1st. No AC sounds like a sure way to drive customers away.

The upper level had been declining for quite some time before they finally closed it (and yes, they did eventually put "closed to the public" signs on the stairs). At first, the side with the food court was fairly active. It had a rue21, Lids, Icing, and a few other stores. The other side was dead, and that eventually spread to the entire upper level. They turned the AC off on just the upper level, closed the Dillards entrance, and it was only a matter of time before they closed the upper level off completely. I was there the last day this mall was open. People were openly taking pictures and video, and security was nowhere to be found. They had given up. I even witnessed the birth of a labelscar, as one of the stores was taking down their sign. 6:52 The storefront on the left was a used book store for a couple of years or so after the previous tenant vacated. Then, it was a bridal rental store for a while. That store was forced to move downstairs to where it is at 1:45. Edit: 9:22 The far wall used to proudly advertise the mall walkers' club they had. As the upper level was dying, they painted over it. The wall next to it also listed all of the good stores this mall had. Those stores kept closing, so they had to paint over that as well. Speaking as someone who lives and works in the Tulsa area, this mall deserves your scorn. Great video.

@LeopoldLitchenstein

28 күн бұрын

I live on the north side so I didn't go to Promenade much until I got older and started driving on my own the last few years, but it was depressing seeing the mall dying in real time. I think the last time I went was maybe a year or so ago

Those fountains bring back memories. But ever since woodland hills mall opened i havent been at the promenade in a while

I remember going to the mall when I was younger, even though it sucks now, it’s a good place to learn to drive.

26 years ago my father set up a handbag and purse shop here. It sold so well he could finally put down payment on a house i would later spend my childhood in. As the years went by he's on to of business ventures but this mall kickstarted my family which allowed me to grow and become my own man. It is heartbreaking to see it like this but life goes on.

I grew up in the area, hung out at that mall back in the 90’s, was a great place then, really poppin

@FTFJohn

Ай бұрын

I used to go there a lot around 1992-1999. I enjoyed the Mexican restaurant to the right as soon as you walk in the front. Then movies to the left. Fun times

@LilXancheX

16 күн бұрын

@@FTFJohnI used to go with my homies when we were teenagers 😂 I was 14, the oldest, and the rest were like 12-13. So much fun we used to have. I remember that one time when we climbed the top of the roof of the mall and just hung out. And that one time I threw a trash bag on someone’s head from the second floor, and then they saw me, started shouting at me, and pointing. Then told my friend “Leo, Leo, look down there” so that he’d get in trouble too. So Leo looked down and the face he gave me was like “🤨” cuz he didn’t know what was going on 😂 then we ran off cuz the person who was shouting came running after me, or us because they think they did it too 🤣

I used to go to this mall EVERY SINGLE DAY after work. I worked next door at the On The Border there. I remember when that tornado came through and blew up what felt like half of midtown. I lived less than a mile from Promenade at that time. Walking distance, but our house was not harmed. I went in there on the last day it was operational. Pure, unadulterated chaos. Children running around stealing signage. Storefronts falling apart. There actually WAS signage this time warning not to go upstairs, so I didn't, because I didn't wanna get busted by the mall or whatever. The Claire's you walked past up there was close to the parking garage, where the skywalk access to the elevator was, and that thing was falling apart last time I was there. The last movie I saw there was Ready Player One. Did you know that right across the street from Promenade where the Barnes & Noble is, and all the way down to that Reasor's is actually the first floor of an old abandoned mall? The ceiling of all those buildings there hides the bottom of the old 2nd floor. You can go around back of the AMC movie theater there and SEE for yourself all the old doorways that have been walled off by bricks. They look like doors you'd totally walk up and press if you were in a video game RPG lol. Those are all the old storefronts from the other side. I think, IIRC, that Promenade was supposed to REPLACE that mall.

@YBSTV_Official

17 күн бұрын

ayooo, that would be sick to check out if possible, imma Tulsa KZreadr looking to checkout some random shit just like that ctfuuu

@BattleBound

17 күн бұрын

@YBSTV_Official I'm also a Tulsa youtuber. What do you do? Wanna collab?

@GlidingBoulder

14 күн бұрын

Oh hey, that's cool!

