SM Mall of Asia, also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA (), is a shopping mall in Bay City, Pasay, Philippines. It is located within the Central Business Park I-A, a reclaimed area along Manila Bay, at the southern terminus of EDSA. The mall is owned and developed by SM Prime. Mall of Asia is the largest shopping mall in the Philippines, the second-largest in Southeast Asia after IOI City Mall in Malaysia, the sixth-largest in the world, and the fourth and newest SM Supermall to be built along EDSA after SM Makati, SM North EDSA and SM Megamall. It currently occupies of land area and a gross floor area of approximately , and offers of floor area space for conventions and social functions.
History
Plans for SM Mall of Asia began as early in 1995. Construction of the shopping mall was slated to began in January 1996, with construction originally slated to begin in January 1996; it was marketed to become the largest shopping mall in the world upon completion. However, the project was delayed and reduced in scale amid the country's weak economy. Eventually, construction of the Mall of Asia began in 2002.
The planned inauguration on March 3, 2006 was postponed after a team of Pasay city engineers found huge cracks underneath the structure, which was causing the structure to vibrate. However, the Pasay engineering department denied ever making statements that the mall structure had structural defects.
SM Prime moved the opening to May 21, 2006, to give more time for tenant stores to move in." The mall opened as scheduled, with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was in attendance during the inauguration ceremony. SM reported one million of pedestrian traffic on opening day. Initial facilities include the Philippines' first IMAX cinema, an ice skating rink, and the outdoor steel-framed globe.
Layout
The Mall of Asia consists of four buildings interconnected by walkways and elevated pathways: the Main Mall, the Entertainment Mall, and the North and South Wing Parking Buildings.
The Main Mall includes numerous shopping and dining establishments and the food court. The Entertainment Mall is a two-story complex, most of which is open-air, and also features some shopping and dining businesses. The Entertainment Mall also hosts the Music Hall, an events hall (formerly open-air, now airconditioned) facing Manila Bay. As of late 2021, majority of the area has been renovated with addition of air-conditioning. Due to the mall's size, all buildings have concierge desks, assisting local information within the area.
The mall's 5,000 parking spaces are divided across two, six-story parking buildings conveniently designated the North and South Parking Buildings, which have been covered with a solar rooftop. The South Parking Building houses the mall's official The SM Store, while the mall's supermarket, the SM Hypermarket, is located at the North Parking Building. Since 2016, these parking buildings are equipped with elevators and escalators, which allow fast access to parking levels.
Since its opening in 2006, visitors to the mall have been welcomed by large steel framed globe on a roundabout at the southern end of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), known as the MoA Globe. In 2009, the globe was turned into Globamaze, an LED display.
Features
The mall includes branches of all of the standard anchor stores found in most of the SM Supermalls. The first-ever branch of Taste Asia, one of the SM Supermalls' food court brands, is located right outside the mall's supermarket, the sprawling SM Hypermarket. The first-ever branch of the Disney Store in Southeast Asia opened in September 2024 at the complex's North Main Mall.
The mall's open-air Music Hall directly facing Manila Bay has also held numerous events, contests, and concerts since the mall's opening in 2006.
The mall also provides office space. Dell International Services, a subsidiary of Dell, Inc. once occupied a area at the second floor of the North Parking Building of the mall. Eventually, in 2015, Teleperformance took over that space until 2019, as the company moved its operations to the MoA Annex Building. Currently, the site has been replaced by the mall anchor Cyberzone for IT-related shops, one of the biggest Cyberzones in the country since the opening of SM North EDSA.
MoA Food Hall
Opened on February 12, 2020, the new Food Hall is located in the 3rd Level, across SM Skating Rink at the main mall. Replacing the former SM Food Court at the second floor, it features budget to upscale dining choices.
SM Game Park A replacement of the SM Bowling Center at the ground level of the North Entertainment Mall, the flagship branch of SM Game Park is located on a space at the 3rd Level of the South Entertainment Mall. It was opened in November 2023, after delays. It features bowling, billiards, basketball, archery, a game room, a mini-arcade, KTV, and a sports bar.
SM Skating Rink
The mall features the Philippines' first Olympic-sized ice skating rink on the third level of the mall's main building. It covers an area of and has a spectators area which can seat up to 200 people and accommodate up to 300 people.
An older ice skating rink was one of the main features of the SM Mall of Asia at the time of its inauguration in 2006, which was initially situated at the ground level of the mall's main building. During the mall's renovation works, the skating rink was temporarily moved from 2015–2017 to the open area lot now occupied by MOA Square. The current skating rink, located at the 3rd floor of the mall's main building, was opened in 2017.
Several ice skating competitions have been held at the mall's ice skating rink such as the Skate Asia 2007, the first time an international competition at that scale was held in the Philippines. The ice hockey competition of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games was also held at the skating rink.
MOA Sky The MOA Sky refers to the shopping mall's rooftop amenities above the Main Mall and Entertainment Mall. Originally known as the Sky Garden, it first opened in September 2023. On February 25, 2025, it was re-inaugurated as the MOA Sky with new facilities including the MOA Football Pitch, MOA Paw Park, MOA Sanctuary, and MOA Sky Amphitheater. During the inauguration, an intra-squad exhibition game between players of the Philippines women's national football team took place.
