Metrocenter: Then and Now

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Metrocenter; once the bustling, busy, "place to be" now lies nearly an empty shell of its former self. Shoppers expecting to find what they once knew as the Arizonan shopping haven of the 70s and 80s will be shocked and saddened to find corridors lined with black-windowed and gated-off storefronts, their label-scarred signs leaving behind the faintest trace of the businesses that once graced the halls and called the mall their home.
Credit for the 1988 Metrocenter footage belongs to Andrew Patrick Ralston. Here is the link to the original video: • Metrocenter Mall: Phoe...
Music used:
Desire - 18 Carat Affair
Mall of 1974

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  • @liamwade8537
    @liamwade85373 жыл бұрын

    I want to thank each and every one of you that took the time to watch this. I'm so glad I was able to create content that moved so many people. Long live Metrocenter.

  • @jtmar
    @jtmar4 жыл бұрын

    Truly makes me sad. I grew up coming to this mall as kid/teenager.

  • @zombeeznutz

    @zombeeznutz

    2 жыл бұрын

    i grew up with it being dead but man.. not this dead. it’s insane seeing how alive it was. they tore down most of it now and it’s barely an acre when i last went but now it’s closed entirely

  • @naturelover5794

    @naturelover5794

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @original8616

    @original8616

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here toys r us around the corner too

  • @djmischiefofficial01
    @djmischiefofficial014 жыл бұрын

    They're officially closing it down by June 30th. That's crazy, some good memories were made here...

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    damn, just saw that. so sad.

  • @RebsOne
    @RebsOne4 жыл бұрын

    Man what a horrific tragedy. I grew up in the area of this mall and would frequent it regularly from 1988-1997 as a child through high school. Coming up in that era meant you actually had to go out and be social if you wanted to meet new people and what better place than Metro. This mall was always packed during those late 80s/early 90s years, especially on the weekends. This mall was the place to be! To run around, hit the skating rink which would later become Metro Midway, or go to get numbers of the cute girls. It was such an awesome place for me as a kid and when Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure came out it was cool to know your stomping grounds were in a movie. There will never be another Metro for those of us who remember the good old days before internet, social media, etc. but we can always reflect on those childhood memories of what glory it gave us. RIP Metro Center.

  • @gumshew2007

    @gumshew2007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who cares? I don't need to go to a mall to make purchases, I order on line and most of the time through amazon.

  • @RebsOne

    @RebsOne

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gumshew2007 That is surely how it is now but back then there was no ordering online because online wasn't for the general population. It will be an entirely different subject for those who never experienced it so if you weren't around for the fun back then I get it. Just like I wasn't around for Woodstock but growing up I always heard references to it and many documentaries. While I agree ordering online eliminates lines, parking etc... it doesn't give you the environment. Malls during that time were a major social event both meeting up with friends or just people watching. As a teenager through those years everyone would go suited and booted in their new clothes or shoes on a Friday or Saturday as if the mall was a showcase. I am not saying you're anti-social but for me and the people I went to the mall with we always enjoyed it which is why some of us do care, and why it is sad to see it fall.

  • @RebsOne

    @RebsOne

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Pastor David J. Miner Isn't Arrowhead on the decline as well now? Also I hear the kidnapping rate is getting pretty high over there just like AZ Mills, such a shame. What happened to people being able to do things without the fear of being abducted.

  • @jasburger

    @jasburger

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rip metrocenter forever now...

  • @michaelmccuin1157

    @michaelmccuin1157

    4 жыл бұрын

    FACTS 💯

  • @bcg3166
    @bcg31662 жыл бұрын

    Being a teenager and resident of Glendale, Arizona. I would be there every weekend ice skating. Times then? We're much simpler. No worries of nothing. How times have changed all of that. You can take our past but you left us with our memories. Thank you!

  • @chiefdan07
    @chiefdan074 жыл бұрын

    Great choice of sound track. Really eerie feeling and depressing.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    thank you. it's free mall muzak that i download, slowed down, and added reverb to.

  • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    3 жыл бұрын

    MetrO)))center

  • @donegalandnehoiden5672

    @donegalandnehoiden5672

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@liamwade8537 I thought as much. It's amazing how little it takes to make cheerful music scary.