@gold_green2001

13 күн бұрын

I used to work at that AMC lol. We’d walk down the corridor of halls taking the trash to the trash compactor, and (as a film student) I thought it would be a great place to film a scene of a movie. It’s kind of neat and also a little spooky at night with lots of leading lines and all that fun stuff that would make an ideal shot with the addition of some mise en scène! Crazy seeing someone in a random KZread comment section mention the AMC alleyway doors 😂

@BattleBound

13 күн бұрын

@@gold_green2001 It was my S P O T, I'm telling you! Every day, I went to that exact spot. It was like seeing your old college dorm room but it's still the exact way you left it lol. Also a film student, and I agree, it got weird up there at night. Some days my shift would end in the evenings, but I'd still go up there. Driving past there now feels so weird.

Last time we dared go to Promenade mall (10 years ago) there was police at the entrance and a big fist fight brawl by the fountain…

Keep documenting the demise of the American retail industry, we will all look back on this and wish we still had malls to shop, socialize and a vocation in retail.

@dvferyance

3 ай бұрын

It's the people's fault for not supporting them is the reason they have been closing. If they wish we had malls they had their chance to keep them open.

@spacebartoloud

2 ай бұрын

@@dvferyance Nah, it is corporations fault just as much as the consumer, both have their role to play in this, consumers are not obligated to buy goods, and neither are corporations obligated to provide goods/services to people, the world cannot have one without the other. Yes a business goal can and should be to make money, but their goals cannot and should not align with the consumer goals at least not to the extent business would like, though there are certain goals that absolutely do align (like electric/water/gas/food etc, aka necessities) and sadly companies know this and can adjust their own prices accordingly. (A business goal being to buy goods at a low price and sell at a high price, often including items that are not and should not be a priority to the average family, they are often luxury items and sadly often times are far overpriced for what they do for your average human being, not to mention all the other costs involved in businesses (electric, water, employee wages, products for their business etc)... whereas consumers goals lean more to how does this affect the life i wish to live? I.e house over head/surrounding body, their own water, electric, gas, food, etc/other priorities that take more precedence over "luxury" items. Still the point is that it isnt entirely the people's fault, nor is it all the companies fault.

@OrbitZombie

Ай бұрын

A LOT of malls go under because they're sold off to larger companies who then saddle them with whatever debt they were carrying. Add to that the advent of online shopping and that accounts for the collapse of the American Mall.

@EmSeeMAC

Ай бұрын

@@dvferyancefunny, cause the other mall in Tulsa is doing just fine.

Contempo Casuals and The Wild Pair were elite tier experiences.

I live in Tulsa about 3 miles from here and had no idea it closed.

Going here is honestly depressing, it's like a ghost town. Last time I was in there, employees were just on their phones and most shops were closed, it was a sad sight. I think it's safe to say more people will make the trip further out south to Woodland Hills instead

I loved Southland and Southroads Mall across the street.

I only have memeories from when i was a little kid of this mall, early to mid 2000s and i remember it bustling and seemed so popular, and colorful, sad to see it like this

Sadly, malls are going out across America. The Promenade Mall used to be a nice, enjoyable place to go. If you wanted something, you could hold it in your hands, check out its quality, and decide what product was best for you while you were looking at the actual product. It was great! When the company that bought the place took over, everybody knew they were going to run it into the ground. They have a history of doing just that. Now we have the option of going online to look at a picture of what we want and trusting that everything we buy will actually be what we expected when it arrives. If not, we have to ship it back, sometimes at our own expense, and try the entire process again, hoping we will get a better result. I also have to say that part of the problem here was the attitude and intention of some of the people who visited the mall. We miss The Promenade!

so its hot as hell with no AC & they had expired fire extinguishers & had issues with their suppression systems & fire alarms not working. so it sounds like the owners didn't care if the place were to burn to the ground. i'm just glad that no one will ever see that ugly carpet ever again

@zachpierce641

Ай бұрын

I am pretty sure I got sold several times in the past 15 years and new owners seem to care less and less

@ColonelHoganStalag13

Ай бұрын

From what I recall in the news, the fire suppression system was going to cost millions to replace and bring up to code. The owners didn't see the long term profitability in such an investment. I think it was the right call as the mall didn't have solid tenants and had competition from Woodland Hills Mall.

Very dark carpeting everywhere is an extremely regrettable choice. Makes the areas without skylights seem very dungeonlike and repellent.

