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"The Mall of Memphis is the region's most centrally located shopping and entertainment destination, truly the Marketplace of the Mid-South. A growing mix of exclusive retail and dining, combined with improved amenities including the expanded Ice Chalet create a dynamic and exciting environment for the entire family."
2008 is upon us and time continues to march on. This humble site hosted 1567 shoppers a month last year. While here, they viewed 11,330 pages. Every month. This site was busy. The Mall was not. There was no after Thanksgiving Black Friday at the Mall of Memphis this year. Not a single last minute Christmas shopper packed in frantically searching for that special gift this year. No parking lot battles for a space in overcrowded, bumper to bumper lots. Not this year.
Just four short years ago the Mall of Memphis shut it's doors forever - Christmas Eve 2003.
The anticipation of the long awaited Mall faded soon after opening and it became a steadfast fixture of Memphis business. Or so it seemed. Even with 1.2 million sqft of enclosed retail space, many thousands of sqft in surrounding retail space (along the drives and entrances to the mall) and 13 full-service hotels with 1,700 rooms (within one mile of the door!), the mall doors at 4451 American Way closed to the public for the last time on Christmas Eve 2003, becoming the largest enclosed mall ever to cease operations in the United States.
Originally listed at 885,627 SqFt of retail space, expansions over the years increased the total to 1.2 million SqFt supported by 5,564 parking spaces scattered around the massive complex.
Today, everything has been completely demolished. Nothing remains but 90+ acres of grass, concrete medians outlining the entrances and memories.
What happened? Visit the Conclusions page for our take on the issue or visit the Visitors page and tell everyone what YOU think happened. //// Shoppers in the mall right now: 3
NEW PICTURES 11/25/2007 Drew Raines Shares His Mall of Memphis Picture Collection
New Pics of a Happier Mall Devin Greaneys Collection
The Mall of Memphis Era Aunt Jackies Mall Memories
More NEW Mall Images David Smiths Collection
NEW Mall Demolition pics Deborah Duncans Collection
We would take our allowance and blow it at the Mall of Memphis, playing video games and eating junk food. I can remember watching Rocky 3 at the Theater. I had my Cub Scout soap-box derby here also...
This is a new concept - a page for finding out what happened to the people and things that made up the Mall of Memphis. If you had any connection with the Mall - you should be on this page!
11/24/2007 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., concerned about opening too many stores too fast, has dropped plans to build a Supercenter at the old Mall of Memphis site, dealing a blow to officials who hoped to redevelop the area. Wal-Mart Passes On Mall of Memphis Site What was planned? Mall of Wal-Mart
Well, we don't have every mall YET, but we will with your help. Please visit our companion site - MallMemories.com - Nationwide! Tell us about YOUR malls in YOUR town - past or present. If the mall already has a site or online tribute, link them in. If not, build a tribute page or information page for YOUR mall at MallMemories.com - Join in!!!!
Another Memphis Mall that seems to be following MoM.
In the process of documenting the Mall of Memphis story, we started to pay more attention to the changes happening all over the city - not just the changes at Perkins and American Way. So we started making note here of changes in Memphis as well. We call these observations Lost Memphis.
Move Over Mall of Memphis - Here Comes The Mid South Coliseum Mid-South Coliseum
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