Dead Malls Season 2 Episode 1 - St. Louis Mills
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2020
- This colorful, tacky, enormous mall was thought to be the solution to the dying mall crisis of the early 2000s. However it never shaped up to what it was supposed to be. Instead only lasting 16 years it now sits abandoned, waiting for redevelopment. Today join me as we tour the St. Louis Mills.
Music Used
Vice City Theme - Roundheads (VAPORWAVE)
Mall Musak
Crockets Theme - Roundheads
Dead Melodies and Zenjungle - Illusions
Phonothek & Cities Last Broadcast - Last Melody
Still Valley II - Northumbria
To Die in LA - Lower Dens
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The audio quality for the intro isn’t great and I’m sorry, I’m working on a fix for the next episode, please understand! Enjoy the video!
Just watching now,
I went there, when the mall was in business, it was 0ne of the coolest places in St. Louis 🎈🎈💎💎
Kid is rockin heelys, straight nostalgia
This mall was SOOO cool growing up. I remember they had a go-kart area that I hurt my 6 year old back on because some rammed into me a mach 12! Ah memories.
I remember that mall being a HUGE deal when it opened back in 2003. The first time I shopped there, it was packed! The last time I ever shopped at the STL Mills Mall was late 2009 and I recall eating at a nearby Bob Evans for lunch. The location just wasn't ideal, much like the now defunct Crestwood Mall.
Definitely the most unique mall I’ve ever seen. Gotta give them credit for being creative.
I remember coming here I believe it was the first weekend opening, and it was packed. It felt like it took forever to walk from the food court to Burlington because it the traffic was insane. I didn’t really notice the decline until early 2014 when they closed American Eagle Nike and Aeropostale simultaneously. Then that’s when the other stores started leaving shortly after. Growing up as a teen in hazelwood in the 2000’s this was the spot on the weekend. We spent the whole Saturday walking around hanging out. Sad to see it like this now.
I worked at the candy store near the food court until I left Missouri in 2014. I was there for years. The three biggest factors that led to the downfall of the mall:
1) online shopping
2) location. It was way out of the way for most everyone.
3) teenagers. Teens constantly were getting into fights and shooting at eachother, which spooked people.
I can tell you what everything in there was, I worked there for 7 years unfortunately.
Sounds interesting! I wasn’t aware that teenage presence was one of the malls downfalls
@@NorthCdogg22 yeah it got to be quite a problem for a while. Made the news, spooked people. They tried boosting security and police presence, putting in curfews for teens, but the damage had already been done.
And a robbery i think happened there
I used to be here two times a week, about 2 yrs ago. The Owner of the pretzel place is SUPER NICE and he has told us it was one of his best locations and helped pay for his kids college. There were some creepy security guards there thought. We always walked around and they told us to turn around. I walked by the church once and there was really loud piano music playing. No one was in there
That’s super creepy! Fun fact I actually went back not too long ago and filmed the whole mall this time, no walls or anything, it was all open and super creepy, hope you enjoy that video! Thanks for commenting
I remember the huge X-Games skatepark that was in between the ice rink and Go-Kart racing place. Pricey but I used to skate there all the time
I bought my first formal dress at the debs that was there right off the food court I bought my first hair dye from the hot topic my first experience with Panda Express sir my first kiss on the ice rink, I met cam Jansen from the St. Louis blues there , we went there every Friday and watch movies it hurts my heart so much
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The first door you walked in, I saw the paper taped on the glass, and literally growled at my laptop: "Namdar..." 😠😠 AKA Scamdar. Such a shame this mall failed. It's the most unique, colorful, fun looking (back in its heyday) mall I've ever seen. I hope they bring some life back to it. But I think they're WAAAY overoptimistic in thinking the parking lots will EVER be as full as what they imagine in their rendering. Even for a multi-sports complex.
