Let's Go For A Walk Inside the Largest Building in the World

The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China is often considered the world's largest building. With almost 19 million square feet of floor space, no other building has more floor area. It's freaking huge! Inside there is 400,000 meters squared shopping mall, many offices, conference rooms, a university complex, two commercial centres, hotels including the Intercontinental Hotel with over 1000 rooms, an IMAX cinema, a "Mediterranean village", a ton of restaurants, cafes, and bars, a skating rink, and even a 5000 square metre artificial beach, which includes the 9th largest screen in the world.
It’s estimated that the cost of this building was up around 7 billion US dollars.
It was built by a Chinese billionaire named Deng Hong, who last I heard was arrested for corruption.
This was in 2013, the same year that the Global Centre opened.
I believe he was released, but I think he’s gone into hiding or something because I can’t find any current info on him.
It's easy to get lost in this massive structure. In this video, I take you on a walk through the building, showing you all the interesting bits that I know of. It's a tour of the largest building in the world!
HOW TO VISIT THE GLOBAL CENTER IN CHENGDU
It's very easy to visit this giant building. Metro line 1 will take you right there (you don't even have to go outside). Head south to stop Jincheng Plaza (锦城广场).
If you prefer to take a taxi, you can ask for xīnshìjì huánqiú zhōngxīn or show the driver the name in Chinese: 新世纪环球中心
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[@swagit]

That's bigger than my house

[@manuelimbrogno4119]

That's bigger than my bird

[@agalah408]

Went there 2 days ago to check it out (today I'm back in Australia) Pretty much unchanged from your video, except movies at IMAX are different. Very quiet for shopping. Maybe 10% of what I would call 'busy' Very expensive stuff. Basic items are more expensive than Sydney or Melbourne. It is only a place for ultra-rich Chinese to shop, not the average Chinese person. Still, despite some of the janky welding on the steelwork, it's an an awesome building. Glad I went.

[@brandontaku407]

Was there yesterday , very crowded , water park fully packed👌

[@shadowferas]

Actually looks beautiful inside!

[@leafmystery]

It was clearly built on someone's ambition rather than money-making purpose. I live in ChengDu but rarely go there, if you want go shopping there are many better choices, if you want to watch a movie there are also plenty of better choices. It is only attractive to new comers.

[@igfnjwrionfoiurnfoiuenr]

God damn this puts NYC's Hudson Yards to shame!

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

I think I saw Hudson Yard in a small corner of this building.

[@d33pakkkk]

My God it's massive! Thanks, I really wanted to see what's inside.

[@rusitoexplorador]

Celebrities houses when they say they can't stand quarentine anymore:

[@alexmontgomery255]

This building is impressive and it certainly is huge. I think you meant to say 1,700,000 square meters not 1,000,700. That’s 18,298,648 square feet in case anyone was interested. Wow!

[@politicalbigboss611]

Would definitely love to have this as my personal palace.

[@xinliu7947]

cool long take. There is a glass bridge on the third floor near to the longest escalator and Kafelaku Coffee

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

I missed that. I'll have to check it out next time I'm there.

[@ethaneveraldo]

And he didn't even show the pirate ship, hotels, and office park...

[@udcaps]

water park in the mall... nuts. also curious about your selection of the skyblew music, such soothing

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

I like the combination of jazz and hip hop. Both the songs used are from his album Dreams, Toonami & Jazzier Days, which you can download for free on Bandcamp.

[@tobynmanthorpe]

I've been to West Edmonton Mall; this tour wasn't warranted... but, damn, this place was big even fast-forwarded.

[@ra1k1r1]

This place is nearly 4x the size, it's ridiculous. I get lost in Ikea, I feel like I'd never be able to leave this place.

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

Thanks for the rhyme. I told Sara this video wasn't going to have one and she said you'd come through.

[@guineamignonpig4760]

Hello , how are you I'm from Chengdu , me and my friends were shocked by this place in 2013 ,as conclusion , this is a place built for eye-catching ,for certainly customers , I wish that it been pull down in the future ,, it's not the style we appreciate , maybe better rebuild a park instead

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

I understand what you mean. It's unnecessarily lavish. The money spent on it could have gone to a better place.

[@kevinlau6372]

Larger than Boeing, Airbus factory, Mall of America, Dubai Mall, Edmonton Mall

[@choiklu]

I heard of this building 10 years ago and saw it when I was there from my hotel from Century subway station. I m surprised you had not visited this place.

[@redsoil5]

You need a GPS to tour inside. But how would GPS will work inside that massive wide building? HVAC would have a hard time but it works! Population of that building is more than a small town.

