The Summerlin Festival of Arts began holding its art festival event at Downtown Summerlin in 2015, and has continued to do so each year.
caption: Downtown Summerlin in 2015
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