I used to go to this mall just for Musicland. Since that store closed, I can count how many times I've been to the mall on my fingers. Glad to see it's still vibrant. Will visit it soon, just because of this video.
My old stomping ground.i use to live on french island and in la Crosse went to Logan high and use to go to this mall every weekend sweet .thank you for all the malls in Wisconsin I been to in my childhood life. My time hanging here was between 91 to 94
+Gavin Proudfoot this is an interesting mall. It's like walking into the back of time. There's many stores closed yet it doesn't seem that it's completely dead or dying
@@UrbexAPeakInside Barnes & Noble, Ulta, Sephora/pennies and it's salon, torrid plus size! and the food court. Keep it going. B&N is like the library with coffee and gifts. Shoe warehouse... Yeah.... Clothes shopping... I am so poor I haven't bought but about 20 items of new clothes in 5 years. I thrift or trade. I chose to buy better shoes and bags though. And makeup. Or but a good haircut.
My grandparents used to own a baskin robins in this mall :) My dad and aunts all worked there and my moms and dad both have lots of storys abt this mall from the 80s
This was the mall of my childhood. My family would often get in the car on Friday night and make the trip from Sparta to La Crosse to eat at Chi Chi's or the Bonanza Steakhouse. Dad would hit up Sears for some tires, a chain saw, or a lawn mower and Mom would be up in the JCPennys shopping for whatever the fuck a modern 1980's married mother of two shopped for. Me and my brother would be like why fuck aren't we at showbiz pizza. oh the memories
Barnes and Noble is still here as well. What they should do is move Dicks' into one of the vacant Herburger's space I think that would help this mall a lot,
Yeha that place is turning into a dump bc now they took out bath and body works and ulta and those where ones that really brought a lot of people in because they made a new ulta in the old shop Co and bath and body works next to target in Wisconsin
I have been watching Dead Mall series from many RUclipsrs for the last two days. When I search this mall on RUclips my heart sank. I live in this area and I go to the mall often. I would hate to see the mall go after 30 plus years serving the La Crosse and the surrounding area. Now that Sean’s, Macy’s and Herberger’s are gone, I feel it’s only a matter of time. There was an article not too far back about giving the mall purpose. A lot of the ideas were to convert some empty spots into entertainment places or offices. I hope La Crosse can do something to help our mall stay here longer.
This mall is definitely still very busy. I live in the area and frequent it, they have lost two anchors with Bonton/Herbergers bankrupcy and Macys money trouble but still the mall is very much alive.
It amazes me that even La Crosse still has a Sears while Sears closed both locations they had in the Milwaukee area. They pulled out of the largest city in the state but yet kept almost everything else in Wisconsin sure that made a lot of sense. I wouldn't call this a dead mall either. Just becasue a mall has a few vacancies doesn't mean it's dead.
I live in LaCrosse Wi. I remember back in the early 90s we would skip school and come to the mall when it had a McDonalds and a arcade and we could actually smoke cigarettes in the commons area. It was a great place. It has since started dying and is currently for sale. Its such a shame that the most visited place in the LaCrosse area is dying. Like the city, it was once upon a time a excellent place. I enjoyed your video and i like the commentary. Great job!
One of my older brothers helped build this mall... it was always a great place to shop and hang out in the late 80s and early 90s... It's sad to see it like this... brick and mortar stores are going the way of the family farms. A sad commentary on our society.
Originally, the VVM had these lower rest areas in front of the major stores. You had to walk down short flights of steps to get to them. These were removed prior to the 1991 renovation.
I can remember these. Going over to La Crosse from Caledonia on Friday night used to be a big deal. Can still see in my mind the old McDonalds, Pet Store, and KB Toys from my childhood.
jc penneys is the only anchor store left out of, like, 5, and barnes & noble is just kinda there. it's sad, all my favorite stores in the past 10 years while i was growing up have died. it's sad seeing my childhood friend go down the tubes like this, but what can they do to fix it?
I was going to mention the sunken the rest areas but I see someone else already had. There have been a lot of changes to that mall since it opened. As a kid I loved the full sized McDonald's that used to be inside the mall. All the restaurants in the mall used to have their own seating Loosing Macy's had to have hurt them. The parent company of Herberger's is in serious financial trouble and Sears has been circling the drain for a decade. Without anchor stores malls like this are doomed
That's what happened in Fond du Lac, once Sears and JCP pulled out, foot traffic did too. Younkers, which is the same company as Herbergers is closing there too. Still a few stores and anchored by Staples and Kohls, new owners are planning on an overhaul project making it a lifestyle center.