Very nicely done video, my Dad used to take me to this mall all the time back in it's early years, lots of childhood memories in that place, such a shame to see it all in shambles...
Thank you for commenting, I’m glad you were able to have a good childhood with this beautiful mall. And yes it is sad to see it the way it is now
Thank you for telling people about the wheelchair and the dangerous hole in the parking lot. Excellent video!
Thank you! I felt like they were import to bring up lol
Once the crash happen in 08 this mall was basically dead i think they were losing money before that. I remember seeing the blues practice at the mills in 03 or 04 when i was ten, i always got odd vibes from this mall especially in the parking lot because i was like damn this is like the perfect place for a kidnapper to wait for someone lol.
When it was founded, it was our Sunday drive. 03 to 11.
I do remember the Mills (I will never call it The Outlet Mall). Last time I drive by there, Cabelas was the only place left. Burlington only used the outer facing half of their store.
I remember there was a Carousel in the Food court, And the only place I'd ever seen a Johnny Rockets restaurant. All the different "Neighborhoods", were at least unique in design, if tacky. After a while though the branding of the neighborhoods just stopped, though the tacky decorations remained (The Circus of Fire did have a kinda cool aesthetic).
This is a bit of a nostalgia hit for me. It was cool and all for the time. But what really killed them, was where they put it. In the middle of nowhere. 370 was really only used to avoid backups on I-70, so it wasn't a really good area to build a mall.
loved the themes and how organized it was the mall was truly thought out as a shopper i would know exactly where to go instead of just roaming the place tryna find a map
Good work! I was a teenager when this mall was at the height of its popularity and I remember going to meet friends here to go to the laser tag place, go-cart track, soda-jerks, and whatever else used to be there. I was probably too young to realize that so many stores going in and out was a bad sign - I just thought it was interesting to see what new stuff was there every time I visited.
Your video is majorly creepy - the last time I was in there was about 4 years ago after a visit to the Cabela's just to see what it was like and it was eerie but not completely empty and lifeless. I actually didn't know that the Long Horn had shut down until watching this - it was still going as of a year or two ago when I was last there.
Thanks for commenting! Yeah this mall is super beautiful and gave me some super creepy vibes! I’m glad you were able to enjoy it as a kid!
I worked at soda-jerks from 2003-2006. Wild seeing how this mall looks now.
The atmosphere I got from this is like the Kaleidoscope at the Hub in Downtown Des Moines; all empty, quiet, nothing... I was there myself a week ago... it is such an experience.
I have been planning a visit myself. I’ve seen how beautiful it is and if it doesn’t close it’s definitely something I would love to
film.
I went there with my mom and 5 month sister at the time like 2 years ago and it was super a creepy, it also felt sketchy with the Wetzel Pretzel and skating rink being the only thing open, and the whole experience had bad vibes especially when I went to the bathroom there, we also found a dead bird in the trash can
they literally dumped SO much $$$$ in here. what a waste.
Had some memories at the mills
Good application of the intro of history from Bright Sun Films with Randall Park Mall going back to the beginning.
Oh yeah! Just thought I would get ever detail! Thanks!
Color, color, color.🌈 The mall and upload was filled with color.🌈 The vegetation was really high around the mall. 🪴
I clearly remember this Mall opened way back in it's heyday since it simply replaced The Crossings at Northwest Plaza at St. Ann (as in the Mills was the reason for Northwest's downfall at the time) which was a Mall I used to go to way back in the 1990s when I was a kid (since I still have vivid memories of that TILT! arcade area which was in a basement beneath the food court that also had a very impressive miniature golf course down there from what I can remember) which no longer exists anymore since it closed around 2010 and the mall areas were demolished which it's now a bunch of office buildings although the Famous Barr structure with that large UFO shaped dome skylight still exists though.
Of course going back to the Mills mall, it's now kinda ironic that the entire area is now just a relic of the Bush era pretty much I should say. Although as for the restaurant next to Sonic was I believe used to be a Jack in the Box which I remember getting food from there once since I used to take walks in the morning in that mall before.