[@gzhang2543]

wonder what it will be like in post apoclyptic world.

[@ashwinv3750]

it will be the headquarters of humanity

[@toaiguongjin2604]

I bet even local can't walk whole building yet in his whole life. Not mall, more like town building.

[@waycoolscootaloo]

This building is impressive in terms of sq.ft. But I would say that the Boeing Everett factory in Washington State may in fact be the largest "overall" when all categories of measure are averaged out. The Boeing Everett factory is the largest by volume in the world! It has 4,280,000 sq.ft. of floor space, but it also has 472 million cu.ft. of volume. However if Tesla completes the Gigafactory in Nevada, it will be the 2nd largest by volume and 3rd largest by sq.ft. But "overall" it will actualy be the largest building in the world.

[@bobjackson4720]

Huge and almost empty. Somebody must have very deep pockets to keep the place going. Does it ever get busy?

[@bryangreenberg3063]

it is winter.

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

+Bob Jackson on weekends the shops get busy, but I've never been there in the summer when it's warm enough to swim.

[@TennisGvy]

I went there last winter and it was pretty crowded. Maybe it was a weekend day? I can't remember.

[@broccolu9870]

It gets VERY busy on weekends and summer time lol

[@d33pakkkk]

What was there on the land before this mall/hotel/etc showed up?

[@pianosimply4862]

Probably only one restroom.

[@MrNatantantan]

What the heck. There is a whole neighborhood inside that mall.

[@saciperere47]

Day gamers be like: Profit

[@delltoshiba8487]

Building in a building inside of the building

[@captainpollutiontv]

So its Buildception?

[@sharonstuart6180]

Larger than the 2005 wonka factory

[@imogen1]

When they realize malls are a joke this is going to be a lot of lost funds for somebody

[@ТерейдаМилонкоев]

This is for kids?

[@ermingtondkhar1577]

How many Kilometer did New Century Global Center have? .

[@hoo-rei2746]

I cannot believe someone thought this was a great idea. Like in Dubai....another big empty mall.

[@herbertnajimesi3983]

Empty? Lol u surely should visit it.

[@noriakikakyoin6557]

i live beside it. its fking crowded

[@goddesskate5958]

Seems like a waste of space

[@000MIB]

As Chengdu people, I like it very much.

[@brandontaku407]

Was there yesterday , such Beauty👌♥️🏯

[@MrBestard]

It's slightly taller than my dig.

[@waltage]

where are customers

[@ivette6703]

Cuando uno ve algo asi, solo una palabra llega a mi mente, "COJONE" que edificio mas grande.

[@akadorito4698]

still not as wide as kylo ren

[@purplealice]

A person could get a lot of exercise wandering around in there...

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

I worked up a pretty good sweat. How long would it take to change all the light bulbs in that building?

[@gilbert9394]

i dont understand the chinese need to build big. yeh i get it the population is huge, but the mall is empty?? if this was a flagship mall in america it would be buzzing with people

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

Unlike most places in the west, they believe the old Field of Dreams line, 'if you build it, they will come'.

[@laststardust8754]

My home is near here

[@TheYoshiGamer]

my house is that size

[@jasonmarc0919]

So it’s just a mall?

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

Mall, hotel, waterpark, offices

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I had to turn the stupid fucking music down.

[@itchyfeetonthecheap]

Oh my goodness. That must have been such a hassle for you. Tell me, what was more difficult: Turning the music down or posting a comment about having to turn the music down?

[@Dr.Pepper001]

Itchy Feet on the Cheap --- Actually, the most difficulty I have is dealing with weenies like you. I do for sure experience an existential miasma leading up to a nocturnal assignation because it is 1 AM as I write this. You might have credibility if your sidebands were set in phase with each other and you could enjoy a 3 dB signal to noise ratio improvement; but as we can all see, your choice of shit music is limited to the moronic element of society. Peace out, and fuck you.

[@ujjaldhar10]

The background music is very ugly

[@Neki350]

All the locals mock of this sophisticated place : Global Center - 环球中心 [hwəe] [Chio] [Jon] [shin]

[@reallife4617]

Still smaller than JOE:

[@beijukaronald5246]

Eeeee theyvshou have called itba city in the doom...

[@GC2TEJJ]

china!

[@juanfernandez305]

De PINGA .

[@goddesskate5958]

All i see is alot of wasted space

[@luisguillen1163]

I'm sorry but it's ugly

[@carlitobrigante6304]

Communism eh.

[@AI_HQ]

Socialism with Chinese characteristics. 😎👍