Hey! I live here in La Cross and Onalaska! I went to this mall since growing up and yeah time flies after all these years. Would be weird watching this and spotted me in the crowd.
@@lydiatully8417 That's true, LaCrosse does have at least, Deaf Ear Records, which I squandered a lot of my youth away at, heheh.. But at one time growing up, they had 2 other record stores, too.
I know of one mall in Wisconsin that does uncharacteristically good. That being the Oak wood mall. If you want a depressing mall go to the Cedar mall in Ricelake.
Good video on this mall! And nice to see it's still doing well. I wonder how this mall will fill the Sears space, if(like I suspect) it closes down sometime in the next few years? And from about 2:40 to a little after that, which anchor store did that used to be? Enjoyed this, keep up your videos. Too bad per other comments, that the sunken seating areas were removed from this mall in an early 1990s renovation.
@@UrbexAPeakInside I'm still around. I hope you get back into uploading new videos, since I hadn't seen anything new in a while. BTW if you want, check out my photos at prfsnlwannabe, on both flickr and instagram. I hope to get into making videos soon, but I want to get familiar with video editing software before I do my first such videos myself. If I may ask, which program do you like to use, for the ones you upload to youtube? I do livestream via Facebook Live at times, but that is as much as I've dipped my toes into doing that so far. But I'm VERY ready to expand into making actual videos, and BEYOND just livestreams on facebook!
I swept the floor in herBerger’s as it was built in 1980. Got to be there for the grand opening. It was a really exciting time. Seems that the mall was not able to keep up and is starting to die. Sad..The original floor tile was too rough for customers and it was replaced soon after the mall opened
What anchor did there used to be, at 2:38 at Valley View? I realized I forgot to ask that question, when I first watched this, and caught this detail on a rewatch of this vid I did just now.
It used to be a Macys then closed and after Herbergers moved from one corner of the mall to this Anchor and closed 4 months later . Not sure why they even moved locations with a bankrupcy looming . Now we also lost the Sears so only JCPenny left .
This palce used to have a kick ass arcade wayyy back when it first opened, I can't remember if it was called Treasure Island, or if that was on the North SIde, tho.
@@aaronjarvinen9681 I'm not sure, for some reason Treasure Island stuck in my head, but there used to be an arcade downtown, too. But I remember both of them were great!
The only big store left now is JC Penny's. Sears, Herbergers, and Macy's (which used to be Daytons) are all gone. It's definitely a dying mall now. Barnes and Noble is its biggest people draw and theres now a HyVee attached at the old Sears end. Many of the smaller stores are gone.
Urbex- A Peak Inside. Since you've been there, the mall has been in almost deep trouble. Both Herberger's and Macy's have closed already, and Sears is closing in November. This will leave JcPenney as the only anchor left.
Mall has its days but a lot of the stores claim the rent is just too crazy to stay in business and their only anchors now include JC penny and the book store. Final words, love not waiting in lines but I miss the stores
It's not that the mall itself is going dead.. just those stores that aren't there anymore are gone and dead. I live here and this mall is always packed on weekends and especially holidays. Lots of stores will stay for a very long time! Lacrosse isnt dead. Just gotta see the local events page!!
VVM has new comfortable chairs now. Uncomfortable blue benches are gone, yeh. This mall is dying, very few people during the week.. What should be done with all the empty large stores?
But it was seriously packed... Like fuuullllll back in the day. Like being at a festival. It was great. This is hitting me how 3rd world us had become. No working class anymore. Middle and poor af now.
2 years later...its dying and close to death. JC pennys is all thats left as an achor. Macy's, Sears, and Herberger's are all gone. The food court has 3 places left. If not for Barns and Noble Im not sure theres much of a draw. I give it maybe another year and thats it. Rent is insanely high and the trafic is minimal.
It's not dying yet..buy it definitely needs medication. Half the stores seen is this video have either closed or been replaced. Sears is gone, addicakes burger fusion..just to name a few
@@UrbexAPeakInside a year later and that seems very unlikely. Unless youre being foolishly optimistic. In which case, time to take the blinders off. Its dead.