The MOA Football Pitch (known as the Adidas Football Park) is a FIFA-grade artificial field with bleachers on the west and east side with a total of 1,800 seats. The MOA Paw Park is a dedicated area designed as a haven for dogs, featuring play zones and venue for pet parties. The MOA Sanctuary features a huge rosary, indoor glass structure, and secluded pocket gardens as places of prayer and meditation. The MOA Sky Amphitheater serves as an open-air performance venue. Also included are two plazas (North Sky Plaza and South Sky Plaza), Zodiac sculptures by Filipino-American visual artist Jefrë, playgrounds, al fresco dining, a grand staircase, viewing decks, and a solar photovoltaic rooftop.
SM Cinema The mall features a total of 14 cinemas with 8 regular cinemas, three Director's Club Cinemas, one Event Cinema, one ScreenX Cinema, and one IMAX Theater./ It originally featured a total of 10 cinemas, with six regular cinemas, Director's Club Cinema for intimate screenings (30 La-Z-Boy seats), Premier Cinema, CenterStage, and an IMAX theater.
IMAX One of the mall's main attractions is the first ever and the largest IMAX theater in the Philippines. Originally with the naming rights of San Miguel-Coca-Cola, IMAX Theatre is one of the world's biggest IMAX screens in 3D including 2D screenings. It was originally a traditional film projector that uses its 15/70 mm film format, IMAX GT (Grand Theatre). The IMAX Theater was closed on October 11, 2013, for digital conversion, and re-opened on October 30, 2013, along with the release of Thor: The Dark World. On November 6, 2014, the old traditional 70mm IMAX projector was used for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. In July 2017, the main lobby was temporarily closed for renovation (where the XD Cinema is going to be demolished), and its lobby was temporarily moved at the second floor in front of Cinemas 7 and 8, the main lobby re-opened on December 11, 2018, upon the launch of Event Cinema and the Asian premiere screening of Aquaman where its star Jason Momoa has arrived in the country; however, its temporary lobby is closed being used as offices for cinema personnel and as an emergency fire exit. On August 18, 2019, the IMAX Theater was closed for renovation and re-opened on October 29, 2019, with updated interiors and high-end spectator seats with comfortable Paragon 918 chairs from world-class spectator seats manufacturer Ferco Seating. The IMAX re-opened on May 4, 2022, along with the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
As part of SM Cinema's expanded partnership with IMAX Corporation, which will bring IMAX with Laser upgrades to existing IMAX locations, the IMAX was closed in September 2024 for an IMAX with Laser upgrade and reopened on November 20, 2024, along with the release of Wicked and equipped with a 12-channel sound system.
Expansion and redevelopment Additional cinemas were opened in the mall since 2016. Two digital theaters, Cinemas 7 and 8, were opened at the north side of the entertainment mall in December 2016. The Event Cinema was opened on December 12, 2018, and located at the newly renovated IMAX theater lobby, which can be used for birthday parties, corporate events, and seminars, and it can house up to 45 people.
Half of the original cinema area, including Cinemas 4 to 6, Director's Club and Premier Cinema, was closed on August 22, 2018, after the celebration of the 2nd Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino and were demolished for renovation as part of the mall expansion. The new Cinemas 1 to 5 softly re-opened in December 2019 along with the limited-early release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, while the other remaining cinemas, the three Director's Club Cinemas equipped with Dolby Atmos and laser projector were re-opened on its grand re-launch on January 22, 2020, at the former space of Premier Cinema. Cinemas 9 to 11, which are formerly Cinemas 1 to 3, remained in temporary operations after the re-opening of the renovated theaters. The former space of the Director's Club Cinema is now occupied by Surplus Shop.
The Cinemas 6 to 8 opened on December 22, 2024, replacing the former Cinemas 1 to 3 and 9 to 11. The former Cinemas 7 and 8 at the North Wing remained vacant after its permanent closure.
The mall also hosts a ScreenX cinema, located at the former Centerstage. Announced in a press release on August 31, 2025, the cinema opened on November 19, 2025, along with the release of Wicked: For Good.
Former features The Exploreum The Exploreum was a science and technology museum located at the Entertainment Mall. A joint venture between SM Prime Holdings and United-States-based Leisure Entertainment Consultancy (LEC), it opened in 2007 as the SM Science Discovery Center. It featured a digital planetarium and a wide range of technology and science-themed exhibits. At the time of its opening, the two-level science center covered an area of . It also featured the Digistar Planetarium housed within a dome which was designed by Evans & Sutherland.
In 2009, it was renamed into Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center as SM Prime Holdings partnered with Nido Fortified, a milk brand of Nestlé.
In 2014, Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center was rebranded to The Exploreum, which featured 118 new interactive exhibits and over 100 non-interactive exhibits in eight major interactive galleries namely the Natural World, Human Adventure, Zoom, Connect, Cyberville, Space Camp, the Living Earth, and Science Park.
Exploreum was closed in 2017 as a part of the mall expansion.
XD Cinema