David Rockwell designs The Shops at Mohegan Sun.David Rockwell's design for the collection of more than 40 designer boutiques, national brands, specialty shops, and dining venues at the Mohegan Sun The Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino located in the village of Uncasville in the town of Montville, Connecticut, U.S., is the world's second largest casino. It is located on 240 acres (0 km) along the banks of Thames River. Hotel combines many of the great themes of Mohegan life with the expectations of today's shopper. The result is a retail environment that contains as much discovery and adventure as it does shopping. The 130,000 SF Shops at Mohegan Sun is part of Project Sunburst, a billion-dollar expansion featuring a new Casino of the Sky, luxury hotel, restaurants, a concert and sports arena, and many other facilities. Rockwell, whose imagination and nationally acclaimed design vision inspire all of Mohegan Sun, documents the historic journey of the Mohegans as they traveled eastward over the landscapes of America to Connecticut. Forming the shopping area will be giant abstract cedar "trees of life," waterfalls, crystal formations, and pools that represent these varied landscapes. "Memory piles," serving as interactive customer information sites, will represent the ancient rock piles used by the Mohegans as memorials for important events and people. The "Trail of Life" also incorporates the suntrails, or curved life paths walked in traditional Mohegan life. Sometimes called the Path of the Sun, the mythic trail is often represented with dots, colors, and rising and falling curving lines, all of which Rockwell has suggested in his bold design. And, just as the legendary "Trail of Life" was an opportunity to encounter other people, Mohegan Sun's shopping environment will become a place of social interaction and discourse. The Shops at Mohegan Sun will offer the broadest range of shopping opportunities, from Native American handicrafts to fine jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , designer fashions, leisure apparel, and specialty gifts. Retailers will include the Discovery Channel store, Oriental Fine Arts and Crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , Brookstone, Jewelry Nirvana, and Nostalgia. Complementing the shopping experience at Mohegan Sun will be an exceptional choice of restaurants, bars, and lounges. These will include two Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. restaurants -- Michael Jordan's Steakhouse and Michael Jordan's 23 Sports Cafe, Jasper White's Summer Shack, a restaurant by Todd English William Todd English (born August 29, 1960) is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, entrepreneur, and television star based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is best known for his cooking show, Cooking With Todd English , Johnny Rockets Johnny Rockets is an American burger restaurant franchise whose motif is meant to recreate the American diners of the 1940s and 1950s. Its restaurants' decor include jukeboxes, chrome accents and red leather seats, and customers are waited on by waiters and waitresses , Rain, Big Bubba's BBQ BBQ barbecue , and many others. |
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