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displacedinMN 02-16-2015 03:58 PM
I was there when it was announced and wondered why was it needed.
Seemed more like an outlet mall.

Went there after it opened and yuck.

Gut it. Let amazon take it over and fly drones out of it for delivery.

Bowser 02-16-2015 04:00 PM
There is no reason enclosed malls should fail in the Midwest. Just a sign of shitty management.

BWillie 02-16-2015 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 11329774)
There is no reason enclosed malls should fail in the Midwest. Just a sign of shitty management.
It's a trend actually. Enclosed malls have been failing everywhere. I don't quite get it myself. The strip mall thing seems to be much more successful. People's tastes are strange.

DaveNull 02-16-2015 04:23 PM
They had a Johnny Rockets there when it opened, didn't they?

Bowser 02-16-2015 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11329842)
It's a trend actually. Enclosed malls have been failing everywhere. I don't quite get it myself. The strip mall thing seems to be much more successful. People's tastes are strange.
I agree. Strip malls like Zona Rosa are fine for the three months or so of perfect weather we have, but the rest of the year it's either too hot, too cold, too windy, or too dark too early to enjoy them.

Lonewolf Ed 02-16-2015 04:25 PM
I still say whomever chose the carpets in the place should be flogged. I have honestly seen little kids fall down when the carpets change to a different bizarre pattern. When I am there, I have to look up a bit so I don't get dizzy. There are only two reasons I go there: the theater and the DMV.

Dayze 02-16-2015 04:33 PM
Wife and I went there for a nephews birthday party that was being held someplace there. It was like stepping into a ****ing time machine. Creepy.

Fish 02-16-2015 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 11329879)
Wife and I went there for a nephews birthday party that was being held someplace there. It was like stepping into a ****ing time machine. Creepy.
Monkey Bizness yo. Where kids monkey around....

Deberg_1990 02-16-2015 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 11329646)
Geez, that was a bust.
It was supposed to be a big deal that drew people in from all over the area. Not sure if it ever met expectation even in the beginning.
Yea, it just never really lived up to expectations. I remember going there not too long after it had been opened. Probably around 1998 and it felt dead or not nearly busy enough.

Eleazar 02-16-2015 06:17 PM
People don't buy things at malls anymore because Amazon.

Munson 02-16-2015 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed (Post 11329858)
I still say whomever chose the carpets in the place should be flogged. I have honestly seen little kids fall down when the carpets change to a different bizarre pattern. When I am there, I have to look up a bit so I don't get dizzy. There are only two reasons I go there: the theater and the DMV.

Those carpets were god awful. The weird design made me dizzy, too.

petegz28 02-16-2015 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11329610)
Not a surprise. It's not kept up anymore. Could possibly of succeeded if done right, but maybe not, kind of in an obscure area. For some reason white people like to shop at strip malls, they don't like to have an easy indoor place where you can get all your shopping done at one time, and walk to all of them. They prefer to drive their car to and from each little store. Too many youths and dark people walking around, not comfortable with that.
Uh, you apparently have never been to Oak Park Mall, have you?

petegz28 02-16-2015 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11329842)
It's a trend actually. Enclosed malls have been failing everywhere. I don't quite get it myself. The strip mall thing seems to be much more successful. People's tastes are strange.
The Great Mall failed because it was an outlet mall, for one. It never brought in anything for name brand stores save Famous Footwear. If they ever got a Penney's or Sears in that place it would have done more business. People all around Olathe drive to Oak Park Mall because that's where all the stores are. The Great Mall never offered much in that way and so it sank.

-King- 02-16-2015 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11329842)
It's a trend actually. Enclosed malls have been failing everywhere. I don't quite get it myself. The strip mall thing seems to be much more successful. People's tastes are strange.
People would rather go straight to the one store they need to buy from than walk through a crowded mall past 100 stores just to get to the one they want.

Saccopoo 02-16-2015 07:33 PM
There was a mall in Olathe?


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