A Visit to Greenwood Mall (KY)

Greenwood Mall is a surviving mall in the Bowling Green region of Kentucky. Although a tenant rot is beginning to form, it still has a fighting chance at staying alive and being a destination.

[sundance]

Aladdin's Castle was a great arcade right off the food court. You exchanged cash for coins and won tickets to get items. It sadly closed many moons ago. Used to go there as a kid in the mid to late 90's and in the early 2000's it was a favorite gathering place with friends as a teen and fresh out of high school for a short while. Good to see Hot Topic still there. I remember when it had the hell's gate style entrance. Good times!

[BoratWanksta]

This mall still seems in VERY good shape, to me. I think some of the store closings, were beyond this mall's control, and more due to bankruptcies and certain retailers reducing the number of stores they operate overall.

I wonder if anyone still sees that ghost, in this mall's parking lot? Good video, and I like the inside look of this mall. Thanks for the tour, of this mall.

[RR]

Vacancies don't took too bad, an empty Sears is almost a given, and Brookfield is one of the better mall operators.

[WestieFromtheEast]

Thank you for covering Greenwood! My grandparents lived in Bowling Green the longest and whenever we would visit them, we would frequent the mall to keep ourselves entertained. Aladdin’s Castle was my brother and I’s haven when it was around. We spent hours in there playing near every game!

[ashthewolfdog]

Man. I can smell this. This mall RIGHT HERE! Was my childhood, I especially loved the food court. I used to eat there every weekend saturday with my mom and dad, and my grandparents. after that we would all go check out the stores, and after that I would get to ride the carousel in the front, or go to the jointed Chuck-E-cheese and play arcade games.

[thsvobblitz]

This is my local mall and I never knew the history of it. Nice video!

[willieray]

So many teenage years spent in this place I hope it sticks around forever

[channelredacted]

Oh god, I love this mall! I remember this mall being so much more alive back when my family and I went there a lot when I was younger. My dad and I still visit here a lot and there’s still that glory to it. Love the Greenwood mall and I hope it doesn’t go.

[rodneyhayes]

This mall has lost a lot of stores in the past few years. Abercrombie, Express, FYE, The Childrens Place, PACSUN, Gap, New York & Company, Vanity, Body Central, Christopher & Banks, Justice, and Gymboree are the few I can remember and I’m sure I have missed a lot more. Express and PACSUN have both closed, reopened a few years later and then closed a second time at this mall. Victoria’s Secret used to be in the large corner location on the right as you enter the Sears wing and had a strange layout with multiple entrances.

[cecuniversity]

Very nice mall. Gotta fix that flickering Victoria's Secret (unless thats the design.) I really find it cool how there's a Chuck E. Cheese's here too.

[Resident_Craig]

I really liked the inside of this mall. It to me feels like the modern redesign and retro styles really came together well in here. I would love to shop there if I were a little closer.

[NorthCdogg]

Those recessed ceilings are so cool.. I gotta make a Kentucky trip soon lol, great video!

[PaleOpal]

Haunted mall/store experience: My friend Alicia worked for Sephora for ten years and was a district manager. She was loved by her employees and knew everyone in the mall. She didn't show up to work for her Friday teleconference and when she didn't answer the phone the police were contacted for a welfare check. She was found a victim of domestic violence. Within a week after her death, the security alarm and registers would go crazy five minutes before opening every day. I was in the store for a class before opening and witnessed it. My friend Shayna worked in the store and would say out loud, "Yes Alicia we know know it's time to open" and everything would stop. This continued for almost a year. It made sense because she was a Type A personality and would run around the store five minutes before opening to make sure everything was clean and organized. I think she just wanted to keep everyone on their toes!

[aaronhassell]

Theres a mall in jackson TN dommie u need too check out. Not much now but it was in the late 80's early 90's.

[butterboiii]

The virtual store hours must be a Brookfield thing since my local mall has the same thing and is a Brookfield property.

[albo]

I think it would be great to fill a mall, in any city with nothing but local small businesses. With one wing dedicated to family friendly events and one wing to an adults only entertainment/bar & grill segment.

[WVMKrimson]

This was my local mall in college. Was there about a year ago really messed with me how vacant the Sears wing is.

[Manticorn]

The place still gets enough business. I know people who work there. Other people in town lament being unable to visit nearly as often as they would like, due to long work hours and poor transportation options. I'd definitely go all the time if I could get to the other side of town so easily.

[kennethsimmons]

You should hit up Rivergate mall. It's about 40 minutes south of Bowling Green on the way to Nashville. That mall is just straight up sad at this point. It's so dead.

[anordinaryvampire]

My partner and I had the same experience with the shoe cleaning guys in this mall. We had somewhere to be, and they literally stopped us and then wouldn't let us leave until they cleaned my shoes. They actually lead me over to clean my shoes without me even agreeing to it. Then when we couldn't pay for the shoe cleaning stuff they were trying to sell (Wouldn't have gotten much use anyway), they continued to be super pushy and aggressive. It was actually kind of scary for me personally...