Siam Paragon#Royal Paragon Hall
{{Short description|Shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand}}
{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Siam Paragon
| image = Siam Paragon 06.23.jpg
| image_width = 280
| caption = Siam Paragon, Parc Paragon, and Siam Station
| location = 991 Rama I Road, Pathum Wan
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
| coordinates = {{coord|13|44|47|N|100|32|6|E|type:landmark_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2005|12|9}}
| developer =
| manager = Siam Paragon Development by Siam Piwat and The Mall Group
| owner = Crown Property Bureau (land)
| number_of_stores =
| architect = J+H Boiffils
| number_of_anchors =
| publictransit = Siam Station
| floor_area = {{cvt|400,000|sqm}} (retail area)
| parking = 4,000 cars
| floors = 10 (including the underground)
| website = {{URL|https://www.siamparagon.co.th}}
}}
File:Siam Paragon Main Void 201105.jpg
Siam Paragon ({{langx|th|สยามพารากอน}}) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with Iconsiam, CentralWorld and Central WestGate.{{cite web |title=10 Largest Malls in the World |url=https://www.touropia.com/largest-malls-in-the-world/ |publisher=Touropia |access-date=7 April 2019}} It is located right in front of Siam BTS station, an interchange station on both Sukhumvit Line and Silom Line of the BTS Skytrain.
Siam Paragon includes a range of specialty stores and restaurants as well as a multiplex (16 large-screen cinemas), the Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aquarium, an exhibition hall, the Thai Art Gallery, and an opera concert hall. It also has a bowling alley and karaoke center. It is a joint venture by Siam Piwat, the company that owns the adjacent Siam Center/Siam Discovery shopping malls, and The Mall Group, which owns The Emporium. Siam Paragon's financial results are not reported by the privately held Siam Paragon Development.Nguyen, Lan Anh (21 July 2006). "Unfinished Central World to hold grand opening", ThaiDay (print edition).
History
File:The main hall of Siam Paragon Center, Bangkok, Thailand.jpg
File:Siam Paragon Entrance Void 2011.jpg
File:Siam Paragon GF The Canal 2011.jpg
Siam Paragon was built on the former site of the Siam Intercontinental Hotel, which was demolished in 2002 at the end of its lease. The site, leased for 30 years, is Crown Property Bureau land and at one time was the royal parkland of Sa Pathum Palace. The mall opened on 9 December 2005 at a cost of about 15 billion baht or US$450 million. It covers an area of 52 {{convert|52|rai|ha acre|lk=in}}.
=Incidents=
On 25 November 2016, a man fell from an escalator traveling from floors M to G, landing on the B floor in front of the Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World. The person died the following day due to his injuries. Investigators said it was likely an accidental fall.{{cite news|url=https://news.mthai.com/general-news/535097.html|date=2016-11-26|access-date=2023-10-03|title=ชายพลัดตกห้างพารากอน ไปยังชั้นสยามโอเชี่ยนเวิลด์ เสียชีวิตแล้ว!|lang=th|work=MThai}}
On 3 October 2023, at approximately 4:10 PM, a mass shooting occurred on the first floor of the shopping mall complex. Seven people were injured, two of whom died at the hospital a few minutes later. The deceased victims were a Burmese migrant worker, and a Chinese tourist.{{Cite news |title=Two dead in shopping mall shooting |language=en |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2656821/two-dead-in-shopping-mall-shooting |access-date=2023-11-24}} Later that day, around 5:10 PM, the police arrested a 14-year-old teenager on the third floor of the complex.{{Cite news |title=Face to face with terror |language=en |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2660188/face-to-face-with-terror |access-date=2023-11-24}} The mall was temporarily closed, and the gates, including the connector entrance from the Siam BTS station, were shut down.
Location
Siam Paragon is on Rama I Road in Pathum Wan District, adjacent to other shopping areas. It is next door to Siam Center and Siam Discovery and opposite Siam Square. MBK Center is also nearby. An elevated walkway beneath the BTS Skytrain tracks links Siam Paragon to the Ratchaprasong intersection, where CentralWorld, Gaysorn Village and several other shopping malls and hotels are located.
