As I used to live fairly close to Concord Mills mall, I would say I've been here more than 100 times in my lifetime....so I would say I'm an expert on everything Concord Mills if one could be such a thing....
Pros:
*Tons of stores - no matter who you are or where you are from, you are sure to find a store with something of interest at Concord Mills (CCM)
*Outlet style pricing and sales in many stores.
*Best movie theater in the Charlotte area - AMC 24
*Impressive Stores - Bass Pro Shops, Forever 21, Polo outlet, Nautica Outlet and Nike Factory Store.
Cons:
*Parking BLOWS, esp on weekends.
*This is not a place you can just drop bye for 20min and leave, CCM is a multi-hour experience.
*The inside can be crowded and full of vagabonds and other riff-raft.
*On Black Thursday and the days before and after X-Mas, this place is a mad house
ALl-in-All the pros out-weigh the cons for me - esp the AMC 24 movie theater that dominates on corner of the mall. Oh and they say it's exactly one mile all the way around! I guess there's only one way to find out...you gotta go walk the Concord Mills mile for yourself!