| MBK Center | |
| Location: | Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Developer: | Sirichai Bulakul |
| Manager: | MBK Public Company Limited |
| Owner: | Thanachart Bank & Dusit Thani Group |
| Number Of Stores: | 2,000 |
| Number Of Anchors: | 2 |
| Floors: | 8 |
MBK Center (Thai: เอ็มบีเค เซ็นเตอร์), previously known as Mahbunkhrong Center (Thai: มาบุญครอง เซ็นเตอร์,, in Thai pronounced as /māː.būn.kʰrɔ̄ːŋ/), is a large shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] At eight storeys, the center contains around 2,000 shops, restaurants and service outlets.[2]
In 2009, MBK Center management reported daily visitor numbers of more than 100,000, half of whom were young Thai people and a third foreign visitors.[3]
MBK Center was the largest shopping mall in Asia when it opened on 7 February, 1985. It is on land leased from the adjacent Chulalongkorn University. This lease was renewed in 2013. MBK was named after the parents of the developer Sirichai Bulakul, Mah and Boonkrong, whose statues are found on the ground floor. On the seventh floor, it used to be MBK Hall (now the location of SF Cinema 8 Cinemas) a concert hall for popular Thai and foreign singers in the 1980s and 1990s.Web site: เอ็มบีเค.ฮอลล์ (MBK HALL). 2019-01-03. 2024-03-11. thai. Facebook. ถึงวันที่ฉันบอกต่อ time to let words flow.
MBK Center is in Pathum Wan District, on the southwest corner of the intersection of Rama I Road and Phaya Thai Road. It is close to Siam Square, which can be reached from the second floor via a covered pedestrian bridge over Phaya Thai Road, and Siam Center and Siam Paragon, which are across Rama I Road from Siam Square.[4] The mall is next to National Stadium.