  • @CodeBlue_EMT-P
    @CodeBlue_EMT-P3 жыл бұрын

    1979-83. I’m glad I saw the best of Metrocenter’s years.

  • @crashbandicoot6652
    @crashbandicoot66524 жыл бұрын

    So sad to find out that this mall is permanently closing some good times that I will never forget

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    Жыл бұрын

    About to get the wrecking ball this month.

  • @bonniet4478
    @bonniet44784 жыл бұрын

    I worked at Metrocenter in 1988. Great footage you have! Wish you showed more. Totally brought me back. But it's so so sad that it's closing now.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    2 жыл бұрын

    Link to the video is in the description. There's more footage on the dude's channel if you want anymore.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    Жыл бұрын

    At 19 I worked at an office right next to Metrocenter and spent most of my free time hanging out there and at Castles & Coasters.

  • @0SuicideBoy0
    @0SuicideBoy04 жыл бұрын

    You really nailed the aesthetics here. I look forward to more content pertaining to our highly esoteric area of interest.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much, man.

  • @Soullessservant

    @Soullessservant

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blaine I really don’t get what you’re so hyped about.... this isn’t good. It’s.... it’s bad. And racist. Why there no brothaz?? So tired of this shit bruh . Imma stick w the silk

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Soullessservant just sittin here sippin my silk milk not givin a shii

  • @sergiogarcia9714

    @sergiogarcia9714

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Soullessservant fuh ya mean cuh

  • @woodystorey

    @woodystorey

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tanner Martin....racist?....where TF do you get any form of racism from his comment?...anyone that gets racism out this comment is a rabid racist, seen it many times before that people like you, go somewhere else and cry to see things that aren’t there to anyone but the likes of you...crybaby...

  • @jamesvalenzuela3640
    @jamesvalenzuela36404 жыл бұрын

    I think we should kick Amazon where it hurts! Let's keep our retail spots open! Can you imagine how weird the next generation is going to be with the sinking of stores and malls?!?!

  • @csn6234

    @csn6234

    2 жыл бұрын

    Go on with your bad self!

  • @ridered7262
    @ridered72624 жыл бұрын

    Really hit me seeing the Christmas decorations, I would go to malls here and there but mainly at Christmas time and just the atmosphere and people out and about. So sad to see this happening across the Country but especially in your own backyard. P.S. it was a great way to escape the heat as kids in the summer.

  • @whatheck6709
    @whatheck67093 жыл бұрын

    This mall was doing pretty well before 2010. After that, it went down hill fast and fell flat on it's face. In the early and mid 2000s they had Cyberstation, which was an arcade. One of the main reasons why I went to Metro.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    Жыл бұрын

    Once they got rid of the ice skating rink I just no longer had any desire to go inside.

  • @maryhall-evans1102
    @maryhall-evans11024 жыл бұрын

    I remember when they first broke ground on the building project. My sister and I went on opening day, then either Saturday or Sunday of every week, until I married and moved away in 1985. We were some of the original mall rats of Metrocenter. Such great memories of great times. Thanks for sharing your video.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    no problem, man. hope you enjoyed the sad bit of nostalgia.

  • @ladylee1684
    @ladylee1684 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Phoenix as a kid and MetroCenter was the BIG mall and was always so exciting to go there. Moved away in 85 went back for a visit in 2000 and it was showing major signs of decline then but never thought it would end up like this.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    Жыл бұрын

    MetroCenter in 1985 was the best thing ever. My best friend and I would meet girls there and then bring them to swim at the pool at Cactus Park. We biked and walked all over that area at 14 and 15 years old. Smitty's on Peoria was really cool too.

  • @imnobody3490
    @imnobody34904 жыл бұрын

    Let's bring this mall back to live for the love of the human ways no more sitting on your back half and go and save all of your past I'm here every day waiting on all of you to bring back the good times

  • @livingaboard
    @livingaboard4 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Phoenix in 1989-1991. I went to this mall many times and even worked at the sears next to the mall. I remember the skating rink which I thought they got rid of during my time there. Sad.

  • @COPPERSTATETREASURES
    @COPPERSTATETREASURES4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for creating this. I just did a documentary of two of the original skaters/coaches from the ice rink. I’m really happy to see the mall being documented. 💕

  • @fredmyers485
    @fredmyers485 Жыл бұрын

    Wow - shocking. I visited this mall frequently in the early 90s and figured it would be around forever. The music choice here pairs nicely with the imagery. Well done!