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I used to go to this mall just for Musicland. Since that store closed, I can count how many times I've been to the mall on my fingers. Glad to see it's still vibrant. Will visit it soon, just because of this video.
+Agent Orange musicland brings back a lot of memories.
My old stomping ground.i use to live on french island and in la Crosse went to Logan high and use to go to this mall every weekend sweet .thank you for all the malls in Wisconsin I been to in my childhood life. My time hanging here was between 91 to 94
I remember going to Valley View mall all the time as a kid. Loved the arcade and Kay Bee got store. Got our first family dog at Pet Parade
When ever I go there even in the middle of the week around 3pm it is packed
+Gavin Proudfoot this is an interesting mall. It's like walking into the back of time. There's many stores closed yet it doesn't seem that it's completely dead or dying
It’s been awhile since you’ve uploaded a mall video! We love watching these. You should get back into it.
@@UrbexAPeakInside Barnes & Noble, Ulta, Sephora/pennies and it's salon, torrid plus size! and the food court. Keep it going. B&N is like the library with coffee and gifts. Shoe warehouse... Yeah.... Clothes shopping... I am so poor I haven't bought but about 20 items of new clothes in 5 years. I thrift or trade. I chose to buy better shoes and bags though. And makeup. Or but a good haircut.
My grandparents used to own a baskin robins in this mall :) My dad and aunts all worked there and my moms and dad both have lots of storys abt this mall from the 80s
This was the mall of my childhood. My family would often get in the car on Friday night and make the trip from Sparta to La Crosse to eat at Chi Chi's or the Bonanza Steakhouse. Dad would hit up Sears for some tires, a chain saw, or a lawn mower and Mom would be up in the JCPennys shopping for whatever the fuck a modern 1980's married mother of two shopped for. Me and my brother would be like why fuck aren't we at showbiz pizza. oh the memories
Well, now Jc Penny’s is the only anchor store. ( Sears just closed 3 weeks ago, along with Macy’s and Herbergers).
Barnes and Noble is still here as well. What they should do is move Dicks' into one of the vacant Herburger's space I think that would help this mall a lot,
Yeha that place is turning into a dump bc now they took out bath and body works and ulta and those where ones that really brought a lot of people in because they made a new ulta in the old shop Co and bath and body works next to target in Wisconsin
Re 21 I love tho
I've been there once and I love the vibe, so inspiring! I NEED to go there again.
I have been watching Dead Mall series from many RUclipsrs for the last two days. When I search this mall on RUclips my heart sank. I live in this area and I go to the mall often. I would hate to see the mall go after 30 plus years serving the La Crosse and the surrounding area. Now that Sean’s, Macy’s and Herberger’s are gone, I feel it’s only a matter of time. There was an article not too far back about giving the mall purpose. A lot of the ideas were to convert some empty spots into entertainment places or offices. I hope La Crosse can do something to help our mall stay here longer.
This mall needs to go. Its horrid. Im there at least once a week to go to barnes and noble, and its on its way out.
I can remember when they built this mall what killed was all the renovations over the years and poor managdment.
This mall is definitely still very busy. I live in the area and frequent it, they have lost two anchors with Bonton/Herbergers bankrupcy and Macys money trouble but still the mall is very much alive.
No, no it isnt.
the mall is very much dead
not anymore it's extremely dead
It amazes me that even La Crosse still has a Sears while Sears closed both locations they had in the Milwaukee area. They pulled out of the largest city in the state but yet kept almost everything else in Wisconsin sure that made a lot of sense. I wouldn't call this a dead mall either. Just becasue a mall has a few vacancies doesn't mean it's dead.
the sears is gone now :/
@@Piekalla Ok it is but it still outlasted Sears in Milwaukee. You would think it would have been the other way around.
I live in LaCrosse Wi. I remember back in the early 90s we would skip school and come to the mall when it had a McDonalds and a arcade and we could actually smoke cigarettes in the commons area. It was a great place. It has since started dying and is currently for sale. Its such a shame that the most visited place in the LaCrosse area is dying. Like the city, it was once upon a time a excellent place. I enjoyed your video and i like the commentary. Great job!
One of my older brothers helped build this mall... it was always a great place to shop and hang out in the late 80s and early 90s... It's sad to see it like this... brick and mortar stores are going the way of the family farms. A sad commentary on our society.
glad to say this mall has actually been getting better I heard they are gonna add a Kanes there just happy it’s not fully closed.
back in the 90s when i live in la crosse . i use to hang out their during my high school years
Originally, the VVM had these lower rest areas in front of the major stores. You had to walk down short flights of steps to get to them. These were removed prior to the 1991 renovation.
