• hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
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    The successful ones have pivoted from being solely shopping locations and more entertainment. Movie theaters were usually a thing, but now there’s escape rooms and nerf war places and whatnot.

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        It’s super cool to see the change from just a lot of shops plus a foot court as the standard. We did the nerf thing for a work event once. It was crazy fun.

        https://tacticalurbancombat.com/ as an example.

        EDIT: The Mall of America has/had a go kart track that spanned two levels of the mall. It was insane.

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          Yeah, that’s pretty nice, I love the idea of them turning into activity-centers instead of shopping-centers (like we don’t have enough of those already.) I never really understood the ‘a lot of shops’ thing - I only ever went into a mall if the place I was specifically making the trip for was inside one, usually cinemas, but occasionally small shops that didn’t exist outside of htem like Waldenbooks, which is where I worked for a couple years. I get that some shops are small enough that they can’t really manage an independent storefront on their own, but… shrug It was never a draw for me, even as a teenager in the 80s with nothing better to do.

          Shit i haven’t been in the Mall of America since like the late 90s I think? Back then it had a giant roller-coaster in the big open area in middle, that was pretty dope.