  • @123bigred
    @123bigred3 жыл бұрын

    growing up in the 90s in North Phoenix, when paradise valley mall would get repetitive. we would occasionally go to metro center. At first it was for the Arcade games later on it was about the girls lol. The arcade inside metro center was huge and had games no other arcade( like peter piper pizza) had. It would compete with the Arcade just outside at the amusement park. lots of competition back then. I think Amazon and the fact that people just get stuff delivered to there homes, has a lot to do with these mall closures. makes me sad to see paradise valley mall and metro center mall get demolished.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    Ай бұрын

    Speaking of PV Mall, I actually delivered some sheetrock there recently. Idk what they're doing with it now, but I got some pictures of what it looks like. Not enough for a full video, but cool stuff nonetheless. Completely stripped bare, wires hanging from the ceilings. Sad, crazy stuff. We are witnessing the slow end of an era.

  • @SpaghettiKozak
    @SpaghettiKozak8 ай бұрын

    As a Phoenician born and raised this hits hard. I thought it was a tragedy when they closed the Midway for that AMC theater but damn.

  • @nathan6642
    @nathan66423 жыл бұрын

    preciate ya posting this

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    Preciate you watching

  • @jimcook2715
    @jimcook27152 жыл бұрын

    Worked at a mall in 80 81 it's still doing well but back then I never imagined our society would change so much

  • @olive3723
    @olive37233 жыл бұрын

    ive never even been to the Metrocenter.. but this video was still sad

  • @briangulley6027
    @briangulley60273 жыл бұрын

    Tear it down or turn it into a homeless center. This is our fault, we all want cheap stuff so we save money buying on-line. Well this is what you get enjoy it. I miss human interaction, was dealing with the crowds a pain at times, yes but at least there were people. Todays world sucks glad I'm in my 60's and don't have that much time left.

  • @cordeliachase601

    @cordeliachase601

    3 жыл бұрын

    You realize you don’t have to go to a mall to get human interaction, right? Bars, restaurants, clubs, the beach, strip stores, parks, classes and hobbies. I can go to the beach 4 miles from my home which has strip stores and seafood places and see like hundreds of people walking around. If you need a mall to have social interaction, then you’re not doing it right.

  • @briangulley6027

    @briangulley6027

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cordeliachase601 No, I wasn't aware there people in those places I'll have to check it out, thanks. My point was in case it was over your head when shopping in person you can see, touch, try on an item, ask the staff how something works, ask you friend how something looks on you, ect.

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    @@cordeliachase601 the human interaction possibilities that you described will never match that of the large shopping mall, bars and clubs are full of drunks 90% of the people act like assholes, it may be great for someone in their 20s, and not everyone drinks, there are no beaches in Arizona, strip mall stores just don't have the same atmosphere, parks are boring and full of creeps, and why take a class just to try to meet somebody and socialize with somebody when you don't need to actually take a class, that's boring.

  • @DarrellDouglas-sr9rr

    @DarrellDouglas-sr9rr

    5 ай бұрын

    (Read) Social media allows people to NOT have to go outside anymore. I grew up at Metro in the '80's, that's where we went on Friday and Saturday not only to see our friends but meet new people. The Internet and covid killed this mall, not Amazon 😢

  • @joejokool
    @joejokool4 жыл бұрын

    god this just made me so depressed . . i remember this mall got rid of the ice skating rink and had a HUGE ARCADE underground with these massive escalators that would lead you down, all the good games, when i heard they were getting rid of it for a fucking movie theater i wanted to cry . . especially having to go upstairs and play in that sorry excuse for an arcade after they finished it . . i remember going into natural wonders, sam goody, taking pictures at pose, going to stare at the dogs . . the DISNEY STORE . . the fucking skatepark was cool for awhile . . i'm almost afraid to ask . . is All4Anime still there?? honestly, i feel like my childhood was raped and stripped of its innocence watching this . . thanks for the vapor vibes tho

  • @juanandrade9904

    @juanandrade9904

    4 жыл бұрын

    No the store closed. It must've been recent since i went in there during christmas shopping. I went there 3 weeks ago and it was sadly gone.