+Darin Wagner that's unfortunate.
I can remember these. Going over to La Crosse from Caledonia on Friday night used to be a big deal. Can still see in my mind the old McDonalds, Pet Store, and KB Toys from my childhood.
@@daviddittmer5222 malls were in tons of movies, so it felt like being in one!
jc penneys is the only anchor store left out of, like, 5, and barnes & noble is just kinda there. it's sad, all my favorite stores in the past 10 years while i was growing up have died. it's sad seeing my childhood friend go down the tubes like this, but what can they do to fix it?
That mall still open idk how
I was going to mention the sunken the rest areas but I see someone else already had. There have been a lot of changes to that mall since it opened. As a kid I loved the full sized McDonald's that used to be inside the mall. All the restaurants in the mall used to have their own seating Loosing Macy's had to have hurt them. The parent company of Herberger's is in serious financial trouble and Sears has been circling the drain for a decade. Without anchor stores malls like this are doomed
That's what happened in Fond du Lac, once Sears and JCP pulled out, foot traffic did too. Younkers, which is the same company as Herbergers is closing there too. Still a few stores and anchored by Staples and Kohls, new owners are planning on an overhaul project making it a lifestyle center.
Do you remember the arcade that was in there WAYYYY back in the day?
Back in the mid 80’s my my mother and aunts would haul a tribe of us cousins down from Black River Falls to go to the Showbiz pizza
This place seems depressing. I love the Barnes and Noble though.
It's as depressing as LaCrosse, itself is, so it matches up :D THe only saving grace in Lxx was Deaf Ear Records
+ShiftaelV2 across itself is still a very active town. It's just the idea that the mall is slowly going out of style and that they haven't updated.
ShiftaelV2 lacrosse isn’t even that depressing lmao you should see stoddard😂😂
Hey! I live here in La Cross and Onalaska! I went to this mall since growing up and yeah time flies after all these years. Would be weird watching this and spotted me in the crowd.
@@lydiatully8417 That's true, LaCrosse does have at least, Deaf Ear Records, which I squandered a lot of my youth away at, heheh.. But at one time growing up, they had 2 other record stores, too.
I know of one mall in Wisconsin that does uncharacteristically good. That being the Oak wood mall. If you want a depressing mall go to the Cedar mall in Ricelake.
Good video on this mall! And nice to see it's still doing well. I wonder how this mall will fill the Sears space, if(like I suspect) it closes down sometime in the next few years? And from about 2:40 to a little after that, which anchor store did that used to be? Enjoyed this, keep up your videos. Too bad per other comments, that the sunken seating areas were removed from this mall in an early 1990s renovation.
+BoratWanksta thanks for watching Borat haven't heard from you in a while
@@UrbexAPeakInside I'm still around. I hope you get back into uploading new videos, since I hadn't seen anything new in a while. BTW if you want, check out my photos at prfsnlwannabe, on both flickr and instagram. I hope to get into making videos soon, but I want to get familiar with video editing software before I do my first such videos myself. If I may ask, which program do you like to use, for the ones you upload to youtube? I do livestream via Facebook Live at times, but that is as much as I've dipped my toes into doing that so far. But I'm VERY ready to expand into making actual videos, and BEYOND just livestreams on facebook!
I swept the floor in herBerger’s as it was built in 1980. Got to be there for the grand opening. It was a really exciting time. Seems that the mall was not able to keep up and is starting to die. Sad..The original floor tile was too rough for customers and it was replaced soon after the mall opened
Looks like that mall could go in either direction. Isn't this a college town. Hope fully this will bounce back. Thank you for doing this.
its actually in onalaska not lacrosse and is not coming up anytime. all stores expect the expensive ones are closing
I miss that mall ❤️
What anchor did there used to be, at 2:38 at Valley View? I realized I forgot to ask that question, when I first watched this, and caught this detail on a rewatch of this vid I did just now.
It used to be a Macys then closed and after Herbergers moved from one corner of the mall to this Anchor and closed 4 months later . Not sure why they even moved locations with a bankrupcy looming . Now we also lost the Sears so only JCPenny left .