=Transportation=
- BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit and Silom Lines – Siam station has a skybridge linked to Siam Paragon's M floor.
- Parking – 100,000 square metres, accommodating 4,000 cars.
=Department store and retail shops=
File:Siam Paragon Gourmet Garden 201801.jpg
File:Siam Paragon Level 4 Exotique Thai 201801.jpg
File:Siam Paragon Level 5 Paragon Cinema 2011.jpg
The Paragon Department Store occupies 50,000 square metres. Another 40,000 square metres are devoted to retail shops selling goods ranging from apparel to groceries to expensive automobiles.{{cite web|title=Directory|url=http://www.siamparagon.co.th/directory|website=Siam Paragon|access-date=28 August 2017}}
=Thai traditional art=
There is a section of Thai traditional arts shops offering a range of decorative silk, ivory and antique items.
=Royal Paragon Hall=
The Royal Paragon Hall is a 12,000 square metre events facility, with a capacity of 5,000 persons suitable for concerts, conventions, and special exhibitions.{{cite web|title=Why Us|url=http://www.royalparagonhall.com/whyus.php|website=Royal Paragon Hall|access-date=28 August 2017}}
=Hotel=
The Siam Kempinski Hotel and serviced apartment complex is on a {{convert|13|acre|m2}} at the rear of the Siam Paragon property.{{cite web |title=LOCAL INFORMATION |url=https://www.kempinski.com/en/bangkok/siam-hotel/hotel-location/ |website=Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok |publisher=Kempinski |access-date=30 August 2018}}
Energy footprint
File:Siam Ocean World 2011.JPG
Siam Paragon consumes roughly 123 GWh of electricity a year (2011). By comparison, over the same period, Mae Hong Son province's quarter-million inhabitants used 65 GWh.{{cite news|last1=Pasick|first1=Adam|title=Bangkok's lavish, air-conditioned malls consume as much power as entire provinces|url=http://qz.com/376125/bangkoks-lavish-malls-consume-as-much-power-as-entire-provinces/|access-date=10 Apr 2015|work=Quartz|date=2015-04-05}}{{cite web |last1=Marks |first1=Danny |title=Laos foots the bill for power-hungry Bangkok |url=http://www.mekongcommons.org/laos-foots-bill-power-hungry-bangkok/ |website=Mekong Commons |access-date=14 November 2018 |date=2014-12-11}}{{cite web |last1=Marks |first1=Danny |title=Laos foots the bill for power-hungry Bangkok |url=http://asaablog.tumblr.com/post/104225420531/laos-foots-the-bill-for-power-hungry-bangkok |website=Asian Currents |access-date=14 November 2018 |date=2014-12-03}}{{cite web|date=2011-06-10|title=ห้างสรรพสินค้าในกรุงเทพฯ 3 ห้างใช้ไฟฟ้าเทียบเท่ากับเขื่อน 1 เขื่อน|trans-title=Three Bangkok shopping malls use electricity equivalent to one dam|url=https://www.energythai.com/2011/departmentstore/|access-date=14 November 2018|website=EnergyThai|language=th}}
File:Foodcourt Siam Paragon.jpg|Food Court (2006)
File:Siam Paragon GF Gourmet Garden view 201801.jpg|Gourmet Garden ceiling designed by Korakot Aromdee
File:Siam Paragon Level M 201801.jpg|Level M
File:Siam Paragon Level 2 201801.jpg|Level 2
File:Siam Paragon Level 3 201801.jpg|Level 3
File:Siam Paragon Level 4 Food Passage 201801.jpg|Food Passage in Level 4
File:Siam Paragon Level 5 201801.jpg|Kidzania in Level 5
File:Royal Paragon Hall, June 2022.jpg|Royal Paragon Hall in Level 5
See also
References
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External links
{{commons|Siam Paragon}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060428045655/http://www.paragoncineplex.com/ Paragon Cineplex]
- [https://www.royalparagonhall.com Royal Paragon Hall]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060316102017/http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/MassTransit/intercon.shtml The Pride of Bangkok]
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