Seacon Square

Seacon Square

Seacon Square in 2023
Location	Prawet, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates	13°41′39″N 100°38′53″E
Address	Srinagarindra Road
Opening date	September 4, 1994 (1994-09-04)
Developer	Seacon Development
Owner	Seacon Development
No. of stores and services	400+
No. of anchor tenants	15
Total retail floor area	500,000 square metres (5,400,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	7
Public transit access	MRT  Suan Luang Rama IX station
Website	www.seaconsquare.com

Exterior of the complex in 2007.

Seacon Square is a large indoor shopping mall in Prawet, Bangkok. It was opened in 1994 in a ceremony presided over by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The shopping center has a gross leasable area of 180,000 m² (1,900,000 sq ft), a total area of 500,000 m² (5,400,000 sq ft) and houses more than 300 stores.^[1] The building is 500 metres long, making it one of the largest shopping malls in Thailand.^[2] It opens daily at 10:00am.

It was served by Suan Luang Rama IX MRT station since 2023.^[3]

Facilities

Shopping

• Stores in Central Group
  • Tops
  • B2S
  • Officemate
  • Power Buy
  • Supersports
  • Go! WOW
• Lotus's Prawet (Lotus's The first branch of Thailand) (Old Tesco Lotus)
  • Food Court by Lotus's
• Don Don Donki
• Sports World

Restaurants

• There are many food courts and variety of restaurants throughout the shopping center.

Education

• Tutor Square

Leisure activities

• Yoyoland – Children's amusement park on top floor includes a roller coaster and log flume.
• Seacon Cineplex – 12-screen movie theater with "Gold Class" cinema. (Old Grand EGV Seacon Square)
• Fitness First

Parking facilities

• The mall has a five-story parking garage in addition to an underground parking lot.

Nearby attractions

• DusitPrincess Srinagarindra – Four-star hotel run by the Dusit Thani Group, attached to Dusit Thani College
• Go-kart track – Host of most of the national championship kart races as well as several motorcycle races. Nearby are a handful of motorcycle tuning shops and radio remote control car shops and tracks. The track is now closed and re-developed into a car parking space.
• Paradise Park – A nearby shopping mall within walking distance.
• 250 Yard driving range with par 3.
• The large Rod Fai night market is behind it (road to the right. Follow the crowds). Open Thursday to Sunday, 5pm to midnight. The market has a large antiques, old cars, etc. section as well as many food stalls, etc.

Bombing attempt

Seacon Square was a target in the 2006 Bangkok bombings on December 31, 2006. A bomb was found in a trash can near a gold shop on the mall's ground floor. The bomb was removed to the Basement 2 parking lot where it exploded without causing injuries.

See also

• List of shopping malls in Bangkok
• List of shopping malls in Thailand

References

1. "About us". Official site. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
2. Asia Web, Seacon Square
3. "3 มิ.ย.นี้ เปิดทดลองรถไฟฟ้า "สีเหลือง" 13 สถานี "สำโรง-หัวหมาก"".

External links

• Official website