  • @foxhound9285

    @foxhound9285

    4 жыл бұрын

    I remember going to a lot of malls during the 90's when I just became s teen. So many people packed in them that it would take 30 minutes or more for me and my cousin to find our parents. Our legs would be burning from all the walking. Strange it all ended so quickly.

  • @jackson-js1yf

    @jackson-js1yf

    4 жыл бұрын

    All for animie now obviously isn't but last time I checked a month ago it still was I love thats store

  • @michaelmccuin1157

    @michaelmccuin1157

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was THERE EVERY WEEKEND it was LIT 🔥😂

  • @AshKetchumfromPalletTown
    @AshKetchumfromPalletTown3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I was a Major mall rat from Tucson and I would visit Phoenix a lot. When I visited metro center it was definitely already dying, but thanks for the footage of its golden years! What a trip.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    No problem! Credit for the old footage is in the description if you want to watch the whole thing without music.

  • @theresamallett4613
    @theresamallett46133 жыл бұрын

    I remember the glass elevator and always wanting to go shop at Spencer's.

  • @tsunamipapi1343
    @tsunamipapi1343 Жыл бұрын

    my parents grew up going here, this was really cool 2 c . thanks

  • @tedkimurajr5888
    @tedkimurajr58884 жыл бұрын

    Thank Amazon for that it was a good place to walk around in the summer

  • @Gljin40509
    @Gljin405093 жыл бұрын

    SAD....I lived in Phoenix in the early `80`s and remember the grandeur of the metrocenter mall.

  • @watsername89
    @watsername894 жыл бұрын

    It was about 2 years ago I came here, there was alot of people was first time coming here.. Just about a week or two was completely dead only a a small crowd were roaming

  • @bakugoumilll1508

    @bakugoumilll1508

    4 жыл бұрын

    watsername89 do they still have the vans store there

  • @watsername89

    @watsername89

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is still open

  • @tricialacy2609
    @tricialacy26094 жыл бұрын

    Its depressing, sad. I grew up there, my kids went to Santa yearly there and Christown.

  • @Soullessservant

    @Soullessservant

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s Christmas in tinsel town the academy awards

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Christown is Spectrum-Christown now. I went there a few months ago when my husband was in the hospital in Phoenix before he died. That mall seems to be doing fine---very crowded. I got a few things at the Costco there. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @deepblue8143
    @deepblue81434 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone remember a part of the mall called The Alley?

  • @MagnumMike44

    @MagnumMike44

    3 жыл бұрын

    I do, it was on the upper level on the south side of the mall, next to the Broadway store. The structure in that section was torn down around 2015 and they put up a Wal-Mart.

  • @deepblue8143

    @deepblue8143

    3 жыл бұрын

    @jkeltge sure was, I miss it so much. Everything is so corporate and stale nowadays, there is absolutely nothing like it. Glad you remember and have fond memories.

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @Richard-ZA01

    @Richard-ZA01

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes ,and I remember the shop where you can buy hats , belts and lots of things made out of leather.

  • @tedkimurajr5888
    @tedkimurajr58884 жыл бұрын

    It's officially closing June 30th after 47 years sorry to see it gone

  • @Typhabock
    @Typhabock3 жыл бұрын

    I visited this mall about 5 years ago and they were trying to put new stores in there but you could tell that it was on its last legs. It’s truly devastating to see malls just being abandoned or leveled especially due to Covid

  • @christinecook4437
    @christinecook44373 жыл бұрын

    It sad! Used to hang out there alot as a teen!

  • @Moe-ri7ig
    @Moe-ri7ig3 жыл бұрын

    I'm really sad right now because I grew up in that mall I live right next to it I miss it so much I had so many good memories of my childhood there

  • @jenniferscott7372
    @jenniferscott73722 жыл бұрын

    I hung out here all the time I sure do miss it 😪😔😕😒

  • @rasierra
    @rasierra4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing documentation of a former goliath in the mall scene in its final moments.

  • @lajc2580
    @lajc25803 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s pretty both ways. Filled with people and filled without people. When I saw the pictures with no people I just think the mall’s peaceful and relaxing. But also it’s kind of eerie.

