{"id":234502,"date":"2026-05-17T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234502\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:36:49","slug":"new-jerseys-american-dream-named-one-of-the-best-malls-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234502\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey’s American Dream named one of the best malls in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

USA TODAY 10Best<\/a> has launched public voting to determine the nation\u2019s top 10 indoor shopping malls. <\/p>\n

An expert panel identified 20 finalists, based on the variety of stores, dining and entertainment options, accessibility, and distinctive events<\/a> \u2014 and only one New Jersey mall made the cut.<\/p>\n

The panel described American Dream<\/a> in East Rutherford as much more than an average shopping mall.<\/p>\n

\"nj.com,American Dream mall in East Rutherford.John Jones | For NJ.com<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American Dream in East Rutherford is not just a retail outlet but an entertainment complex that includes a water park, indoor snow resort and Nickelodeon theme park,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond in size only to the Mall of America, The American Dream mall is a multi-use destination with over 400 stores and around 100 dining outlets, including 20 full-service restaurants. The mall hosts hundreds of events every year including shows, celebrity engagements and sporting events,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

Also vying for a top-10 spot are:<\/p>\n

Aventura Mall: Aventura, FloridaBeverly Center: Los Angeles, CaliforniaBrookfield Place: New York City, New YorkThe Fashion Mall at Keystone: Indianapolis, IndianaGalleria Dallas: Dallas, TexasGrapevine Mills: Grapevine, TexasKing of Prussia: King of Prussia, PennsylvaniaThe Mall at Green Hills: Nashville, TennesseeThe Mall at Millenia: Orlando, FloridaThe Mall at University Town Center: Sarasota, FloridaThe Mall of America: Bloomington, MinnesotaPhipps Plaza: Atlanta, GeorgiaScottsdale Fashion Square: Scottsdale, Arizona,The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards: New York, New YorkSouthPark: Charlotte, North CarolinaTown Center at Boca Raton: Boca Raton, FloridaTysons Corner Center: Tysons, VirginiaWestfield Montgomery: Bethesda, MarylandWoodfield Mall: Schaumburg, Illinois<\/p>\n

The public is asked to cast their votes<\/a> to determine the best of the best. Voting will continue through noon on Monday, June 1, with the top 10 malls announced on Wednesday, June 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USA TODAY 10Best has launched public voting to determine the nation\u2019s top 10 indoor shopping malls. An expert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[34934,29172,75,84,83,9083,9,24,63,13896,89,26787,608,14771],"class_list":["post-234502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-east-rutherford","tag-mall","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-metlife","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-parking","tag-rideshare","tag-shuttle","tag-transportation","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}