Simon Malls deals feed lists the current in-mall offers per centre
Shopping Malls · Bloomington, MN
Mall of America
The crown jewel of American malls, featuring the nation's largest shopping and entertainment complex with a 7-acre indoor theme park, aquarium, and unparalleled retail variety drawing visitors from around the world.
- 520+ stores
- 32M visitors
- America's largest
Discount level at this center
Premium-led: in-mall promotions run 20-30%, while the same brands at an outlet center typically sit 40-70% below full-line.
- Premium 67%
- Mid-range 33%
Discount depth vs outlets
50Thin
10–25% off — worth a look on a trip you're already making
Typical saving here
Full-line mall13–25% off
0%80% off retail
Outlet centers nearby30–60% off
0%80% off retail
Flagship malls sell at full recommended retail, with discounting concentrated in the seasonal sale windows and the anchor department stores. Compare a ticket here against the same brand's outlet store before buying.
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Codes & offers
Codes to use at Mall of America
Live promo codes and dated offers published for this center and its brands.
1 promo period running now · next opens 27 September 2026
Freshness 75/100 across this shelf — 1 active. Scored on how recently the source was read, whether the offer's own dates still run, and how close the reading is to the publisher.
Month by month
Mall of America promo calendar
Every promo period we can date at Mall of America, laid out by month, so you can see which weeks are discounted and which are quiet.
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Promo periods
1
Running today
27 September 2026
Next period opens
December 19%
Busiest month
September 2026this month
4 periods · 3 of 30 days discounted (10%)
Event
Shep Rose Book Event · From 2 Sep 2026
$10 off
Save $10 on first year of MOA Insiders Premium · Until 15 Sep 2026
Event
Penn & Kim Holderness book event · From 27 Sep 2026
Event
Penn and Kim Holderness Book Event · 27 Sep 2026
11530
October 2026
No dated promo period on this month yet
November 2026
1 period · 3 of 30 days discounted (10%)
Up to 50% off
Black Friday weekend in-mall runs on anchor-store percentages, not outlet-style clearance · 27 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
11530
December 2026
1 period · 6 of 31 days discounted (19%)
Up to 65% off →
Post-Christmas in-mall clearance runs alongside gift-card redemption week · 26 Dec 2026 – 4 Jan 2027
11631
January 2027
1 period · 4 of 31 days discounted (13%)
← Up to 65% off
Post-Christmas in-mall clearance runs alongside gift-card redemption week · 26 Dec 2026 – 4 Jan 2027
11631
February 2027
No dated promo period on this month yet
Running today
- On nowFrom 2 Sep 20261 day
Shep Rose Book Event
Source: Mall of America · Check the page
Triple Five Group · savings
Full savings boardSavings at Mall of America
Standing programmes you can use on any visit — operator passports, tax rules and the anchor sale ladders that actually move price here.
- 10-20% retail, 20-40% on attractionsYear round
Visitor savings booklet and hotel packages
Guest services issues a visitor savings booklet on proof of out-of-area travel, and the center's hotel partners bundle attraction wristbands with room rates at well below gate price. Book the bundle rather than paying at the gate.
Operator programme · guest services
- 20-40% vs gate pricingYear round, best off-peak
Attraction combo wristbands
Unlimited-ride wristbands and multi-attraction combos are materially cheaper than paying per ride, and cheaper again bought online before arrival. After-4pm and resident pricing exist in most seasons.
Attraction operator
- Around 7-8% versus taxed statesAlways
No sales tax on clothing in Minnesota
Minnesota exempts clothing and footwear from sales tax entirely. On a full wardrobe shop that is a straight saving against almost every neighbouring state, and it is the single biggest reason Twin Cities retail draws coach traffic.
State tax rule
- 30-40% Anniversary, 40-60% Half-YearlyJuly, late May, late December
Nordstrom Anniversary Sale and Half-Yearly
The Anniversary Sale in July discounts new-season stock before it goes to full price — the reverse of a normal clearance — and cardholders get early access. The Half-Yearly sales in late May and late December are conventional clearance at 40-60%.