  • @kelleyannethomas5372

    @kelleyannethomas5372

    3 жыл бұрын

    DekOra-That's true. It is peaceful but eerie.

  • @zombeeznutz
    @zombeeznutz Жыл бұрын

    it has been demolished, it’s gone, officially. as of may 7th 2023 there is no longer a metrocenter. rest in piece

  • @seanhicks8277

    @seanhicks8277

    Жыл бұрын

    Officially had final closing ceremonies yesterday: 5/21/2023. Don't know how many people may have shown up.

  • @julianacrutchfield5382
    @julianacrutchfield53824 жыл бұрын

    It’s so crazy to see it now. I had my first date there 7 years ago! 😭

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    awesome :) good memories, i imagine?

  • @julianacrutchfield5382

    @julianacrutchfield5382

    4 жыл бұрын

    Liam Wade oh most definitely (:

  • @kirk1968
    @kirk1968 Жыл бұрын

    You've documented The Backrooms in real life! We lived in northern Arizona, and coming down to Phoenix and going to Metrocenter was always a big deal. Especially the arcade above the ice rink and the huge sculpture & fountain for tossing pennies into. Very sad to see it in such decline, I drive by there occasionally and have happy flashbacks. Thanks for sharing.

  • @MK_337
    @MK_3374 жыл бұрын

    excellent video. great music. thanks.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    No problem :) Thank you for watching.

  • @ChrisR
    @ChrisR3 жыл бұрын

    The mall ambience really changed when they covered up the ice rink area. The ice rink closed and then for a while they had it set up with a bunch of video game consoles and a few small amusement kiddie-sized rides that you could get to via an escalator. Prior to the late 90's remodel the entire center of the food court was open so you could see down into the lower level rink area.

  • @ridif
    @ridif Жыл бұрын

    fantastic pics. thanks for sharing. I was there the first years it opened .. i wouldn't dare go near it in recent decades.

  • @jackson-js1yf
    @jackson-js1yf4 жыл бұрын

    Hey guys I loved metro and have a video of how it was on the last day rip I have a special spot in my heart for metro center

  • @rebeccaromero7765
    @rebeccaromero77653 жыл бұрын

    Sad to see it go. Loved shopping there. Hope the other malls don't close down...there are so few left.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just found out today that Paradise Valley mall closed back in March. May just be for redevelopment though. Fingers crossed.

  • @melsa-ub4pl

    @melsa-ub4pl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Superstition mall is starting to go downhill too. 😞 Fiesta is gone.😢

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Is Arizona Mills still around? I went to that mall's grand opening in 1997. I also went the week Metro opened as well. Christown (now Spectrum) was only 3 years old when we moved to AZ. I remember seeing Fiesta Mall in Mesa being built. And others like Scottsdale Fashion Square, Thomas Mall, Tower Plaza Mall, Superstition Springs, Paradise Valley, and a few others. So sad to see them all gone or repurposed. Sign of the times, I guess. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @thedognme1
    @thedognme14 жыл бұрын

    This is so sad...

  • @Perich29
    @Perich294 жыл бұрын

    I've been by that mall when I was delivering grocery to the new walmart stores there when I was driving trucks for walmart. don't really know much about that mall, we moved here to Arizona in spring of 2005

  • @uwumarii
    @uwumarii3 жыл бұрын

    This mall is a haven of liminal spaces. Great video!

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes it was. I miss it every time I pass it. Would absolutely kill to get inside and see it in its abandoned state.

  • @douglasgriffiths3534
    @douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

    I used to hang out at Metrocenter a lot. I skated in the ice rink too. And hung out in the Metro Lounge. Played video games in the arcade, and Castles and Coasters. I no longer live in Phoenix, but it's sad to see what Metro has become in recent times. I fondly remember the good old days. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @daehawk9585
    @daehawk95853 жыл бұрын

    Ive seen so many videos on how it is now. I was hoping forme old coverage from the good days or at least some side by side comparisons of spots in it.

  • @bcg3166
    @bcg31662 жыл бұрын

    I spent every weekends there ice skating. They filmed Bill and Ted's excellent adventure there. Great times. The ice skating ring is covered over it was located by the food court. The ring was replaced by a arcade. Then advenually they closed and covered it all over. The movie theater was located out the doors where the ice ring was located. Thanks! I and my parents ate at Super salad all the time. It's know a lectronic story last I and a friend drove by down that way to pick up dinner.

