It seems that I've fallen into the "shopping malls with very 80s aesthetic" part of KZread once again Please dont rescue me, i quite like it here

They need to film an early 90's movie here. It's beautiful and has so much 90's character.

@benskrill2813

6 жыл бұрын

I go to Foothills for the movie theatre semi-regularly, it is really not that cool, just very orange.

@Tape_Time

6 жыл бұрын

Saved by the bell: summer days (is what that movie could be)

@mikemccuin2384

5 жыл бұрын

They Filmed shots at the Tucson Mall in 1987/88 for a movie called. " Can't buy me Love" with Patrick Dempsey and Seth Green even Two Homies from "Colors". Were in This 80s Classic Check it out

@Gransonec

4 жыл бұрын

Ferris Bueller 2: The Reckoning

@cordeliachase601

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. Looks very Spanish, and kind of ghetto. Doesn’t look all that 90’s to me at all. I feel if you want to see a 90’s looking mall, you should go to the east coast.

People can say it's ugly but I think it's a unique mall look, especially suitable for AZ imo.

@telepheedian

6 жыл бұрын

Gives me a really friendly late-90s, upscale feel. The fact that it's clean and that the signage is maintained and everything generally looks thought out helps a lot.

@em4957

6 жыл бұрын

It looks similar to a lot of late 90's architecture in Texas as well. My old high school (in Texas) was built in '97 and its color scheme was basically the same as this mall.

@angryidahobusdriver

6 жыл бұрын

Brandon York true.

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

It's one of the very few malls that you can enjoy when it's 100 or more degrees in Arizona.

The late 80s loved their roman columns in malls, my local one went one further and stuck fake ivy all over them too.

@MrSaltthegrave

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Bundy Jr I love your videos

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Bundy Jr I was actually surprised there wasn't fake Ivy all over the place while I was walking around.

@Aquaticdragon

6 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, one of my favorite youtubers just appeared in the comments.

@chrizecat

6 жыл бұрын

look at this heccin nerrrrd *hecc u nerd* **its a joke**

@nyuuchan3563

6 жыл бұрын

I'm probably just as surprised as everyone else is to see you commenting on a video.

Great work man. Don't let the assholes get to you. Everyone acts like Dan Bell is the only one allowed to make these type of videos and that's not fair to other people like yourself who do a damn good job.

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

+Austin Green they don't bother me because they're flat-out misinformed. The funny part is Dan and I are friendly. We both watch and enjoy each other's stuff. People who follow us both on Twitter know that ☺

@keepmymindpreoccupied2892

Жыл бұрын

Who tf is dan bell???

@burnthamm

Жыл бұрын

@@keepmymindpreoccupied2892 another big name in dead mall exploration videos

When the mall was dead the first time... there was a toy train store! You could push a button and the trains would go around. I used to work at that mall in its second wind. There was a CD City and a Sam Gooding. They used to have a Dillards. That empty restaurant was the "Old Pueblo Grill" it was ran by the McMahan restaurants.

@robertknight4672

6 жыл бұрын

Marlena Mouse the Natick Mall in Massachusetts had a train store like that a long time ago.

@dragon-sb6hc

6 жыл бұрын

I remember the train display that was always a must stop when i went there

@tbb033

6 жыл бұрын

The fountain in the abandoned restaurant reminds me of Abuelos (mexican) but I have no reason to doubt it was some other mexican place.

@xboys_archive

6 жыл бұрын

Marlena Mouse What a flash back thanks for the nostalgia

@Vampirebear13

6 жыл бұрын

I was going to compliment you on your beauty when I realized it's a pic of Helena Bonham Carter. But still, great choice. :-)

This mall had gone under once before and was bought by Ross Perot's son. He completely remodeled it and made it amazing and the best mall in Tucson. I loved this mall and it breaks my heart to see it completely vacant in 2022, except for the theater and the Barnes and Noble. The closed restaurant you are referring to, with the fountain, was Carlotta's Mexican Restaurant, and it was extremely popular. My family and I spent a lot of money and so much time at The Foothills Mall. I miss it and have very fond memories of this unique and beautiful mall.

I use to live near this mall back when I was in Arizona. And damn this was the place to be in middle school. Every Friday a bunch of people from different middle schools would just go to this mall to chill. It was a nightmare for mall cops. When I would scroll through MySpace Friday nights everyone had uploaded pictures from being at the foothills mall. And then people grew up and it went to shit.