I feel the same way about the Cambrigeside Mall (formerly Cambridgeside Galleria) in the "People's Republic of Cambridge" (MA). Was treated like crap there, and now almost 2/3 of the mall is vacant, the 3rd floor leased to a medical lab. The food court recently lost half of their restaurants, and a museum dedicated to candlepin bowling left, and relocated. I love when bad places get their karma. :)

when I was in high school and right after i really like going to the promenade for the gamestop and fye and to just walk around mainly cause it wasnt as busy or loud as woodland hills, kinda sad to see it wither away like this. also! last time i was there they had a barrier up at those stairs so its odd it wasnt there when you went.

I remember when that was the good mall that all the teenagers hung out at. it used to have really good stores too like the romancing the stone. that place really fell apart after about 2011 when they lost power and the near by woodland hills mall still had power. on my own personal account that's when I remember people shifting towards the other mall. that's also about the time woodland hills remodeled their food court.

Also as someone who is born and raised in oklahoma its such a terrible decision to not have the hvac running since IT GETS SO HOT AND HUMID DOWN HERE

@LeopoldLitchenstein

28 күн бұрын

I haven't been to the Promenade in so long that I didn't even notice that they didn't have AC running in there. Jesus. It's been hot as hell outside the last few weeks

man i grew up going to this mall its been so long since ive even thought about it my older sister used to sing out here on stage all kinds of shit id been here so many damn times in the early 2000s its insane

Thanks! Keep em Rolling!

Go to Muskogee arrowhead mall it’s way worse 💀

OH THANK YOU! I grew up going to this mall, and it turned from a beautiful area to a ghetto run by an incompetent company. I've watched the decline in real-time... it's sad. You literally walked past an area I used to manage!

I only came here for the theatre or for the anime/weeb store at times.

Rest in peace promenade, you must have been fun sometime in the past 40 years, I think...

When did you record this? I didn't realize they had their doors open at all.

I remember going to buy games at GameStop

I remember when I was a kid my folks brought me and my sisters to see Santa Claus when we were 10 (Me) 8 (Middle sis) 5 (Baby sis) middle sis cried when it was her turn after mine I used to go there to reflect on the times our dad brought us there from time to time, on another note I am sorry you were treated that way I hope your visit to my home state was otherwise pleasant. Also fun fact : across the street there used to be a Toys R U's and a guy dressed as a bank truck driver bluffed the manager to letting him leave with over 50,000.00 dollars and I don't think he was ever caught.

My most vivid memory at this mall was in '99 or maybe 2000. I was at Claire's to get my ears pierced (I was 8 or 9) and my sister purposely tried to freak me out. The nice lady working there calmed me down (a process that took over half an hour) and offered to buy me two cookies at the cookie store at 7:19 after I got then pierced. Not sure if the shop was named the same thing, but it looked pretty much the same. I remember that like it was yesterday. That woman was so beyond patient with me. 😂😭

20 years ago, this was a hopping place.

I think I know the security guard you're talking about near the end, if she was on the older end and kinda too underweight for a security guard. She's not necessarily mean or anything, but she tends to get these weird ideas in her head where minor rules need to be enforced and doesn't necessarily think about whether it's reasonable or not. She's actually really nice when she's not in "I need to enforce" mode, but yeah, she tends to go off on unnecessary details. She also gets cold very easily, so that's probably why she could stay on the upper floor just fine. And yeah, I know she used to work at that mall. She currently works where I work now. That said, when I moved to the Tulsa area, I had to go to this God-forsaken mall and wait over three hours just to get my license transferred over at the DMV branch there. I can confirm that there is zero air conditioning. But at least it was better than the OTHER option where you could just wait hours in a line, standing, out in the burning Sun at the other DMV branch.

Promenade USED to be a great mall. Being from Tulsa I'm not offended by your video since what you're saying is true.

pretty fire vid boss

I used to go there a lot around 1992-1999. I enjoyed the Mexican restaurant to the right as soon as you walk in the front. Then movies to the left. Fun times

Love the honest commentary. Refreshing!

Time flies. Doesn’t seem like that long ago that mall had pretty decent tenants. It was nice to go just because it was easy to get in and out. Not a lot of people. Its worth noting that neighborhood, and that area of town has gone downhill so much. It used to be a really nice area.. my friend lived across the street from this mall until 2015ish when he left crime was getting bad. He had his truck stolen right out of his driveway You mention the carpet. I actually loved it . It made it much quitter than other malls when it was full of people . Believe it or not there was a time that mall was crowded!!