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    I used to eat at Souper Salad too. That building used to be a Valley bank building. Last time I ate at Souper Salad was in 2014 when I still worked in Phoenix. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @rhdrico816
    @rhdrico8164 ай бұрын

    Don't forget that the Metrocenter parking area was surrounded by a divided four lane road. It completely circled Metrocenter. There were a variety of businesses along that roadway too. One was a very large record store (Warehouse?). In the late 1970's I used to ice skate at the ice rink.

  • @mingweeny
    @mingweeny2 жыл бұрын

    the thing that creeps me out is this mall looks a lot familiar to one i went with my dad back in 2018-2019, it had the ice skating rank and everything. it was all empty and i only saw like 10-20 people there

  • @panicatthechimicalfallout546
    @panicatthechimicalfallout5464 жыл бұрын

    I was like a toddler when it was open I remember some of it I just now turned into a teenager I’m excited for it to open again

  • @radluzaoriginal
    @radluzaoriginal3 жыл бұрын

    This is vaporwave?

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's copyright-free mall muzak I found, slowed down, and added reverb to. So I guess so lol.

  • @radluzaoriginal

    @radluzaoriginal

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@liamwade8537 LOL

  • @account4info
    @account4info Жыл бұрын

    Early 2000s was the peak of mall shopping. Fiesta mall opened a few years after this mall, it has since closed as well.

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Fiesta opened in 1979. I watched that mall being built. I lived in Indian Springs Village Apts north of Southern Ave on Stewart St. at the time, which were brand new as well, and there was a Bobby McGee's restaurant on the corner of Stewart and Southern. Times have sure changed. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @kylesaad5647
    @kylesaad5647 Жыл бұрын

    The elevator! Forgot about that...Nice!

  • @Osamudazqi
    @Osamudazqi4 жыл бұрын

    And today they closed that’s the sad part I’m going to miss that mall 😭😭😭

  • @stephaniesometimess
    @stephaniesometimess3 жыл бұрын

    I remember the plane restaurant and ice skating back in the 70s then we moved to ny

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    The plane restaurant was the Metro Lounge. I skated in the ice rink too. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @nonnie95sanchez
    @nonnie95sanchez4 жыл бұрын

    My mom said this mall was the place to be in the 80s!

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes it was :)

  • @michaelmccuin1157

    @michaelmccuin1157

    4 жыл бұрын

    FACTS it was Super Lit in the 80s and 90s!

  • @runninrebel1520

    @runninrebel1520

    Жыл бұрын

    Everywhere was the place to be on the 80s.❤❤

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    It was. Actually, any mall was the place to be back then, but Metro was the best of all. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    It definitely was, that place was always busy ,every single parking space around the whole mall was always filled up to the Outer Circle, people had to drive around and wait for a car to leave in order to get a parking spot.

  • @beckysegundo6688
    @beckysegundo66884 жыл бұрын

    I remember Round the Corner where we ordered over the phone at our table. Also I liked the older railings & floorings better.

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Fiesta Mall in Mesa also had a Round the Corner restaurant close by. I liked ordering over the phone at the table. Great concept, and the food was good too. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @DavidandClara
    @DavidandClara Жыл бұрын

    Just weird to see it now. I remember once my parents getting into an argument because the only available parking space was right on the parkway facing castles n coasters and she was worried someone would break into the car. Now? Omg.

  • @liamwade8537
    @liamwade85374 жыл бұрын

    UPDATE: June 30th, Metrocenter will be permanently closing.

  • @Soullessservant

    @Soullessservant

    3 жыл бұрын

    Try hard

  • @manicura3380

    @manicura3380

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Soullessservant I want YOU... to get out of my life and shut up.

  • @thecottage4493
    @thecottage4493 Жыл бұрын

    It truly was a beautiful piece of architecture. Watching from Connecticut, is the former ice-skating rink area shown in this video somewhere? What was there afterwards?

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    9 ай бұрын

    If I remember correctly, I believe they filled the rink with concrete and extended the food court over it. Sorry for the late response.