Nice floors. I like the floors.

@justinthomaskraus

6 жыл бұрын

I agree Nancy the floors are absolutely fantastic!

@brianpayne2478

6 жыл бұрын

Nancy Darling relatively new lol

@fujitsubo3323

6 жыл бұрын

lol they confuse me so much, they look like they are always wet.

@SHADOSTRYKR

6 жыл бұрын

very shiny and clean

@angryidahobusdriver

6 жыл бұрын

Nancy Darling same.

A mall so nice, it had to die twice

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

AMC is the only reason that it's still alive.

I go to that AMC fairly regularly. It was a surreal experience to watch so many stores close there doors. The closed store you walked past that had the Volkswagen Claw game was an Old Navy. That kiosk with the tarp over it in the food court was a Wetzels pretzels and then a Jamba Juice. The Screen Covering one of the restaurants in the food court used to be a Taco bell. There used to be a Nike Store that brought in a lot of people, but its gone to. The closed restaurant with the fountain had always been closed for as long as I can remember. There also used to be a brewery, at 16:00 you can see the old brewing tank that the restaurant used to advertise their own beer.

Amazon will be coming to Australia by the end of the year - until now we never felt a tangible online threat to mall retail. I wonder if the dead mall trend of America will hit our local plazas.

@raftash5279

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Anthony nothing's gonna happen. Plenty of us will still shop retail.

@GreenAppelPie

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Anthony I believe it will except for clothing, jewelry and major appliances. It's a weekly 15 minute task to breakdown all the Amazon boxes for recycling.

@Squeetube

6 жыл бұрын

Shopping Centres in Australia are going to be much more resistant as all of them contain Supermarkets and related fresh food retailers. also, Australia isn't as massively overbuilt with bricks and mortar retail as the US is. That isn't to say that we don't currently have a number of struggling retailers that will likely downsize or fold in the face of a local Amazon presence.

@colewhiteley9951

6 жыл бұрын

Also, Austrailians aren't as spread out as people in the U.S. are - a lot of malls in the U.S. are dying b/c they're built in rural areas that could sustain them when people had more spending money but can't anymore b/c people don't have the money to spend at a mall for essentials that they could just get from Amazon, Wal-Mart or the local thrift shop.

@phyngineer

6 жыл бұрын

What? No Amazon in Australia in 2017??

As a Tucsonan, it breaks my heart to see this thing so dead. It's my favorite mall in town. Sucks that they've already junked the indoor section of the El Conn Mall, that thing was an architectural masterpiece. Shame it died so soon, would have loved to see you do a video on that. You should hit up Park Place on a super slow day. It's got plenty of stores, but it's an interesting mall, too. Though Tucson mall is boring.

@jesusparedes8360

6 жыл бұрын

Shoegazer Productions Tucson mall just has lots of useless stores

@uguubella

6 жыл бұрын

YES PARK PLACE NEXT PLEASE!! ! !

@macdre6392

6 жыл бұрын

Never knew el conn was indoor. When did they rid that section? Lived In Tucson for 5 months and regret not going to foothills. Park place definitely seemed dead to me on a weekday. Found it funny they had a piano/Organ store full of churchy old folks.

@shaynewhite4545

6 жыл бұрын

what is up with that porno music

@quietus5138

6 жыл бұрын

I moved away from Tucson from 2011-2017. Moved back and just went to El Con yesterday and I thought I was crazy trying to find the indoor section! Didn't know they gutted the place.

When the church goes into a mall, that is the death blow!

The structure Barnes and Noble shares space with was originally a Goldwaters department store. The opposite end was a Levys. I spent many an hour there during Junior high and high school. There was a mexican restaruant Casa Molinas, and the food was outstanding. The atmosphere was very nice too, now it has a generic feel to it. Long no reason to make a trio to this or even the Tucson Mall. Keep up the great work.

The restaurant was originally called Keaton's. Then it became Old Pueblo Grill. Both were great places. It had a fantastic bar area. It became a Mexican restaurant, I think called Carlotta's before shuttering. The original movie theater entrance was near the current food court. I remember seeing Return of Jedi there on opening night ( 12:01 am) in 1983. The lines wrapped all around the inside of the mall. Thanks for posting this video, brought back some great memories.