2012 seems so long ago..in 2012 this mall was alive and I was a really happy kid, and now it just seems sad..
I know how you feel.. with many of my own childhood malls fading away it’s really sad seeing them go. This mall especially since it’s recent abandonment.
Feels to weird man...
I'm so happy season 2 is here. I love your videos, they're the greatest
Thank you so much!! I’m so happy to finally bring these videos to you guys!!
Each of those stores had a Last Day, a Last Customer, Last Sale, Last Employee to Lock the Doors. If I went back in time to 1980 and told myself the mall I was in at that moment would be abandoned by 2015 and then torn down in 2023, absolutely nothing would make me believe it. I worked at a lot of malls going through school and when I was cuter I could sell ice to an Inuit. Now I am hideous, and women call the police when I ask them what time it is. That's how to know if you're ugly. Of all the things to lose in this Universe. I could understand circuses because of all the poop, but who would have thought malls?
I had work at saks..crazy to see it like this
Well done, watched right to the end, I’ll pick up the green chair next week, thanks.
Alright thanks! Lol
One of the things I like about his videos is he sometimes goes outside of the rust belt and northeast and does malls in other parts of the country. I’ve seen enough dead mall videos in Pennsylvania already. I live in the south and the only one that covers dead malls in the south that I’ve found is a creator called Mall Tours.
Nice place in abandoned condition 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Last Time I went was in 2017 when it was still an official mall. I was there for my cousin's hockey game and we decided to walk around while we waited for it to start. Only 4 stores were still open one including hot topic. I got a shadow freddy pop figure there because it was my birthday. That's the last thing I got from this place
Thank you for sharing these places of American past times.
I know that I used to go until I didn't feel safe at the mall. I saw a couple of fights and people got caught shoplifting.
Not sure about other people and their experiences.
Although online stores may have lead to part of the decline. I lived in St Peters, MO some of the instances that I went, and when I saw various incidents, I didn't want to frequent them as often.
36:00 I Googled around -- this building actually used to be a Jared -- The Galleria of Jewelry store location. The entrance window was a bit too corporate-looking for a restaurant. See here: www.locationcre.com/1700-st-louis-mills-circle/
Thanks for the info!
Man sad to see it like this. I was 5 when I went on opening day and I still remember waiting like 2 hours in traffic just to park.
Back when people actually use to see each other close up... the computer era, killed most of this type off.. back when kids loved the mall and getting what was called the outdoors...
I have been very much enjoying binging your videos as of late!
Thank you so much!
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I didnt know all the malls with the word "mills" in their name were all related. I have actually been to Oprymills in Nashville and unlike this mall that mall is still doing very well
Damn, I remember going here when I was really young too. There was something about this mall that felt like it was out of reach and just felt off and slightly more empty than rainforest and St. Claire Square, and the galleria. It was like it was always trying to compete with the Olympic swimming Games when you only know how to doggy paddle. I’m surprised it lasted this long. I would have thought it would have been dead in 2013.
Crazy how the memories were/are still there
Been here twice and its soooo scary.
I have a picture of me there outside of cabellas eating sourpatch kids.
I tell you that I felt like I was in Deep Space at St. Louis Mills. Man do I miss the NASCAR Speedpark that mills had.
My first video I've watched of yours. Algorithm gods helped me discover it. I love watching mall productions. I follow many of the other producers including a member of the discord server. You've got a good style. Good luck with your channel. Mark
Thank you so much! That means everything!
what an interesting design?! it looks like a mall you’d see in whosville
Looks like an old Bob Evans Restaurant. Vibes of Cincinnati Mills definitely.
Yeah with all the colors and tacky vibes you can definitely tell they are related in some way
Mills malls really thought this type of design would save malls but it didnt, cincinatti and pittsburgh alike
Yeah, it’s really weird seeing it for yourself and when it was still open I can imagine people just thought it was tacky
This mall was my childhood kinda
Wubbzy and I shopped here in mid-2007....good memories.
