The Metro Centre

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A-level Human Geography Flashcards on The Metro Centre , created by GingerBread8 on 18/09/2015.
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Aim was to . . . Provide a shopping & leisure centre, based on USA innovation but keeping some aspects of "European shopping tradition".
How many shops? Over 340
What other services apart from shops? There is an Odeon IMAX cinema, a bowling alley and arcades centre, soft play area for children, Bingo Hall plus a dental surgery and around 60 (chain) restaurants.
Parking . . . Is free and there are almost 10000 spaces, colour coded to match the different coloured malls. There are also spaces for the disabled and accessible car parking spaces.
Shop mobility . . . offers 32 electric scooters, 50 wheelchairs and 24 parking bays
Other services on offer . . . free pushchairs, lockers and lost property
Transport is situated on the A1 and is also accessible by train and the metro light rail system
Also hosts Student nights & fashion shows
At peak it has 9000 staff members working at any one time
Shops Accessorize, Apple, M&S, New Look, Next etc.
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