It's not unusual.....

[10tazione]

23 hours ago, z909 said:

No, not Mike's Shopping mall.   I haven't made it that easy.

It is the symbol of the shopping mall, so can we assume what you are looking for is related to it?
Like a temple or prayer room attached to it?

[daydreamer]

Hard to say....Mike has three hotels in Pattaya that I know of, plus the shopping arcade that spoon mentioned near Boyztown.  Also the Mike mall between Beach Rd and Second Rd, and at least one gym.

[Guest]

Well here we go.  Mike's at the local Wat, next to the incinerator.  I imagine that's a sponsorship deal ?

Or is Mike that revered ?

[daydreamer]

20 hours ago, z909 said:

Mike's at the local Wat, next to the incinerator.  I imagine that's a sponsorship deal ?

Or is Mike that revered ?

 

No doubt that building is sponsored by Mike.  It's a symbiotic relationship, as the Mike Hotel and shopping arcade near Boystown sit on leased land, and owned by Wat Chai.  The wat owns a chunk of land in south Pattaya, and leases it out to a number of businesses, generating substantial income for them. 

Since the wat was begun in the 1930's, long before Pattaya turned into a concrete jungle, my guess would be that the wat owns the land all the way from the wat compound to the beach.