Me too. I have never seen an Arbys inside a mall. I mostly see subway.

@markray5113

5 жыл бұрын

They seemed to be common in malls in the Chicago area through the 90s.

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

I never seen a Subway in a mall in Tucson lately.

@Mewtwo_150

3 жыл бұрын

There was an Arby's by the Tucson Mall, but it closed like 10-12 years ago. However, there is a brand new Arby's that opened up a few days ago near the Walmart by the Tucson Mall

I loved this mall. I lived in Tucson from 2003-2015 and I noticed towards the tail end of being in Tucson, the mall really started to deteriorate. A lot of stores were closing up, as is the case at many malls around the country. I had even noticed that at the Tucson Mall.

@aeiouna

6 жыл бұрын

Tucson Mall is picking back up, they've opened up a lot of new stores (a Dick's Sporting Goods is opening up as a new anchor next month!) But Foothills is on life support. That Marana mall he mentions (Tucson Premium Outlets) took A LOT of the stores from Foothills when it opened.

Perfect channel to get my 80s Arizona nostalgia! I have lived in the East Valley since 1984 and your channel is perfect to bring back those memories! Your fiesta mall videos made me so sad though. Really going to miss that place. Great job on these videos and have you ever done voiceover work? Greatest soothing voice you have!

This mall is so 1993. It's like a time warp.

@thedarkestzenitheon3340

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Manning LETS DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN

@tbb033

6 жыл бұрын

You better promise me I'll be BACK IN TIME

@SyndicShadow

6 жыл бұрын

What do you think makes it that way? People say stuff like that a lot in these videos and sometimes I see it and sometimes I don't, so I wondered why you thought so

I live about 20 minutes from this mall and visit the Barnes and Noble semiregularly. What's interesting about it now is that it seems like some of the empty storefronts are being converted to workspaces for call centers, small offices, stuff like that. If you went back now you'd find a few of the glass display fronts towards the B&N side of the mall covered with paper, and if you look underneath it you can see people working in cubicles.

Your videos are addictive and I could listen to you talk all day 😍

This mall is so dead I went there a while ago I was surprised it was still hanging on.

Great video... been watching Dan Bell for a couple of years, and I'm pretty bummed he's not doing much with dead malls lately but now I've found this channel! Excellent stuff, I'm impressed and now subscribed with notifications!

I was there in the mid 1990's during the rebirth that was mentioned din the video. This is too nostalgic. Around the the mid 90's, they did a lot of interior work to make way for the outlets, which explains the non-80's vibe. They also had a lot of community outreach, I think they were called 'Fiesta Nights' to drive in more people. God, before the revitalization is was super DEAD. Virtually no stores, and the movie theatre was half it's size. The mall was half it's size. The area with Ross in it was added later. When they expanded the theatre and Barnes & Noble came in, then it started to boom. There was a Sax 5 Avenue Outlet, Black and Decker, Big Dog (anyone remember them?)an Adidas store was in the food court area. At the indoor movie theatre entrance, on the right was a Sega Gamerworks arcade, on the left was a Ben N Jerry's ice cream. The Zumez was a quicksilver store. I believe the restaurant was an Italian restaurant. I remember eating there a long time ago, Tuscany something? And that Barnes n Noble. Back before smartphones, the audio center was THE place to listen to and find music. It was a safe mall too. My parents would let me run around in it by myself at only 8 years old. I would get ice cream, go to the movies (who is going to tell a little kid he can't bring in his ice cream) then go look at toys in Ross or books at the bookstore. It's sad seeing that mall die. again.

@aeiouna

6 жыл бұрын

I forgot about the Ben & Jerry's restaurant until you mentioned it!

@PinkAgaricus

5 жыл бұрын

I remember Big Dog being sold in JC Penney when they used to be here, Penney's closed up here and never came back. Was that a boy's clothing brand?

All the empty malls and hospitals in the US could be modified fairly easily for housing for Veterans and homeless.

@LeahLaushway

6 жыл бұрын

watchgoose Not going to happen 'cause there's no money to be made in it. Who cares about housing people in need, after all?

