additional patrons. In 1998, Rouse purchased 15 acres of property just west of the mall, previously used by Mirage Resorts as an employee parking lot. Rouse bought out Hahn's ownership stake a month later. By 2001, work was underway on expansion and remodeling, a project that tenants felt was overdue. A new west wing, the first phase of the $1 billion expansion project, opened on November 1, 2002. It introduced a retractable runway and stage used for fashion shows. The space has also been used to put on Christmas shows. The existing east wing debuted on October 1, 2003, following renovations. The expansion and renovation helped the mall compete against newer retail centers on the Strip, such as the Forum Shops and the Grand Canal Shoppes, both of which were also in the process of expansion. General Growth Properties (now Brookfield Properties) acquired the mall in 2004, when it purchased Rouse. Various incidents have occurred at the mall, including an unsuccessful bomb threat in 1983, and a jewelry store heist in 1999. Several shootings have occurred, including one at the food court in 2014. Another shooting in 2019 prompted the evacuation of the mall. In 2022, a woman was shot and killed in the mall's parking garage during an attempted robbery. In 2014, the mall was used to film the interior shots of the fictitious West Orange Pavilion Mall for the opening sequence of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. Features Stores Fashion Show Mall opened with . Anchor tenants occupied , and included Bullock's, Diamond's, Goldwater's, Neiman-Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. The latter two introduced luxury designer brands to Las Vegas. Aside from anchors, the mall had 130 tenant spaces, and opened with 87 stores. Diamond's was converted to a Dillard's store in 1984. The first Bullock's Woman store opened at Fashion Show Mall in 1987. Goldwater's became a May Company store in 1989 and then a Robinsons-May in 1993, while Bullock's was converted to a Macy's in 1996. The expansion in the early 2000s doubled the mall's size to approximately . This made it one of the largest malls in the U.S., while surpassing The Boulevard Mall as the largest in Las Vegas. Notable new tenants in the expansion included Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor Loft, Claire's, Guess, and the first Apple Store in Las Vegas. Other tenants added since then have included Banana Republic, Henri Bendel, and Disney