@superfrybread_1

Ай бұрын

so many memories of taking my girls there for their Justice store and Journey for shoes. Sad to see it end up like this.

I used to deliver tires to the tire shop in the parking lot all the time when I had a contract with hibdon and Firestone it was dead even 5 years ago. Glad I only lived in Oklahoma for 6 months

The last time I was in this mall, I witnessed a couple screaming at each other and throwing stuff.lol😂

@LeopoldLitchenstein

28 күн бұрын

That's just the Tulsa experience, honestly

The one with the secret underground base. The only mall that shutdown because of 9-11.

Bro I worked here at Rue21 for 2-3 years and we got robbed multiple times with people taking lots of clothes and the mall was pretty dead

My mom worked in the jewelry store there back in the 90s. I remember it being packed back then including the parking structure. I moved back to California almost 5 years ago, and I've always wondered what happened to this one because it was almost dead when I was living there.

i’ve lived here most of my life and have never been to the promenade mall but it’s always seem abandoned or barely occupied.

So I went on a date here my senior year of high school in 2021. Tbh it was literally a ghost town. Only good and remaining store left was hot topic.

This is sad , most of my happy memories were at that mall

Woodland Hills completely fucking decimated this places business, kind of sad because if they had stayed in business maybe they would have updated the property with more tenants and air conditioning. Oh well though, there’s much better places to go.

The last time I was at Promenade Mall had to be in 2011. I used to like going over there because of F.Y.E. and Suncoast. Plus the Hollywood Theater that was located there. I used to have a butt load of movie passes so movies where free to me. My late Grandma and Uncle Mark and myself. We would make a day of seeing movies always a double feature.

Doomie unleashed! 💀

Love the fountain

This video made Promenade Mall look better than real life! Last time I was there was the winter of 2022 and the place looked abandoned ! The north upper walkway that allowed access to the upper north parking level was in such disrepair; they had to close it! The parking structure was leaking water all over and deteriorating concrete everywhere! Such a shame.

The Promenade was pretty nice in the ‘90s. But in the 2000s it started getting kind of dangerous, at a certain point you wouldn’t be surprised to see fights in the parking lot. I’m surprised you said there wasn’t any violent when I know there’s been at least one shooting. Woodland Hills was always the biggest and best of the three malls in Tulsa. There used to be another mall in Tulsa called Eastland, but in the mid 2000s the owners started driving everyone out...for a while it was basically a l. empty mall with a movie theatre in it. Then a big bowling alley moved in to one of the larger locations that had one of those places like Dillard’s or JCPenneys. And then it became office space.

@bowsewr7074

Ай бұрын

Always went to Eastland mall the 90s for Santa below the fountain water fall then to the arcade in the corner. Good times.

@DIOBrando-ij2bp

Ай бұрын

@@bowsewr7074 I loved that arcade. I once saw someone jump across the upper area to the top of that water fall after a late showing of the second Jackass movie. Or maybe it was before the movie? It’s hard to remember, everything was closed up, so I wanted to say it was after the movie; but it was 2006, so most everything in there was closed up anyways.

i will say it used to be amazing

That was a hilarious Video! Must be following Midwest Magic Cleaning…give Promenade a filth filled kick.

I saw a 900 ft baby Jesus in Tulsa OK. He had never heard of this mall.

@tokejones9278

Ай бұрын

I played baseball at ORU in1989 where the big ass praying hands are and we had a catcher from Edmond that liked to partake in the "devils lettuce". We would get Snoop Dog stoned and sit in the prayer garden because it was really peaceful lol We would get done with practice with about an hour to eat dinner and the cafeteria lady would turn us away if we had facial hair or were "too dirty" from practice, in their opinion. Those ladies were pure evil and basically the epitome of the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld. There is no greater hate than Christian love.

I was waiting for the skirmish with the 80 yr old security guard, as they handcuffed you, kicking and screaming, soaked with sweat , and tossed out the door, like garbage! Hidden camera footage next time, please.

@DoomieGruntVentures

3 ай бұрын

I was already leaving so there was no point in escalating.

I live here and never went in. I think I will go in this weekend xx

Promenade has been crap for a long time!!