@williamhaynes7089

6 жыл бұрын

no one to clean up after them or pay the electric bill.. charity don't make money

@alexandralamberton5615

6 жыл бұрын

watchgoose you could do it with hospitals, but not malls. Malls have a lot of useless open space that costs a lot of money to heat. This makes simply converting the existing stores to living space cost preventative. Even if you were to convert the open areas in to rooms it would likely cost more than it would to knock the mall down and build low income housing in its place.

@alexandralamberton5615

6 жыл бұрын

In fact the cost of maintaining and heating all of that open space is sometimes what causes malls to fail financially. A dying mall in a town I used to live in managed to cheat death by removing the roof and becoming an open air strip mall type thing

@BrandonSugiura

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with Leah, it will make things worse. Dole Cannery Mall is a perfect example of one. Check that place out and you will see why

these videos just flat out break my heart, I'm also a tile contractor, that is some really awesome awesome work. Such a beautiful job, it's a complete waste I hate seeing this happening to the malls.

I work just down the street from this mall. The only thing that gets any business is the Barnes and Noble. Despite how rude the staff there are.

thank you for coming to my town, yes nice floor but when in a wheelchair is like a wave machine. The AMC theater is renovating to the larger size seats something like La-Z-Boy type. The mall has a new owner recently so hopefully he might be able to turn it around or something? You missed one of the good signs in front of Ross listing the different restaurants and some of them are no longer there. Thanks for making these videos and have a good one

@SteveHolsten

6 жыл бұрын

AMC is upgrading a lot of theaters to those big chairs.

@mustangs-marketing

6 жыл бұрын

And those big charts are amazing

It's amazing how things have changed. When I was a kid everything was about the mall and now they are failing all over the country. What I find hilarious are the developers who are building new malls and think their malls won't end in the same fate. Things have changed, malls could still work but they need to seriously rethink their place.

The empty store next to the movie theater used to be a Gameworks. It closed down when they opened up the Sega World Sports Grill at the mall (which is now closed).

@poptart098

6 жыл бұрын

Keaton Köch When Sega Sports Grill closed, they actually moved to that store front near the shut down restaurant. Then a few years ago, GameWorks actually took over that new Sega Sports Grill location so GameWorks was back for a bit. But once again they've closed down and nothing has moved in since.

@jaredfogle6612

6 жыл бұрын

Keaton Köch I take it gameworks is a video game store

@LunaTulpa

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaredfogle6612 no, game works was an arcade

@jaredfogle6612

5 жыл бұрын

@@LunaTulpa oh I thought it was a knockoff gamestop

That mall is at least taken care of and looked after. Someone still cares about it. Crouch-jumping is a noble skill in Half Life ;-D

If I had known you were here in Tucson I would have bought you lunch from their food court! Love this mall, and your channel and if you're ever in the area again, please let me get you lunch or something.

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

You can only buy food from the Panda Express now from the Food Court now.

@bigspencah

4 жыл бұрын

@@MultiCreditKIng Not even that! It's closed too.

I have seen one of those vw bus claw machines at one of our local malls here it's a shame to see how mall that looks that nice be so dead on a Saturday afternoon as always another great video thanks for sharing

This mall have a 90's vibe. I remember fondly growing up in P.R that mostly almost every mall had that aesthetic feel to it and seeing this brings me to that time which is beautiful.

I used to live there in Tucson for 9 years. This mall was the one I used to go to all the time to hang out with friends. It's not looking good at all anymore😨

@chasenaustin8297

6 жыл бұрын

Also I remember back in 2011 I think when our governor at that time, Gabriella Gifford, was shot in the head in a assassination attempt and killed 6 others including a nine year old girl, Christina-Taylor Green. Jennette McCurdy, star of the show iCarly, came down for small concert in honor of Christina-Tayler Green in the foothills mall. I remember going there when I was around 10 and seeing Jeannette trying to make some joy out of the horror that happened a few months before. There are some videos of this meet and greet if you could call it that on KZread within the foothills mall.

It's gone downhill since I was last there about 4 years ago. I've only been to that mall 10-15 times in my life as I live on the East side of town near Park Place mall, but I seem to remember the restaurant with the fountain being a Mexican restaurant of some sort. I'm surprised the Oriental Chi place has grown to a bigger size. Holy crap, the music when in the car game is from Daytona USA on Sega Saturn.... Was it the game audio or was it edited in? Last Edit: There is another Mrs Fields in the Tucson mall.