  • @Richard-ZA01
    @Richard-ZA01 Жыл бұрын

    I miss this mall. It's so sad how many have died out

  • @TACallender
    @TACallender Жыл бұрын

    I remember the bar/resturaunt that was built like a plane, and I cried when they took out the ice rink and the arcade went in.

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    I think it was called, the airport, that place was so cool. Sitting at a table near the window was like looking out an airplane at the skating rink.

  • @ryry283
    @ryry283 Жыл бұрын

    I used to walk up the canal from sunnyslope in the 80s and 90s to golf n stuff and metrocenter mall. Good`ol days

  • @michaelmccuin1157
    @michaelmccuin11574 жыл бұрын

    I Use to Go to Metro In 88 It was The BOMB ! Inside Movies Ice Skate Rink Huge Food Court And Hella Video Games to Master ! I Was Lucky To See Bill&Ted's being Filmed By my House at Closed High School Called East High School RIP to George Carlin I seen Him And Met Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have Family In the Movie as Extras RIP to Metro Center 😢 1974-2020

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    1973

  • @LucasChoate
    @LucasChoate4 жыл бұрын

    Is the "alley" still there? That was my favorite spot in the mall back in the day

  • @williamhaynes7089

    @williamhaynes7089

    4 жыл бұрын

    long gone, just became an empty hallway by sears

  • @imnobody3490

    @imnobody3490

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sorry no :'( they took it out during the remodeling of the mall back in the 90's

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope, long gone. It was one of my favorite places too. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @MK_337
    @MK_3374 жыл бұрын

    image from 1:33 could be a album cover.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very v a p o r w a v e

  • @tsunamipapi1343
    @tsunamipapi1343 Жыл бұрын

    super eerie

  • @hairjezus
    @hairjezus3 жыл бұрын

    I loved this mall

  • @HollywoodTheGenerous
    @HollywoodTheGenerousАй бұрын

    So many memories there

  • @amandakropen3273
    @amandakropen327310 ай бұрын

    I worked at Goldwaters. Great memories!

  • @cameronmallory5807
    @cameronmallory58072 жыл бұрын

    This can happen to any mall or business. I grew up in 70 and 80s this is sad.

  • @anthonyhightower7915
    @anthonyhightower79154 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you :)

  • @Fortnite_gamer76

    @Fortnite_gamer76

    Жыл бұрын

    @@liamwade8537 shut up

  • @barryorange
    @barryorange Жыл бұрын

    will always be remembered for that one day when all those historical dudes were there

  • @kelleyannethomas5372
    @kelleyannethomas53723 жыл бұрын

    What a shame! ☹ That beautiful mall turned into a ghost town with lights! I am sorry that I never had the chance to travel to Phoenix, Arizona to pay a visit! It's too bad that you couldn't show more footage from 1988....or maybe even photoshopped the old 1980s photographs into today's photographs? 🤔 And I wonder what became of the ice skating rink? I didn't see that in the "Now" photos..... But this was a great video & thank you for showing it! 👍👏🙃 A piece of American History that nobody will experience ever again.

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    The ice skating rink was filled in decades ago, unfortunately. Good suggestions, btw.

  • @kelleyannethomas5372

    @kelleyannethomas5372

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@liamwade8537 Ah....thank you! 🙃👍

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    The ice rink was closed in the mid 80s. Discovery Center took its place. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @Alejandro67317
    @Alejandro67317 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up here and now it’s gonna be gone now I need to go to a different mall😭

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    About the only Mall left nearby is Arrowhead, I went there just less than two years ago and it was still going pretty good.

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot91633 жыл бұрын

    So where exactly where was the skating rink in the mall, and what was it replaced with?

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    The skating rink, I believe, was beneath the food court. It was filled up with concrete.

  • @scorpionsunday9483
    @scorpionsunday94834 жыл бұрын

    I went there as late as 2001 and it was busy, I wonder happened to the place?

