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Another mall to make an appearance in the coming years is the Mall of Arabia in Dubailand. It is set to house a 15-screen cinema, a bowling alley and state-of-the-art performance stage, as well as a rooftop hotel and access to a Restless Planet theme park. As for the shopping, the resort is expected to have more than 1,000 retail outlets across more than 929,000 sqm of GLA, making it bigger than Dubai Mall, which currently holds the title for the largest shopping centre in the world. Media reports last predicted a revised completion date of 2013 for the US$5bn project, but the developer has since informed Arabian Business that the mall will open at the end of the 2015. A spokesperson said the mall was definitely still in the pipeline, but currently came second on the priority list after the nearby theme park, which is set to open in 2013.