When it opened in 1959, Ala Moana Center became the largest shopping mall in the United States. The Ala Moana Shopping Center, commonly known simply as Ala Moana, is the largest shopping mall in the state of Hawaii. It is also the fifteenth largest shopping mall in the United States, and the largest open-air shopping center in the world.
Located at 1450 Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Ala Moana Shopping Center is part of the commercial, retail, and residential district of Ala Moana, south of Makiki, east of Kakaʻako, west of Waikīkī and adjacent to Ala Moana Beach Park.