Downtown Container Park
shopping and entertainment area in Las Vegas, Nevada
Downtown Container Park is an outdoor shopping mall and entertainment complex located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The tenants are housed in metal cubes and shipping containers. The project was conceived by Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project, a group dedicated to revitalizing the downtown area. Construction began in 2012, and the project opened on November 25, 2013, with 34 tenants. The mall includes 43 shipping containers and 41 cubes.
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Construction
The Downtown Container Park was conceived by Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project, a group dedicated to revitalizing downtown Las Vegas. The Container Park project was announced in May 2012, and would include shops, restaurants, and bars built into shipping containers. The idea to use shipping container architecture was inspired by other projects such as Boxpark in London. The Container Park was originally planned for a vacant parcel located on Fremont Street, between 6th and 7th Street. However, the plans expanded and the project was relocated across the street to a 1.3-acre site, at the intersection of 7th Street.
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