Anchor tenant · Nordstrom
- Sale price plus an extra 10-25%Monthly sale weekends
Macy's One Day Sale and coupon stacking
Macy's runs One Day Sale weekends roughly monthly, and the 'extra 20% off' wallet coupon usually stacks on sale prices in apparel while excluding cosmetics and most designer brands. Clearance racks at the back move to a further percentage off at the end of each month.
Anchor tenant · Macy's
Calendar
Events and sale windows at Mall of America
What this kind of center runs every year, and whether it is a genuine markdown or programming that fills the center court.
- The Friday after Thanksgiving
Black Friday weekend and midnight openings
Extended hours from the early hours, door-buster pricing at the anchors and the year's largest single day of promotional depth. The first two hours carry the doorbuster stock; after that the offers are the same ones running online.
- 26 December to mid-January
After-Christmas clearance
The deepest genuine markdowns of the year: winter apparel, holiday homeware and gift sets clear at 50-70% while gift-card balances are being spent. Sizes thin out fast after the first weekend.
- Mid-February and late May
Presidents' Day and Memorial Day promotions
Anchor-led three-day sale events, strongest on mattresses, homeware, outerwear clearance and spring apparel launches at introductory pricing.
- Late July to early September
Back-to-school season
Kids' apparel, footwear and tech promotions run for six weeks, and in tax-holiday states the exemption stacks on top of retailer discounts.
- Mid-November to 24 December
Santa photo sets and holiday programming
Free entertainment programming that fills center courts — photo sets, choirs, tree lightings. Book photo slots online; walk-up queues run to hours at weekends.
Top Anchor Stores & Attractions: price level and outlet saving
Each brand is placed by its usual market position, alongside the saving you would normally see on the same label in an outlet store.
| Brand | Price level | Typical outlet saving | In-mall discounting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macy's | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| Nordstrom | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| JCPenney | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| Sears | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| Nickelodeon Universe | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| SEA LIFE Aquarium | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| Crayola Experience | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
| Build-A-Bear Workshop | Mid-range | 25-50% below full-line | Frequent promotions in-mall, so the outlet gap narrows. |
| Apple Store | Premium | 40-70% below full-line | Occasional 20-30% seasonal promotions in the mall store. |
| Tesla | Premium | 40-70% below full-line | Occasional 20-30% seasonal promotions in the mall store. |
| 50+ dining venues | Not rated | No editorial rating | Not enough public pricing to place this brand. |
- Apple Store · 0-15%, refurbished only
- Macy's · 20-40% below mall clearance
- Nordstrom · 20-40% below mall clearance
- JCPenney · 20-40% below mall clearance
- Tesla · 0-15%, refurbished only
- Nickelodeon Universe · 20-40% on bundles
- SEA LIFE Aquarium · 20-40% on bundles
- Sears · 20-40% below mall clearance
- Build-A-Bear Workshop · 10-30% at the outlet
- Crayola Experience · 20-40% on bundles
Store by store
Store directoryStore pages at Mall of America
Every shop we hold for this center has its own page: what it discounts, the tactic that beats its shelf price, and a saving calculator for its price level.
Apple Store
66FairTech · outlet saving 40-70%
Tesla
63FairTech · outlet saving 40-70%
Nickelodeon Universe
50ThinDining & fun · outlet saving 20-40%
Nordstrom
50ThinAnchor stores · outlet saving 20-40%
Macy's
48ThinAnchor stores · outlet saving 20-40%
Sears
48ThinAnchor stores · outlet saving 20-40%
Build-A-Bear Workshop
47ThinFlagships · outlet saving 25-50%
Crayola Experience
47ThinDining & fun · outlet saving 20-40%
JCPenney
46ThinAnchor stores · outlet saving 20-40%
SEA LIFE Aquarium
42ThinDining & fun · outlet saving 20-40%
Now on at Mall of America
Dated sales, events and openings pulled from the center's own pages and checked against the source before they appear here.
Checked 4 days agoToday's promo codes →
SaleUp to 50% off
Black Friday weekend in-mall runs on anchor-store percentages, not outlet-style clearance
Department-store anchors drive the mall discount on Black Friday weekend with stacked coupons and category percentages. Compare against the outlet price on the same brand before committing.
