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Could a Ski Hill, a Theme Park and 40 Water Slides Save the American Mall?

Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:10 pm
Posted by tss22h8
30.4 N 90.9 W
Member since Jan 2007
18793 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:10 pm
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American Dream, the most expensive U.S. mall ever built, opened Friday. It is the first in the U.S. to devote more space to entertainment, restaurants and theme-park rides than to traditional retail. Given that more than a few people have declared the mall dead, the entire industry is glued to the spectacle to see if its formula could save the American shopping center from oversupply and the rise of online shopping.

It might work until people get bored and move on to something else.

Wall Street Journal
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:12 pm to
If it has an Aladdin's Castle and a Spencer's it may survive.
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 3:35 pm
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:12 pm to
the internet with lower prices then box stores and free shipping and no taxes ended the whole idea of large malls

all they are good for today is a place for teens to hang out and trash while perving on girls
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20247 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:12 pm to
Nope.

As long as there are stores in said mall that brings in loads of culcha, the place will not survive.

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:13 pm to
I think first of all..

We need movie theaters in all major airports.

frick a 4+ hour boring layover
Posted by Legion of Doom
Old Metry
Member since Jan 2018
5776 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:14 pm to
I had a girlfriend that was from Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The mall there had a water park and amusement park on the inside. The place was packed. But this was in the days before Amazon, so not sure how it’s doing now.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
19901 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

We need movie theaters in all major airports


That's a really good idea
Posted by MightyYat
StB Garden District
Member since Jan 2009
25029 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:17 pm to
Someone needs to tell the Lakeside Mall in Metry that the mall is dying because that place is always packed.
Posted by 504Voodoo
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
13856 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:22 pm to
quote:

We need movie theaters in all major airports.

frick a 4+ hour boring layover


Genius
Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
17460 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

all they are good for today is a place for teens to hang out and trash while perving on girls


Posted by FightnBobLafollette
Member since Oct 2017
12204 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:37 pm to
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That's a really good idea


You say that till your ticket, soda and popcorn puts you into overdraft protection.
Posted by skeeter531
Member since Jun 2014
2493 posts
Posted on 10/25/19 at 4:09 pm to
This sucker has been under construction for 16 years...bankrupt and taken over by new companies twice I think---
it will cost you to park--increasing amounts according to number of hours but on days when there is a game at neighboring Giants stadium parking will be $30 for any amount of time.
It was an ugly eyesore of 70's oranges and browns and abandoned for years before finally getting a facelift and PARTIALLY opened. I don't predict success.
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