The last one wasn't a restaurant lmao, it was a jewelry store. (I'm pretty sure it was a Kay Jewelers.)
No it was a Jared
It's been abandoned for years I've been in since I was 11 years old I'm now 29
Worked at 3+ places entrance 6 was the main
Jared’s
I seen black panther in there which was the last time I was there can’t wait to see how it looks now
Abandoned Malls are where Mall Walkers go.. After they die.
That's an awesome idea! They could turn it into a crypt to store the ashes of dead cremated mall walkers.
Me and my family would go all the time to watch the blues practice. Sucks that they shut it down.
It really does, it’s a beautiful mall in its own way
@@NorthCdogg22 Yeah I’ve never seen any malls like it. It’s crazy how many memories I have of this place. I went exploring the mall when it was abandoned and it was extremely surreal, especially since I remember going all the time.
Insert_Introvert 7913 I would’ve loved to see the whole place abandoned! Too bad there were walls. Glad you could have good memories here!
@@NorthCdogg22 I went back in like 2018 I think. It felt like I was in a horror movie. Worst part was, *the food court lights were off.*
Insert_Introvert 7913 that sounds like it was super creepy to see, amazing!
I know it’s been a while - I just explored there and you gotta go back - you missed a whole abandoned movie theater which was epic
One day
It looks like they tried to be everything to everyone, rarely a good idea in any business.
Grapevine Mills Mall I grew up going to that one when I was a kid in Texas they built that one in 1997 when it open they actually had Hanson come there and play I remember that because I was in junior high at the time in 7th grade and a bunch of the girls in the school were talking about it
Even have my band playing
Seems all the “Mills” malls had that same color explosion look. I remember going to Katy Mills in 1999 or 2000 thinking it looked cartoonish. Way over the top in the design for sure.
It's a real shame that so many malls are left to just decay and sit empty, Liked
This one is about to get tour down and become a sports facility/park
@@classiccarson9760 most the malls from my younger years are all gone now, the mall of America stands now where the old Met Center used to be
I went there in 03 when they opened,I bought a cd
Place next to Sonic was a Jared jewelry store
That's my bust stop
Completely tore down
Yeah, that restaurant was actually a jewelry store
I went back there about 6 months back, lots of drug deals and homeless
I live I found these and can even see me in a part ahhhhh
The mills malls to me are so interesting because they are tacky and weird Cincinnati Mills is overrated yet still a gem.
Used to know the gm at the mills longhorn
To an extent, shopping online is convenient and wonderful. However, one of the things I like about shopping in a brick and mortar store is getting off my ass and getting out of the house.
It's truly pathetic how Americans build build build and then allow those places to just slip into abandonment and decay. We'll NEVER have hundreds of year old structures like other parts of the world, because we don't know who we are, so we keep erasing the slate thinking we have a clue. We do not. This mall is just fun and lovely, and nothing is going to be done with it. Why the heck they built them this large was just plain stupidity. This large of a mall was doomed from the get-go. Sounds weird, but why can't these places be converted into apartments? It would take some doing yes, but the bare bones are already there. Who knows... it's just sad we allow these places to deteriorate into the ground.
I used to live a mile from there and it was awesome when it was first built, the one big reason it failed, the Metro bus line… it became a hangout and the people with money stayed away.
2000 a bad time to build a mall. 1970 was the best time.
A little piece of St. Louis nascar fans died when nascar speedpark closed
There gate 6!!!
are you back doing more videos
After North West plaza plant
It had to be called down to the st .Louis outlet"" mall cause of the name nother ever stayed open
It was too much for that area and expecting
2003 I was 10
I go there and let the dog run all the time.
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Jesus Saves... People... Not Malls...
It’s not creepy.