Bandai Namco Cross Store and Gundam Base Reschedule Mall of America Openings to October 30
The slip is small, but it puts the Mall of America openings a month later than planned and leaves the two Minneapolis stores arriving after the Brooklyn and Chicago locations that already anchor Bandai Namco's U.S. retail push.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Bandai Namco Amusement America announced on Thursday that the Bandai Namco Cross Store Minneapolis and The Gundam Base Store Minneapolis at the Mall of America will open on October 30, a month after the originally scheduled September 30 date. The company thanked fans for their patience. The two stores join a North American footprint that includes a Brooklyn Cross Store opened in February 2025 and a Gundam Base in Rosemont, Illinois, opened in December 2025.
The Mall of America stores were first slated for September 30. Bandai Namco Amusement America did not give a reason for the shift in its announcement, which thanked fans for waiting. The Minneapolis Cross Store and Gundam Base sit alongside a network that runs well beyond the U.S.: the company operates 13 Cross Store locations in Japan, opened its first outside Japan in Camden, London in August 2023, and counts more than 30 official Gundam Base stores worldwide.
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