December 2005 saw Meadowhall Centre become home to the fifth Apple Store in the UK, and in late 2007 it gained the third Puma Store in the UK, after London and Glasgow.
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12 Facts About Meadowhall Centre
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The small franchise, along with Greggs, Massarella's Coffee, Crawshaws Butchers and Pollard's Tea and Coffee were forcibly shut in May 2008, only had just recently spent thousands of pounds on refurbishment after the 2007 floods - these stores were closed down so Meadowhall Centre could create larger stores which are now occupied by Love Aroma, Game, Garage Shoes, Quiz and Yours Clothing.
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Meadowhall Centre was inundated by the River Don during the June 2007 floods, with water peaking at 1.
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Meadowhall Centre reopened six days after a big cleanup operation and trading recommenced on the upper level.
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Meadowhall Centre has since installed flood gates, to prevent this from happening in the future.
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Meadowhall Centre was affected by the November 2019 floods on Thursday 7 November, the same night as the annual Christmas Light Switch-on.
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Main Meadowhall Centre structure is divided into multiple sections, each with a distinct identity.
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Meadowhall has a public transport interchange, Meadowhall Interchange, making it the only shopping centre in the UK that combines a bus, rail and tram interchange as well as making the centre accessible to both the local region and the rest of the country.
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The Resource Recovery Meadowhall Centre, which opened in 2006, operates a conveyor belt system to separate out types of waste, from paper to plastic, cardboard to cans.
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