4:18 A Saturday afternoon at 1PM-ish? Whew, I WISH my mall looked like that on a Saturday afternoon. My local mall is practically a wild zoo every single day.

@deendrew36

3 жыл бұрын

Dinah Claire same

Very interesting video, thanks for making it. It took me back in time, I didn't go to this mall as a teenager, but one like it! Your narration was clear, and video footage was not shaky. Great job, thanks again!

Loving this mall. The look is so iconic for the area. So much nostalgia. Don't think I've seen anything quite like this one.

The Storage area used to be a SEGA owned bar and grill. That was awesome.

@tremisanthrope

6 жыл бұрын

Also, I used to work in the mall at a Toys R Us Express right next to the AMC theaters. Despite almost never getting business, we managed to stay open for well over a year, and it was amazing.

@timeispassing

6 жыл бұрын

Yep I remember someone got stabbed at the SEGA Sports Grill and they couldn't recover their reputation.

@eminemisthegoat2466

4 жыл бұрын

WTF that’s so cool!

@giovanniaguirre1678

4 жыл бұрын

worlds sports grill

@Mewtwo_150

3 жыл бұрын

It was called Gameworks I believe

Something about this mall gives me a very "Pier 1" kinda feeling. Probably all the arches and colors

Since this video was published, the food court has lost the Mrs. Fields, Arby's, All-American Burger, and S'barros. The ONLY thing left in the food court now are the Panda Express and the Chocolate Factory, the latter of which is also dying a slow death.

I think I shopped at the Foothills Mall a total of three times since it originally opened. Sorry to hear it's fallen on bad times again. The El Con Mall in Tucson was a sad sight in it's final years. Most of the stores had closed, they had stopped regular maintenence (the ceilings were spotted with stains from water damage and mold), and the place smelled of dust/must and mildew. You could actually hear your own footsteps echo in the mostly-abandoned interior. A far cry from it's glory days, when it was packed with happy shoppers. It was a big part of my teenage years, so I'm glad I got to visit it one last time before they tore it down. Thank you for this video.

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

+cryptozoo22 we were really sad when we realize we missed the El Con mall by a few years. If we had been able to film it while it was still there it would have been the oldest mall that Retail Archaeology had filmed. We did get some cool pictures of the sign though. Thanks for watching!

That's really awesome, so much character! Amazing looking mall, I love how it's kept it's 80's look! One day people are really going to miss real Malls and be so nostalgic if they were lucky enough to visit real places like this. The Mall in my town has been refurbed and it's like they've took all the original character out, and it looks bland as hell. They've changed the tiled floor to what looks like some kind of modern 'Linoleum' but somehow uglier! haha. The thing is it's still doing well, so why they've made it so dull to shop in I don't know.

I find it sad and interesting how all the retail chains kept expanding at a fever rate for 20 or 30 years. They built a lot of malls that did really well for years. But they kept building more and more and more malls and stores until none of them is doing well. Did we saturate the market to the point where everyone loses?

@buckroger6456

4 жыл бұрын

The answer is a big yes.

only walked into this mall once because grandma was visiting from cali, and thats only because she still shops at ross. i was amazed at how dead it was, being a patron of parkplace and the tucson mall. being in that ross made me beyond uncomfortable btw, its like the decrepit walls and shitty products were sucking my soul out. thanks for doing vids like this in tucson! big fan of dead mall stuff

You should revisit this if you get the chance. The Ross, Party city, most outlets, and food court has completely closed (chairs even removed). The only thing still available is the theater, bath and body, and very few small shops.

I go to this AMC often. Good video. Binge watching the series.

Congrats on pronouncing Sbarro correctly.

@TheMotherofTacos

6 жыл бұрын

Pizzarina would be so proud.

I just moved to Tucson a couple weeks ago and was trying to visit all the malls in the area. I showed up here and it seemed so familiar as soon as i looked at the Foothills Mall sign. Going inside I was so surprised how dead the place was and at the same time I thought it looked so familiar. I thought I had seen it on a dead mall video somewhere and Im so glad I was right.

@Rsixsix

6 жыл бұрын

It's gone further downhill since. The foot court only has the Panda Express now. The movie theater is still going. There is also a Ross still that I got some throw pillows from.

This video inspired me to take a road trip to visit this mall. So many childhood memeories sucks seeing it so empty....again.

i have seen a lot of old malls converted in to living space. it would be intersting to see what happens to this.

