From a recent Strib post:

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres denounced legislators Tuesday for inserting language into a subsidy proposal for the Mall of America’s expansion that would prevent the theater from being part of the project.

The subsidy proposal, in its final form, includes two sentences: “…the agreement must also prohibit inclusion of an auditorium, theater or similar live entertainment venue. This paragraph does not prohibit inclusion of multi-screen movie theaters, nightclubs, restaurants, or museums.”

“This is our Disney World,” Chanhassen Dinner Theatres spokesman Tommy Scallen said of the mall’s impact on Minnesotans. Moving there would also give the theater a location that is “far more accessible than Chanhassen,” he added.

This is really too bad, considering there’s no better place for the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres than right smack in the middle of the most gigantic mall in the United States. Although, I have to say that asking which location is best for live theatre — the Mall of America or Chanhassen — is like asking which size piranha tank is best to dip your penis into.