Shopping SP Market

Shopping SP Market is a mall in the South Zone of São Paulo, Brazil. It opened on 20 September 1994.

SP Market Mall
Shopping SP Market
Xuxa World in SP Market
LocationSouth Zone, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Address22.540, Avenida das Nacos Unida
Opening date20 September 1994
No. of stores and services250
No. of anchor tenants18
Total retail floor area(173 thousand m²)
No. of floors2
Websitehttps://shoppingspmarket.com.br/loja.php

History

There are 173,447 M² of built-in area and 73,340 M² of stores area (GLA – gross leasable area). Stores in the mall include Anchors Academy Smart Fit, Decathlon, Casas Bahia, C&A, Hello Park, Lojas Americanas, Marisa, Parque Da Mônica, Pernambucanas, Renner, Riachuelo, The Semi Anchor Nike Unite and The Mega Stores Centauro, Magazine Luiza, Polishop, Outback, Maderu, Coco Bambu, and RI Happy. The mall attracts about one million visitors each month. The mall also has a movie theater and restaurants.

Parque da Mônica
Main article: Parque da Mônica

On March 5, 2015, it was reported that the new Parque da Mônica would reopen at Shopping SP Market. The park replaced O Mundo da Xuxa, which closed at the beginning of the same year.[1] The new venture is a partnership between the São Joaquim Group, which manages Shopping SP Market, and Maurício de Sousa Produções, under the direction of Mauro Sousa, son of Maurício.[2][3] For the new park, an investment of around BRL 38 million was made to purchase new attractions and renovate the old ones and the site.[3] Maurício and the team responsible for creating the new park maintained the original proposal of being a place to bring back the backyard of yesteryear, looking for a place with less focus on technology, where children can run and exercise.[4] The concept of being a park aimed at the whole family was also maintained, with interactive and educational attractions.[3] As it occupies an area of over 15,000 m2 (50% larger than the area of the previous one), the new park is considered the largest indoor theme park in Latin America and can receive up to 3,000 visitors at the same time.[5] The inauguration took place on July 4, 2015, with an opening ceremony and the presence of Maurício de Sousa with his family, representatives of the São Joaquim Group and guests to meet and experience the attractions of the new park.[6] The following day, July 5, 2015, the park opened for the general public.[5]

Attractions

The park currently has 22 attractions, including:

  • Vila da Mônica: formed by the attractions Casa da Mônica, where it is possible to walk through environments of the character's residence, Cebolinha's Room, Cascão's Ball Pool, Magali's Kitchen and Marina's Ateliê. In addition, in this area there are some kiosks that sell food and other items.[7][3]
  • Roda-Gigante da Turma: a small ferris wheel with 6 gondolas for 4 people each. It is located in the middle of Vila da Mônica.[7][3]
  • Astronaut Roller Coaster: A steel family roller coaster manufactured by Intamin AG. The train has 12 cars, with 2 people in each one, and can reach up to 40 kilometers per hour. The tracks have a total length of 320 meters, reaching 9.5 meters in height at the highest point.[8][7][3]
  • Horacic Park: Splash type toy in which visitors ride aboard boats that travel through the prehistoric environment of the characters from Turma do Horacio.[7][3]
  • Parquinho: themed attraction with the characters of Turma da Mônica Baby with activities for children under 3 years old, which provide interaction with parents and motor and cognitive stimulation.[7][3]
  • Carrossel da Mata: carousel themed with the characters from Turma da Mata.[7][3]
  • Ce-bolinhas: participants must shoot soft, colored balls at targets and other players.[7][3]
  • Pescaria do Chico: rotating toy with fish-shaped seats.[7][3]
  • Park Engineers: kids can play building with foam bricks.[7][3]
  • Escalada do Piteco: climbing wall for up to five children themed with Piteco's Gang.[7][3]
  • Toy of Turma do Chico Bento: a route that has nets for climbing, tunnels and a slide.
  • Posto do Bidu: attraction where children can ride in strollers.[7][3]
  • Trombada do Louco: attraction with the classic bumper cars.[7][3]
  • Castle of Princes and Princesses: a place where children can dress up as fairytale characters. Attraction paid separately.[7][3]
  • Valley of the Dinosaurs: route that passes over the Horacic Park attraction.[7][3]
  • Event stage: space for live shows with the characters from Turma da Mônica.[7][3]
  • Missão no Fundo do Mar: interactive attraction in which visitors paint a drawing that is digitized and presented with animations on a screen.[9]
  • Rabbit in the Stars: 4D simulator.

Parque da Mônica offers many food points, in addition to an internal McDonald's store, being the only chain store in Brazil that offers popcorn and hot dogs as items on its menu. there is a "food truck" of natural items from Go Natural. There is also the Frutaria da Magali that offers several options for meals with fruits, along with this there are also thematic options related to various characters of the Group.[10]

References
  1. "Parque da Mônica vai reabrir no Shopping SP Market". VEJA SÃO PAULO (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. "'There is no space for children to play in SP', says Mauricio de Sousa's son - 05/10/2015 - sãopaulo - Folha de S.Paulo". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  3. "» Mauricio de Sousa announces the opening of the new Parque da Mônica for June this year". Turma da Mônica. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  4. "Parque da Mônica will not be highly technological, says Mauricio de Sousa - 04/28/2015 - Folhinha - Folha de S.Paulo". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  5. "» The new Parque da Mônica is now open!". Turma da Mônica. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  6. "Mauricio de Sousa inaugurates the new Parque da Mônica". 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  7. "Parque da Mônica". Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  8. "O Mundo da Xuxa - Parque da Mônica (São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)". rcdb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  9. "Parque da Mônica". Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  10. "Matéria encontro Hapfun no "O Mundo da Xuxa" - HapFun". 2018-09-22. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-09.


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