MBK Center (), previously known as Mahbunkhrong Center (, , ), is a large

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. At eight storeys, the center contains around 2,000 shops, restaurants and service outlets. In 2009, MBK Center management reported daily visitor numbers of more than 100,000, half of whom were young Thai people and a third foreign visitors.

History

MBK Center was the largest shopping mall in Asia when it opened on 7 February, 1985. It is on land leased from the adjacent

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. This lease was renewed in 2013. MBK was named after the parents of the developer Sirichai Bulakul, Mah and Boonkrong, whose statues are found on the ground floor. The seventh floor used to have MBK Hall which was a concert hall for popular Thai and foreign singers in the 1980s and 1990s, said location now house 8 cinemas operated by

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instead.

Anchor

* Don Don Donki *

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* Supersports Factory Outlet *

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** Kudsan Bakery & Coffee * SF Cinema 8 Cinemas (Zigma CineStadium & Cinecafe 1 Cinema) * Food Legends By MBK * Pathumwan Princess Hotel * Thanachart Bank (Head Office) *

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(Japan Manga Alliance)

Location

MBK Center is in

Pathum Wan District Pathum Wan (, ) is one of the Districts of Bangkok, fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when royal vill ...

, on the southwest corner of the intersection of

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and

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. It is close to

Siam Square Siam Square (, ) is a shopping and entertainment area in the Siam area of Bangkok, Thailand. The square is located at the corner of Phayathai Road and Rama I Road and is owned by Chulalongkorn University, managed by its Property Management Of ...

, which can be reached from the second floor via a covered pedestrian bridge over Phaya Thai Road, and

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and

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, which are across Rama I Road from Siam Square. The mall is next to

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Transportation

* BTS Skytrain - National Stadium BTS Station; also within walking distance of Siam station. *

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- Hua Chang pier is within walking distance.

Layout

Department store

*The Don Don Donki discount store is at the north end of MBK Center.

Hotel

*The Pathumwan Princess Hotel is at the south end of MBK Center.

Sport activity

MBK Fight Night MBK Fight Night () is a Muay Thai, Kickboxing and Mixed martial arts promotions managed by MBK Center in Bangkok. History The ''MBK Fight Night'' started outside the MBK Center shopping mall in 2010. Since 2012, WMO - World Muay Thai Organiza ...

Gallery

File:MBK Center Level 2 201801.jpg, Level 2 File:MBK Center Level 3 2011.JPG, Level 3 File:MBK Center Level 4 201801.jpg, Level 4 File:MBK Center Level 5 201801.jpg, Level 5 File:MBK Center Level 6 201801.jpg, Level 6 Restaurants

References

External links

MBK Shopping Center Overview
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MBK Center Floor Arrangement
{{Shopping malls in Thailand Shopping malls in Bangkok Pathum Wan district Shopping malls established in 1985 1985 establishments in Thailand Property Management of Chulalongkorn University Bulakul family