0:33 Does anyone know if the Vistas are still on strike?
I Remember When This Place Used To Be Packed Now Days it's Just Dead Their Constantly Taking Out Stores Every Single Year
This palce used to have a kick ass arcade wayyy back when it first opened, I can't remember if it was called Treasure Island, or if that was on the North SIde, tho.
Wasn’t it called Circus? Down by Sears back in the day. When the McD’s was in the mall too.
@@aaronjarvinen9681 I'm not sure, for some reason Treasure Island stuck in my head, but there used to be an arcade downtown, too. But I remember both of them were great!
Not sure if it opened with this name but the Arcade was called Circus back in the early 80s. Would hang out all day there on on Saturdays.
Journeys closed in 2018 along with Cellairs kiosk and Morden Jewelers.
Actually that’s not the original floor 😂 it’s been updated..... half those stores are not there now☹️
This mall was not dead/ dying compared to todays mall
This mall has been active every time I was visiting it; I do not think it is doomed.
LaCrosse itself is still very alive and has a very engaging community and atmosphere.
The only big store left now is JC Penny's. Sears, Herbergers, and Macy's (which used to be Daytons) are all gone. It's definitely a dying mall now. Barnes and Noble is its biggest people draw and theres now a HyVee attached at the old Sears end. Many of the smaller stores are gone.
Urbex- A Peak Inside. Since you've been there, the mall has been in almost deep trouble. Both Herberger's and Macy's have closed already, and Sears is closing in November. This will leave JcPenney as the only anchor left.
Its not as dead as the East Town Mall in Green Bay, WI.
+Pandicorn Pie that's what I've heard plan on doing a video on East Towne
Urbex- A Peak Inside - there's already a video out about the East Town Mall. Its pretty depressing.
Lots of things have changed
Mall has its days but a lot of the stores claim the rent is just too crazy to stay in business and their only anchors now include JC penny and the book store. Final words, love not waiting in lines but I miss the stores
Hello fellow urbex. Saibaidee
It's not that the mall itself is going dead.. just those stores that aren't there anymore are gone and dead. I live here and this mall is always packed on weekends and especially holidays. Lots of stores will stay for a very long time! Lacrosse isnt dead. Just gotta see the local events page!!
What local events?!
green fuel evero. Facebook.look upevents lacrosse.
VVM has new comfortable chairs now. Uncomfortable blue benches are gone, yeh. This mall is dying, very few people during the week.. What should be done with all the empty large stores?
But it was seriously packed... Like fuuullllll back in the day. Like being at a festival. It was great. This is hitting me how 3rd world us had become. No working class anymore. Middle and poor af now.
The mall is STILL here today in 2021
bruh I go to lacrosse basically every single day because usually I have gymnastics or usually we are going to the fireworks witch we are going to tm
so ik what lacrosse looks like i can find anything because that is how much ik lacrosse
I am from westby, WI
2 years later...its dying and close to death. JC pennys is all thats left as an achor. Macy's, Sears, and Herberger's are all gone. The food court has 3 places left. If not for Barns and Noble Im not sure theres much of a draw. I give it maybe another year and thats it. Rent is insanely high and the trafic is minimal.
This person makes the mall look bad, but it’s actually really nice
Seriously? Nice? Its a corpse. You sounds very delusional. This place is gone in less then a year.
Lol, and now its a zombie
ha i like the mannequin family trapped inside that tiny pen
+The Vintage Spaces Channel yeah.;)
Walmart, other big box and the internet are responsible for malls decline.
There are too many good stores that left the mall such as macys and sears
Amazon is taking over. Really the entire internet is taking over.
its not like use to few years ago everything like stores food but stores are mosly gone soon mall b empty and building b on sale
It's not dying yet..buy it definitely needs medication. Half the stores seen is this video have either closed or been replaced. Sears is gone, addicakes burger fusion..just to name a few
5 years You can get the dozers !!
+Mr. Bass It was busy when visited. It still has time.
I say this mall will be around for at least 10 more years.
@@UrbexAPeakInside a year later and that seems very unlikely. Unless youre being foolishly optimistic. In which case, time to take the blinders off. Its dead.
It isnt dead. Whenever im there it is packed
It's on the way down but I won't be surprised if something happens.
Urbex- A Peak Inside true
Toys are us
Illinois fire Tow North K.B. Toys actually.
Dont kid yourself, its dying.