SaleUp to 65% off
Post-Christmas in-mall clearance runs alongside gift-card redemption week
The week after Christmas pairs the year's deepest in-mall markdowns with heavy gift-card traffic. Go early in the day: queues, not price, are the constraint.
Savings programmeLive nowVaries by store
Simon Malls deals feed lists the current in-mall offers per centre
Simon publishes live store-level offers for each of its malls. Filter by your centre before a trip: the same brand often runs a different promotion in-mall than at its outlet store.
EventLive now
Shep Rose Book Event
Shep Rose hosts a book event on Wednesday, September 2 at 6 p.m.
Savings programmeLive now
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Savings programmeLive now
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Savings programmeLive now
MOA Insiders Premium Promotion
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Sale density by month
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O75
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DChecked 4 days ago · 22 live entries · 14 verified at source
In the news
Mall of America news
Dated coverage of this center and the wider shopping market it sits in, each entry linking straight to the publisher.
Retail trend
Value fashion moves into A-grade malls, narrowing the outlet gap
Primark at Mall of America and Uniqlo at Aventura put genuine value pricing inside flagship full-line malls. On basics, an in-mall value anchor can now beat an outlet rail once you price the drive — the outlet advantage is concentrating in branded fashion and footwear.
Retail trend
Collectibles retailers are taking mall space that fashion vacated
Pop Mart and comparable collectibles operators appear in new-lease announcements at King of Prussia, Ala Moana and elsewhere this year. These formats hold price and rarely discount, so they lift footfall without adding savings.
Store opening
Primark opens at Mall of America on 3 September
Primark confirmed its first Minnesota store at Mall of America, opening 3 September. Primark prices sit at or below most outlet rails on basics, which changes the arithmetic on an outlet trip from the Twin Cities.
Store opening
adidas unveils a new concept store at Mall of America
adidas opened a new brand concept format at Mall of America in July. Concept stores hold price better than the brand's outlet doors — compare against the nearest adidas outlet before buying at full ticket.
Brand news
Mall of America lines up 20 new and coming-soon brands
The mall published a June list of 20 incoming retail and dining concepts, more than half of them Minnesota debuts. New-store openings usually carry launch promotions, which is the one reliable full-price-center discount window.
Store opening
Mango opens its first Minnesota store at Mall of America
Mall of America announced Mango's Minnesota debut in March, the brand's third Midwest location. Mango discounts in-season through its own end-of-season sales rather than an outlet channel, so watch the January and July resets.
What each discount level is actually worth
Enter the full-line ticket price you are looking at in Mall of America, pick the brand, and see the cash saving at every discount level — with MN sales tax applied, because tax often moves the total more than one discount tier does.
Sales tax (MN)
PremiumOutlet gap: 40-70% below full-line
Occasional 20-30% seasonal promotions in the mall store. Clothing and footwear are fully exempt.
| Discount | Shelf price | You pay (incl. 7.9% tax) | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full ticket | $200.00 | $215.80 | — |
| 10% off | $180.00 | $194.22 | $21.58 |
| 20% off | $160.00 | $172.64 | $43.16 |
| 30% off | $140.00 | $151.06 | $64.74 |
| 40% offtypical outlet level | $120.00 | $129.48 | $86.32 |
| 50% offtypical outlet level | $100.00 | $107.90 | $107.90 |
| 60% offtypical outlet level | $80.00 | $86.32 | $129.48 |
| 70% offtypical outlet level | $60.00 | $64.74 | $151.06 |
On a $200 Apple Store item, the outlet store's usual 40-70% takes you to about $129.48 — a saving of roughly $86.32 after tax. Below that, price-check Amazon before you buy: if the same model is under $129.48 there, neither the mall nor the outlet is the cheaper option.
Discount levels are editorial guides to how these brands normally price, not quotes for a specific item, and tax rates are typical combined rates for the area. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Outlet centers in Minnesota
Same brands, previous-season stock, lower tickets. Compare before you buy full price.
Price-check Mall of America against Amazon
Run the same brand and model through Amazon before paying mall price — it is the fastest reality check on any in-store discount claim.
- Macy's sale
- Nordstrom sale
- JCPenney sale
- Sears sale
- Nickelodeon Universe sale
- SEA LIFE Aquarium sale
- Crayola Experience sale
- Build-A-Bear Workshop sale
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