15:49 that's Cineplex Odeon, Name came from the merger of Canadian Odeon theatres and CIneplex cinemas.

When the mall first opened, the restaurant you were curious about was a very nice place called Keaton's. Great food, lousy mall management. Several stores were shut out when the old owners wouldn't renew their leases according to more than one store manager. The place was truly beautiful when it first opened. My favorite gesture were the large copper fountains that looked like plants. All gone now.

I am a massive fan of Dan Bell, but I have to say I appreciate the fact that though you both film similar things at times, you elaborate on a few different things and touch in other things that he does not. So keep it up.

beautiful mall. if i had the money id get it hopping again. ;)

It's unique and interesting but there's no consistency. The 90s vomited onto the floor, the arches look Spanish, the light fixtures look medieval, the skylights look modern. Equal mixture of typical mall stores, outlet stores, and empty stores. Also I much prefer the presumably older logo on the directory.

@sodachris3000

6 жыл бұрын

Crow Migration - Tucson in a nutshell.

I appreciate these videos so much. Growing up in Tucson, i was a total mall nerd. I would ride the Sun Tran an hour after school to hit up my faves. When i got my license i was able to finally hit up the Foothills mall, which always seemed bougie to me. I was obsessed with the Quilsilver outlet store. ahh memories.

Rewatching all your videos right now, this was one of my favorite malls.

This mall cheated death once but couldn't cheated twice

@SteveHolsten

6 жыл бұрын

It's not done yet.

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

AMC is still keeping it going.

I havent been to this mall in awhile now that yhere is a new outlet mall and wow, it looks so empty. I remember when it was so full!

Outlet mall since the 90's? Yeah, that concept was gonna survive the Internet!

9:10 The Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Foothills Mall was formerly Goldwater's. Looks similar to Paradise Valley Mall's location (now Macy's) due to the structure. In 1989, Goldwater's became Dillard's until it closed at the time the mall was dying in 1994.

How funny, I live in Tucson and had no idea. With customers like me it's no wonder. The Wal-Mart behind the mall is doing fine.

@GoGreen1977

3 жыл бұрын

Funny. I haven't stepped foot in a Walmart in over 15 years. I wont give that company/family one more cent of my money and shopping in the stores always gave me the creeps.

Local Tucsonan here. The two restaurant were a Carlotta's Mexican cantina and the World sports grill. The one on the right with the windows and red sign was the Carlotta's. The one that looked like storage was the sports grill. They made that restaurant to try and fill the void Gameworks left when they left the mall. I loved going to Gameworks when I was a kid and was really sad when it went. World sports grill gave it a go but even with the arcade games it wasn't the same so people didn't buy into it much. The Gameworks used to be the store directly on the right of amc but that turned into an aeropostale which has also closed down.

@kaycelindley-dyer8872

6 жыл бұрын

Old Pueblo Grill was in there on the south side of the mall

Just stumbled across this channel and now i'm hooked.

Tile is from the 90s I remember when they remodeled it and replaced the floor in sections

The only food court option left is Panda Express. Chocolate Factory is still there as well. The only thing keeping people in this mall is AMC, Barnes and Noble and Party City. Most small stores you show are gone and the only one that gets busy is a Bath and Body Works. There are plans on revitalizing it....again. Oh! And that VW Skill Crane is still there too.

@mmiiikkkkeeeee

4 жыл бұрын

Other comments say they removed a lot of the indoor section? Is that true?

@IBSkinnyB

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmiiikkkkeeeee Not sure. I have not been there in awhile. I saw a comment about the El Conn mall being gutted. With the virus going around and all the malls in town being closed.....I wouldn't be surprised if Foothills never opened again.

You used music for a game on a very dead game console. How appropriate.

I think this mall strived in the late 2000's when there was a puma store, an adidas store, and a nike store all competing in this mall. Then in 2010 the Tucson Premium Outlets began construction and were finished in 2015. All of those stores had their contracts with the mall expire, so they moved to the Tucson Premium Outlets, which was the nail in the coffin for the foothills mall.

That is one of the most unique and beautiful malls I've ever seen. The floors were so beautiful and I just loved the architecture overall. And that Barnes and noble? I've never seen one that big, never with a second floor. Ours were tiny in comparison but they were always huge stores (we only have 1 left about a half hour away that I know of and I'm in philly). Thanks for showing it :)

@ 4:30 All American Burger hasn't been the same since they fired Brad Hamilton for cussing out and threatening a customer back in '82.

