{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f7679bb9627c2a0195dc96f7","clusterId":"c_49cb6e60c5b5ae5bdde47bad","slug":"bandai-namco-postpones-mall-of-america-store-openings","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bandai Namco Postpones Mall of America Store Openings","summary":"Bandai Namco Amusement America announced on Sunday that the planned openings of Bandai Namco Cross Store Minneapolis and The Gundam Base Minneapolis at the Mall of America are postponed from their September 30 date. The company said it will share the new opening date once it is confirmed. The two stores were to join Bandai Namco's existing North American locations in New York City and Chicago.","whyItMatters":"The delay leaves Bandai Namco's mall-based retail push in the United States without a confirmed Midwest anchor, after the New York City Cross Store and the Chicago Gundam Base opened.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBandai Namco Amusement America has not set a replacement date for the two Mall of America stores, saying only that it will share one once confirmed. The Minnesota locations were to follow the Bandai Namco Cross Store in Brooklyn, New York City, which opened in February 2025 with 10 department shops, and the Gundam Base in Rosemont, Illinois, outside Chicago, which opened in December 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth concepts have deeper histories elsewhere. Bandai Namco Amusement runs 13 Cross Store locations in Japan and opened its first outside Japan in Camden, London, in August 2023, followed by one in Birmingham. Gundam Base stores number more than 30 worldwide, with the first in Korea in 2003 and the Tokyo location opened in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Bandai Namco Amusement America's only stated reason for the Mall of America delay is that the openings are postponed from September 30. The new date arrives only once confirmed, so Minneapolis fans have no timetable yet.","twitterPost":"Bandai Namco Amusement America gave no reason for the Mall of America delay and set no replacement date for the two stores.","threadsPost":"Bandai Namco Amusement America announced the Mall of America delay on Sunday without a cause and without a replacement date. Minneapolis waits while New York City and Chicago keep operating, and the company says the new opening date comes only once it is confirmed.","newsletterBlurb":"Bandai Namco Amusement America has pushed back the Mall of America openings of Bandai Namco Cross Store Minneapolis and The Gundam Base Minneapolis, which had been scheduled for September 30. The company says it will share a new date once confirmed. The two stores would have been the company's first in Minnesota, after existing North American locations in Brooklyn and Rosemont, Illinois.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-01/bandai-namco-cross-store-and-the-gundam-base-openings-at-mall-of-america-delayed/.242366\",\"title\":\"Bandai Namco Cross Store \\u0026 The Gundam Base's Openings at Mall of America Delayed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4405,"outputTokens":663,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791096322,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T06:42:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T06:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_49cb6e60c5b5ae5bdde47bad","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nBandai Namco Cross Store \u0026 The Gundam Base's Openings at Mall of America Delayed","representativeArticleId":"a_407e745bad92fa9d3fbdbe48","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Gundam\",\"Bandai Namco Cross Store\",\"The Gundam Base\"],\"studios\":[\"Bandai Namco\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T03:59:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T03:59:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-01/bandai-namco-cross-store-and-the-gundam-base-openings-at-mall-of-america-delayed/.242366","title":"Interest\nBandai Namco Cross Store \u0026 The Gundam Base's Openings at Mall of America Delayed"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Gundam","Bandai Namco Cross Store","The Gundam Base"],"studios":["Bandai Namco"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}