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==Economy== [[File:2009-0610-010-Roseville-Rosedale.jpg|thumb|left|Rosedale Center, built in 1969, is a major regional shopping mall]] [[File:2009-0610-009-Roseville-TargetNo1.jpg|thumb|Site of the first Target store, opened in 1962 and torn down and replaced by this SuperTarget in 2005.]] [[File:2009-0610-007-Roseville-OldDutchHQ.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of [[Old Dutch Foods]] in Roseville]] Several major shopping centers are in Roseville, including [[Rosedale Center]] and the [[Har Mar Mall]]. The city's per-capita retail spending is slightly higher than that of [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]] (home of the [[Mall of America]]), and it has the greatest number of restaurants per capita in the area. The first [[Target Corporation|Target]] store was built on May 3, 1962, in Roseville and replaced in 2005 with a [[SuperTarget]]. Roseville was home to the first [[Barnes & Noble]] bookstore outside [[New York City]]. This location was closed in 2005; the current Barnes & Noble in Roseville is the chain's second store in Roseville.<ref>[https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2005/11/28/daily43.html Roseville Barnes & Noble to close]</ref> The first [[McDonald's]] in the state of Minnesota was built in Roseville in 1957.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/happy-60th-birthday-minnesota-s-first-mcdonald-s/447686793/ |newspaper=[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]] |title=First McDonald's to open in Minnesota celebrates 60th birthday |access-date=September 25, 2017 |date=September 25, 2017}}</ref> The Roseville [[Dairy Queen]], also first in the state, is currently on the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places.<ref name="pamn">{{cite web |url=http://www.mnpreservation.org/programs/ten-most-endangered/ |title=Preservation Alliance of Minnesota >> 10 Most Endangered Historic Places |access-date=July 14, 2010 |author=Preservation Alliance of Minnesota |date=April 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727141754/http://www.mnpreservation.org/programs/ten-most-endangered/ |archive-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref> The [[credit scoring]] and [[data analytics]] firm [[FICO]] has one of its main Midwest U.S. office locations in Roseville.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fico.com/en/contact-us |title=FICO Office Locations Worldwide |access-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref> The [[Minnesota Department of Education]] has its headquarters in Roseville,<ref>"[http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Welcome/Direc/index.html Directions/Map]." [[Minnesota Department of Education]]. Retrieved on February 29, 2012. "The Minnesota Department of Education 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113-4266"</ref> as does the Minnesota Department of Transportation-Metropolitan District. The fifth-largest board game publisher in the world, [[Fantasy Flight Games]], is based in Roseville. Roseville Visitors Association, the Official Visitors Site for Roseville, [[Old Dutch Foods]], the Minnesota Department of Education, and the [[Minnesota State Lottery]] are headquartered in Roseville. From 1961 to 2017, [[UNIVAC]] designed and manufactured mainframe computers at a plant in Roseville.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legacy: Twin Cities: Chapter 31 |url=https://vipclubmn.org/TwinCities.html |website=VIP Club: IT Pioneers}}</ref>
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