@jaredfogle6612

6 жыл бұрын

all for a refund

@dawnpatrol700

5 жыл бұрын

He kicked 100% of his ass TOO

The Tucson outlets for sure killed this mall which is kinda sad because it was a great mall

@gearsofwar3xXx

6 жыл бұрын

Foothills Mall was dead before Premier Outlets was done.

@zacharydemchyk7651

6 жыл бұрын

BlackBear345 I

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

The Puma store pulled out of this mall, and has yet to relocate in Tucson. Now if you want your Ferrari, Red Bull, or BMW clothing you have to go to Phoenix Mills.

Another great vid Mr. Bell!

Great video. Thank you. And skyvator is a cool dude. I'm also a huge fan of his channel.

I am also based in Phoenix Metro. I only went to Tucson once to get an expedited passport at the Western Passport Center. I like the columns in this mall too. What do you think of Park Place?

@marydavis116

6 жыл бұрын

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@hannaharocha7811

6 жыл бұрын

I like park place. surprisingly busy most of the time. But I think a lot more of the population lives in the area where it is located.

Hey...you arent dan bell..

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

The Gamer Dragon Nope, his videos are a lot better than mine.

@danacantu6714

6 жыл бұрын

Retail Archaeology don't sell yourself short, love your videos!

@ChevyCamaroIsBetter

6 жыл бұрын

Your videos are on par with his IMO

@crowmigration8245

6 жыл бұрын

The Gamer Dragon ironically he just uploaded a video that wasn't a mall or dirty room

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

Crow Migration I've only had a chance to watch half of that video so far, but it's chilling. I can't wait to finish it.

The restaurant you were wondering about in the empty spot used to be a Keaton's and then become an On The Border I believe. Keaton's closed back in the late 90's or early 2000's

Cool video. I used to live in Tucson (2009-2012) and my then girlfriend, now wife, and I would frequent this mall to eat at the Sushi Garden and we would walk around the mall after dinner. We did see a movie once at the theater and I remember the Barnes & Noble. The mall is certainly struggling and had a lot of vacancies even then.

I love your videos.

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Kellett Thank you! 😁

Fun Fact : The music from the KC Cobra ride is stolen from SEGA's Daytona USA video game.

@NikateeN

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Estrada he actually dubbed it in.

This is one beautiful mall, thanks for documenting this!

I'm from Tucson and I have maybe gone to that mall....three times? It was always an odd mall to me. I'm old school and have fond memories of the Park mall (pre-Park Place era) and Tucson mall, way back when. The El Con mall was thriving back in the 80's and 90's, but went completely south in the early/mid 2000's. Now it's a mega shopping center with a target, home depot, walmart, movie theater etc. Thanks for making videos in Tucson and I love your channel! :)

@courtneybarnes7709

6 жыл бұрын

Bath and Body Works and GNC are always the last to go in every dead mall!

Nothing about the most important mall anchor......Thunder Canyon Brewery?

@MultiCreditKIng

5 жыл бұрын

That's gone now. Only AMC, Ross, Party City, and Barnes and Nobel are left.

@ikaikamaleko8370

4 жыл бұрын

Yep I hear ya.

@canyon50

4 жыл бұрын

MultiCreditKIng there is also a barber shop, a massage place and a uniform place by the barns and noble and I think the bath and body work was still open last time I was there four months ago.

You have a nice narrator voice.

I live in Tucson and went to the Foothills Mall once in the 90s. Despite being clean and well kept, my buddy and I were followed by security every place we went. I resented that and never returned, save for the bookstore.

do a part two! So much has closed since this! 2020 really murdered it.

Am I the only one who's thinking of the Charlotte Hornets when looking at that sign?

@RetailArchaeology

6 жыл бұрын

patsflysfan2 now that you said that, I can't help but think of the Charlotte Hornets, LOL

@superray21

6 жыл бұрын

Also, the old school Arizona Diamondbacks

Is the Thunder Canyon Brewery still there? It was a fancy restaurant/bar. I am not sure if that is the one I haven't been to Tucson in a long time.

