Man, I remember this opening when I was in High School. My friends and I were always there, it was great. It had a lot of Mom and Pop shops too. Animagination was a really cool hobby shop. :)
@ARCAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Sad most of it is gone! Thanks for commenting and sharing! 🤗
@snorkelsaur7307
Жыл бұрын
@@ARCAdventures Yeah, I heard the new owners gutted most of it. :(
@midwestgrammar2941
4 жыл бұрын
Remember when it first opened & was a tours place in 03 & this place can make a second magabus stop from Kansas City. Think the last time we were there was in 09
@wegettingrackshowboutyou
3 жыл бұрын
really cool vid, wish there were more videos on this mall. this one is way better than the cincinnati mills in my opinion
@ARCAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! We appreciate your comment and so glad you liked the video.
@sheliasmith7691
4 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter, I spent many weekends at The Mills, shopping & going to the movies. Take Care
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter as well, and thanks for watching! Yeah we spent a lot of time there too, movies, food, shopping, you name it! We now have no movie places in North County! :-(
@myu2k2
Жыл бұрын
living around Alton there isn't very many places to go. Jamestown and St. Clair Square were the closest Big Mall options around the early 2000s, and both of them were hitting a rough patch around then (St. Clair has recovered well enough and Jamestown caught on fire twice this year and finally approved for the wrecking ball)... The Mills was basically THE place to go. Edwardsville/Glen Carbon area is building up well enough that a big long-drive shopping trip out of the county isn't as frequent anymore tho.
@ARCAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your great comment and taking the time! It is very sad that indoor malls have declined so heavily. The only one for you to go to living in Alton, would be West County Mall, but that is about 30-35 minutes farther away than Jamestown Mall was. Not sure why the Mills tenure was so short, but I do recall one poor decision was that they started a curfew to keep younger kids from going to the mall alone at nights. I think this sped up the decline, as they alienated a pretty big base that was supporting the mall.. Just my guess anyway, it likely would have declined anyway. If you are in North County, the nearest place to go see a movie is now in St. Charles.. so crazy, we had tons of movie places in North County years ago. Thanks again!
@whitneycastillo7179
4 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised it wasn’t locked shut!
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
I think this was it's last month! It was down to mall walkers and ice hockey! Thanks for watching! :-)
@johnnyblaze39
3 жыл бұрын
Greed and the internet. Killed all my favorite hangout malls. I miss them days. Especially the Mall Theaters. I did a bunch of finger banging in them. Good Times giggity
@ARCAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Internet and especially Amazon. Thanks for watching!
@hangtimedangjang
6 ай бұрын
"Butthead" impression @7:33. Huh huh.
@2xteezyyproject469
4 жыл бұрын
All the times I went to go ride Go Carts R.I.P childhood 🥺
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
The indoor Nascar was great!!
@2xteezyyproject469
4 жыл бұрын
@@ARCAdventures yess, that was definitely my favorite thing growing.. so sad its dead
@cobus81
4 жыл бұрын
ill miss this place
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed.. Liked it best when Chevy's, Old Navy, the Cardinals store, Bed Bath & Beyond and the cinema were still open :-)
@ItsaRomethingeveryday
4 жыл бұрын
Just arrived, new to your channel, love mall vids, we've done a half dozen or so from Iowa, Liked and hit that Subscribe button I have to say that is an incredibly beautiful mall
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! We’ll sub back! We do have a mall playlist with 4 videos you might like :-)
@Testing-123
5 ай бұрын
I never did like this mall. I preferred NW Plaza (before they put a roof over the entire place).
@ARCAdventures
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting! :-) Jamestown Mall was my mall growing up, but I did enjoy the theater at the Mills, as well as Chevy's! It had a very short run!
@nancydarling4918
4 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks.
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated! :-)
@Mr.Alia63
3 жыл бұрын
Hi guys is West County Mall on high way 270 still open? Thanks
@ARCAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
It sure is, that is the one mall really doing well! Last Black Friday 2019, you could barely get in the lot. We're thinking of doing 2 more malls in our series, West County Mall and South County Mall. Subscribe and hit the bell to get notified! :-)
@austriagermany5731
4 жыл бұрын
i thought billionaires Louis and gilbert albers of florissant mo had plans to restore this
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
We thought they were going to rework the mall as a sports complex. Here's one article we found: fox2now.com/news/former-st-louis-mills-outlet-mall-getting-a-major-makeover-turning-into-powerplex/
@CruisingtheworldwithJackie
4 жыл бұрын
Malls across America are disappearing
@ARCAdventures
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah pretty crazy.. and yet in St. Louis, we have 1 mall that is doing really well! It's in a very busy location though. Thanks for watching!!
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