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The Hypermart USA concept was officially discontinued in 2000, when Walmart announced it was converting the Kansas City Hypermart USA into a Walmart Supercenter.<ref name="cjonline.com">{{Cite news |date=23 May 2000 |title=Wal-Mart ends 10-year Hypermart experiment |url=http://cjonline.com/stories/052300/bus_walmart.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195206/http://cjonline.com/stories/052300/bus_walmart.shtml |archive-date=2016-11-08 |work=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]]}}</ref> The former Kansas City store, then a Supercenter, ultimately closed in January 2007. The original Hypermart in Garland, Texas closed in May 2008. The Topeka, Kansas, hypermarket, located on Southwest Wanamaker Road, is still open, although its exterior has been remodeled as well as the Arlington, Texas, location on South Cooper Street. |
The Hypermart USA concept was officially discontinued in 2000, when Walmart announced it was converting the Kansas City Hypermart USA into a Walmart Supercenter.<ref name="cjonline.com">{{Cite news |date=23 May 2000 |title=Wal-Mart ends 10-year Hypermart experiment |url=http://cjonline.com/stories/052300/bus_walmart.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195206/http://cjonline.com/stories/052300/bus_walmart.shtml |archive-date=2016-11-08 |work=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]]}}</ref> The former Kansas City store, then a Supercenter, ultimately closed in January 2007. The original Hypermart in Garland, Texas closed in May 2008. The Topeka, Kansas, hypermarket, located on Southwest Wanamaker Road, is still open, although its exterior has been remodeled as well as the Arlington, Texas, location on South Cooper Street. |
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Later Walmart Supercenter locations such as the one in [[Crossgates Commons]] exceed the size of even the biggest Hypermart USA location. |
Later Walmart Supercenter locations such as the one in [[Crossgates Commons]] exceed the size in suqare feet of even the biggest Hypermart USA location, however the Kansas City Hypermart remains the largest-ever building footprint of Walmart as of 2025. |
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== Locations == |
== Locations == |
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