@itsjustandreaok

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Untalan pretty sure they are migrating all equipment to their Broadway store.

@inkmob

6 жыл бұрын

It just closed a week or two prior to this video post date

@martharetallick204

6 жыл бұрын

Thunder Canyon Downtown has improved a lot. Was there this past Wednesday and was impressed.

@lykosanubis

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Untalan It's still there but it's actually closing this month. :(

the mall music was a great touch, i felt like i was on hold the whole time

Hooked on your series as well as Dan Bell's. I walked this mall a few weeks back. My informal count was 32 open storefronts and 28 closed.

You need to come to Norfolk VA. and do Military Circle Mall, be fore the start taking apart. and Virginia Beach Pembroke mall, most boring mall in America.

@CarmenShields

6 жыл бұрын

I'd second Military Circle (although I have yet to adventure there myself) and Pembroke isn't really dead, it's just a very odd mall with a strange selection of stores AND the only mall I know of that had a food court added on at one point (late 90s I believe) then taken out later when the mall was remodeled again. It's an okay mall, but some of the stores definitely show their age. Not dead, just not much compared to nearby shopping malls like Lynnhaven Mall & MacArthur.

@its__Ev

5 жыл бұрын

While you're over here hit cheasapeak square mall. Nothing to see there, just the way you like it.

Park City Mall in Lancaster, PA had an Arby's back in the 70s and early 80s. Highly doubtful that is still there as that mall, still pretty successful, looks nothing like it used to. Very modern, which is amazing as that mall dates back to I believe, 1967. I think that one survived as they made the malls ultra wide for the era, but quite standard for today. I still miss the green-gold colored carpets and water fountain in what is now the food court, both of which were removed during a minor facelift in 1982.

@chucksluver84

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin MacNutt it is still there

@kevinpatrickmacnutt

6 жыл бұрын

Brent Sattazahn Last time I ate in Arby's in Park City, we had just finished shopping at Woolco.

@kevinpatrickmacnutt

6 жыл бұрын

DovahKiin420 A Woolco?!?

@ShadowFudo

6 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, I was at Park City today! It's BOOMING! The arby's is still there in one of the main arms, and it looks like the whole building is booming again! I only saw 11 empty store spaces, and several of them have "coming soon" stores like a Lolly and Pop, a MAC store, and a massive AT&T building that'll take up three spaces!! I think it's actually growing from a middle class mall to an upper class mall!

@ShadowFudo

6 жыл бұрын

I'm also a big nerd that's been inspired by these dead mall series videos and I'm slowly making my rounds around southern PA to see how many are still alive. It's amazing to see my childhood mall growing like it is! Oh, do you remember what the restaurant above the one anchor was? I think it was above the sears, but since Park City's facelift it's become a stairway to a solid wall...it's kind of a cool thing to look out for if anybody visits!

The mall really looks like it' been inspired the gaudy early-to-mid 90s Nickelodeon cartoons.

There's an Arby's at the mall in Annapolis, Md.

@joannabecker1727

6 жыл бұрын

White Marsh Mall in Baltimore MD used to have one but it’s been turned into a Red Robin now.

Kind of reminds me of the former 6 Flags Mall which was in Arlington Texas

@thatawesomegirl650

6 жыл бұрын

H.H. foxaddict I live very close to six flags mall and I would go see movies there every week. I remember there was one pizza place near the theater that was open and the mall was gated off but I would slip through there and it would be the most depressing thing you could ever see.

@thatawesomegirl650

6 жыл бұрын

My mom would just tell me about how everyone went there in the 80s and that’s where all the teens would hang out. Now we have the parks for that. I wonder if the same thing will happen to the parks?

@glasstechs

5 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to Six Flags AstroWorld?

You should go back for an update. This mall is barely hanging on, only 1 food court option, the Mrs Fields was recently abandoned without notice and most stores you see here are gone. It’s so sad, this was the mall I grew up going to. Going to the Nike Factory Outlet (I worked there too), getting hair cut next to the Levi’s outlet, there was a Gameworks, a Saks Off 5th next to Barnes & Noble, Thunder Canyon Brewery, and even a small dinosaur museum back in the mid-90’s that was opposite of Sbarro in the food court.

I actually like the 90's/odd look to it! It's weird but distinctive and not many places today will use such a pallet. Good upload!

where's the tumbleweeds blowing through?