They could make this place look so much nicer than Woodland Hills. How could I buy this place lmfaooo

@tokejones9278

Ай бұрын

Woodland Hills is getting work done to it currently. I saw guys doing some roof work last week and thought "I'm glad that's not me on that roof" lol It was funny though because the side street off Memorial to go to Walmart is getting some road work done and usually there are people with signs on that corner asking to "give what you can" or something similar, but I've never seen panhandlers around construction zones.

bruh I used to go here with my grandma when she was still with us. God bless her soul. We'd go see movies and hangout and just walk around. Also remember going to woodland hills as well. those are like the major malls I remember from when I was a kid.

Any interest in Northpark or Crossroads malls in Oklahoma City?

Very Wonderful Video!!!!! I LOVE THE FOUNTAINS!!!! F+L, Corey

Wait this closed? I live somewhat near this and had no idea

@tokejones9278

Ай бұрын

Same. I live about 3 miles from there and play disc golf at the course on the OU Schusterman grounds.

1:10 Oh, the guy who did music for the Kyrandia games

As a Tulsa area native that grew up going to the Promenade, how dare you not mention the disturbing amount of dead birds in each of the empty storefronts on the upper level. 😂 That mall was honestly my personal favorite over Woodland Hills just because I wasn’t a fan of how crowded the latter could be. Once the place started going downhill tho I stayed tf away due to the stupid amount of gangs who would case the place. All around, I’m happy you roasted the place so hard and you definitely earned a sub from me!

Voorhees town center known for not running their aircon

The whole video was hilarious, but as someone who's lived in OK my whole life, the comment at 11:05 got the biggest laugh out of me!

Interesting I'm not too far from Tulsa never been there

This mall is pretty darn bland but not the most bland I've ever seen. It's whatever but with that being said I love the fountains. They are far from my favourite but still nice.⛲⛲⛲

For this video I ate (I guess you can call it) homemade pizza pockets. After I had some Coffee flavoured ice cream from Haagen-Dazs. Of course I also had to have a mocha as well.😋🍕☕🍨

It’s sad to say that the mall has seen its days I’m pretty bummed to see it go I started working there back in 2010 when it was full of people and customers and years later everything started went to shit in a hand basket. 👎👎👎

Oh man, I live in Oklahoma, not too far from Tulsa even! I remember coming to the Tulsa Promenade Mall, the only positive place about that was the music store they once had, and I know that's gone now. I hated going to that place. It's embarrassing to know that THAT'S how they treat tourists and possible customers nowadays. Seriously!? That security guard really did that to you!? Does she not know a tourist when she sees one let alone someone walking around a mall for just exploration!? I hope I speak for a LOT of the people of Oklahoma, let alone Tulsa, when I say, my apologies to you, sir; you had no right to be treated like that! You want to hear something funny though? I can remember when that place actually HAD proper air conditioning! What a disgrace! I remember a time when going to the mall was fun. Not anymore though.

Oh no! Your going to do a hist? Steal like 35¢ of crap? I have one positive thing to say about this mall. It's closed!

@BGNOLA

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like Ocean's 11! The original with Sinatra!

@BoratWanksta

3 ай бұрын

*heist

Malls have definitely been on quite a decline around oklahoma/most states to my knowledge, there is another mall in enid ok, that also has no ac/practically has no visitors most of the time, with little to no stores in it, I suspect you would likely be met with the same disdain that you had at that mall. (Which I also recall visiting when i was younger, but yea it isn't/wasnt somewhere i went to hang out at.) Honestly too many businesses/ corporations are all about maximizing their profits, and that makes sense, but what also makes sense is that consumers especially the ones willing to buy from places like that their pocket books aren't a bottomless pit, we do not have the funds to spend $1-$3 more here, $5 more there, $2 there, etc it certainly is a problem that admittedly does not have an easy fix, business that supply merch make the world go round just as much as the consumers, as they say cash is king, and I can't blame stores for trying something different, nor can I blame the consumer for making other things a priority like food in the kitchen/a roof over their head.

Tell us how you Really feel LOL

Not only is the owner of this mall cheap, but nasty as well. And who works out at a gym in this mall where there's no A/C?

Promenade was a great, active mall. ... ...in the 90s. Good riddance! I don't think anybody here in Tulsa will miss it.

@lynnethrasher

Ай бұрын

It was the cheap ghetto mall when I was in high school in the 2000s. Lol

Uh...wow

Cute

Tulsa is a hellhole

My Dude, it’s a legit government safe house.