The Plus City is a Shopping Centre in Pasching

Pasching

Pasching is a municipality in Upper Austria, Austria, located 298 meters above sea level, with a population of about 6100. It is situated a few miles southwest of Linz and borders Leonding, Hörsching, Wilhering and Traun....

 in Upper Austria

Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...

. It is located southwest of Linz

Linz

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

 and was opened on 15 October 1989.

It is the largest shopping centre in Upper Austria with a sales area of approx. 84.000 square yards. The Plus City accommodates 200 businesses with a total of 2100 employees. Free car parks with 4200 lots are available in close proximity. The average customer frequency is 20.000 per day.

The shopping centre arose from the Plus Kaufland a department store owned by the Pfeiffer group. During several resonstructions the department store became a shopping centre.

Criticism

One point of criticism is that purchasing power is transferred away from the city center of Linz. Another one is the enormous volume of traffic produced by several other businesses along the A-road Kremstal Straße, one of the main routes entering Linz.

A planned extension of the Plus City is not possible currently because of the lack of free area.

External links

• Plus City Homepage