October 29 is the designated opening date for the huge new Mall of Qatar shopping mall, which will include a new Magic Planet family entertainment centre.  The developer is Majid Al Futtaim, the parent company of the Magic Planet chain.  The mall will be anchored by a 14,000sq.m Carrefour store and will have the world’s first resident entertainment troupe to entertain visitors, who are expected to number 20 million annually.  The performers will use a 360-degree multi-lift rotating festival stage supported by animated water features.  In all there will be 500 shops, including 100 food and beverage outlets.  The Magic Planet will support a 19-screen multiplex cinema.  There will be eight lanes of bowling in the FEC that will cover 16,500sq.m.