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazon, ebay, and other online shopping venues as well as covid happened. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @bsherman8236
    @bsherman82363 жыл бұрын

    Looks glamourous

  • @Techno-Universal
    @Techno-Universal4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like it was modernised sometime in the early to mid 90s looking at the physical architectural differences in the present day compared to the 80s footage! :)

  • @jdhiner1

    @jdhiner1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi I grew up with that mall during the 80s. Yes it was renovated in the 90s but when Arrowhead town center opened in 94-95 nobody went to metro anymore and the demographics changed also we had Metrocenter and valley west in Glendale to go to

  • @Techno-Universal

    @Techno-Universal

    4 жыл бұрын

    jdhiner1 Yeah like I was able to tell that it was from the 90s because of how Chadstone shopping centre in Melbourne witch it quite local for me had a massive extension in 1995 and the tiling and atheistics in the original extension area look exactly the same to the design of the Metro centre! Also what’s interesting is how the new Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne has the same architectural design scheme as the metro centre in the 80s with it’s plaster curves and walls lining the open areas on the upper floors but it still has a few more modern design elements mixed in here and there! :)

  • @imnobody3490

    @imnobody3490

    4 жыл бұрын

    Early 90's

  • @Techno-Universal

    @Techno-Universal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pastor David J. Miner Yup definitely a waste as it will most likely be demolished not long after it’s closure! Anyways there’s also a shopping centre in my area that underwent a 100 million dollar renovation and expansion that doubled the size of it and it was definitely worth it for them as they shopping centre is still doing extremely well today and might be renovated and expanded again soon! :)

  • @waynehowland7494
    @waynehowland74942 жыл бұрын

    I remember this mall fun times 80s I lived 4 blocks from metro center Mall too bad it's abandoned now

  • @hairjezus
    @hairjezus3 жыл бұрын

    Who remembers vans indoor skatepark

  • @gunnarbiker
    @gunnarbiker Жыл бұрын

    America thrived with prosperity at one time and then a lot of rich politicians made the non-thinkers believe that socialism was the dream. Now, we’re all suffering. Sad.

  • @Outlaw9271
    @Outlaw9271 Жыл бұрын

    Is the Walmart there still open and is it going to be part the project there are going to build

  • @haruruben
    @haruruben3 жыл бұрын

    It’s a very attractively designed space, maybe it will be repurposed as office space or something

  • @sillig0re
    @sillig0re2 жыл бұрын

    I’m trying to find footage of the place where it has the houses and the motorbike stuck in one of them, I have vauge memories of it but I remember what it was

  • @th8257
    @th825710 ай бұрын

    Seems to be the fate of shopping malls across the globe. I grew up near what used to be Europe's largest shopping mall - coincidentally called the Metrocentre, in the UK. It's not as bad as this, but so many closed shops. Very sad to see.

  • @davon233
    @davon2333 жыл бұрын

    I wanna explore this wid my friends but they wouldn’t be down

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you can get past security, let me know how and leave an opening into the place

  • @stevemartinez7435
    @stevemartinez74354 жыл бұрын

    Wish you had more video on the before and not a long assssssss video of what we see today

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    Link to the old footage in the description though.

  • @karactroopduke6413
    @karactroopduke64133 жыл бұрын

    What song is playing in the beginning???

  • @liamwade8537

    @liamwade8537

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/n46Ou8d9j5C5kqw.html

  • @vincefelix2144
    @vincefelix21443 жыл бұрын

    You can thank the Amazons of the world in which we all live in today's mess up society. I hope one day the Amazons of tomorrow shall end like the malls did in our life time!!

  • @douglasgriffiths3534

    @douglasgriffiths3534

    Жыл бұрын

    Won't happen. It's too convenient. If you order from Amazon, you better know your sizes since you can't try anything on before you buy it (clothes and shoes). And you have to wait for delivery. At the mall, you can try stuff on, and see it before you buy it. That' what I miss. Yep, society today is really screwed up. (Jan Griffiths).

  • @patrickmaruniak5987

    @patrickmaruniak5987

    Жыл бұрын

    @@douglasgriffiths3534 That's what some dumbasses on here don't understand. One person wrote who cares they have online shopping. They don't understand how much more convenient going to the mall was than online shopping. They probably didn't grow up going to a mall. I think going to a mall is way better for the reason that you stated.

  • @michaeleverett2650

    @michaeleverett2650

    11 ай бұрын

    I also hope for the end of all the Amazons that caused the downfall of the Super malls, I'll be watching from my grave.

  • @erickellogg8532
    @erickellogg85327 ай бұрын

    I love metro center

  • @Jayzeidler
    @Jayzeidler8 ай бұрын

    That music is heavy

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