Bannister Mall closing for Good at end of may
 

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Bannister Mall closing

Jeez, I thought that dump was closed already. That place was hoppin back in the 80's.

where am I going to shoplift now?

That place opened right before I left KC.

We used to travel to KC when I was a kid every year to see the Royals. I used to go to the Blue Ridge and Bannister malls. I couldn't believe it when I went back to that area a few years ago. But then again, I also can't believe the 80's are now 20 years ago.

Yea, its pretty sad what it became. It was the place to be in the 80's...

I spent countless number of hours there as a teen.

Saw many a movie at Bannister Mall theaters and Bannister Square accross the street..


RIP....

Shit I think all the malls have their destruction set except for oak park mall..

Antioch, slated to be destroyed
Metro, slated to be destroyed
Blue ridge, destroyed
Bannister, slated to be destroyed
Indian something, slated to be destroyed

The ones I know about at least...

Malls as a whole are really losing their popularity. RENT is way too high from what I hear too.

That would be a good location for a stadium as far as highway access. The mall isn't worth a damn.

Man, don't bring up the stadium issue.

The trend accross the country is to move away from enclosed malls.

Most of the new stuff being built are the open air malls.

Apparantly the enlosed malls breed teen hangouts and crime. Basically what happened with Bannister Mall...

The neighborhood has unfortunately deteriorated around the mall and outlying area. While the city of Kansas City is spending all of its resources to revitalize downtown it seems to have just completely forgotten South KC 87th-95th Raytown Road to basically Lydia.

Metro North is next.

Yeah, been dead for years.

That's the mall I always went to as a kid.

Hell yeah. Fun factory was the shit!