Abandoned Toys R Us & Circuit City - Johnstown, PA

[@trishg2885]

You're right about the Gander Mountain store. It used to be Walmart...I actually worked there for 2 years and met my husband there😊

[@OmeedNOuhadi]

Care🥰🥰

[@thunderBLGL]

I love how the Circuit City still has power after 13 years of closure

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

How strange.

[@darkxotaku5746]

In true circuit city fashion

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

So cool! I like how Toys R Us, Circut City, and Ashley's Furniture have their own storefront style.

[@Lol33315]

TOYS/R/US

[@thesaexplorer]

Thank you for these late uploads for us night owls! Finally got something good to watch now! 👍

[@mr.goodboi2780]

That whole strip mall is just a blast from the past. That Circuit City sure is small though, lol.

[@zachcoastercrazy4032]

Down in Cleveland there are 2 abandoned kmarts, 2 TRU stores, and a circuit city you can cover.

[@LauraIsPink]

I literally went into Toys R Us once a week while they were liquidating. I stocked up on birthday present for my niece and nephew lol.

[@RyGuy0520]

8:28 love that retro sounding elevator music!

[@SuperC_Gaming]

In case anyone was wondering, the song at the end is called "Sometimes I Die (Modern Love)" by Waterfront Dining. Also, apparently this song samples another song called "The Last One" by Ho Saï so I recommend checking out that song as well.

[@OddEyeGuy]

Toys R us will always hold a special place in my heart. I was born in 87 and it was a huge part of my childhood just like K B Toys. There's nothing like a 90s toy store

[@UnholyMac.91]

You’re right man. Gander used to be an old Walmart back in the 90s and I think it was an aimes before that. I remember going there back in the day.

[@BandiPower]

It's very rare to see a Circuit City that is still laying vacant AND one that hasn't been painted since its closing. There's a pattern with modern-day abandoned Circuit City stores where they will have new paint on them but no current owners, very rare to see how this one still has visible labelscars left behind!

[@studioa9728]

whats sad is, that was one of the remaining stores with the Geoffrey sign on the front of the building

[@southernrailway4188]

Good day from Georgia. What a coincidence that you have Circuit City in this upload. I bought 3 old newspapers this week, that have their ads in them. I also have a K-Mart ad from a 1969 newspaper, that I wish you could see.

[@jonathancreveling8699]

I recognize the facade of that Gander Outdoors! It indeed used to be an 80s era Walmart. The entrance used to be in the very middle.

[@ItzBIULD]

I actually live here! Every Christmas I would go to that Toys R Us and donate to toys for tots. I came after Circuit City was far after closure though. I also lived here before the previous store at Gander Outdoors closed. It was not a Walmart. I cannot remember the name of the other store but it was also an outdoors store. There's literally a Walmart 2 Miles away in another plaza. The Gander Outdoors has also closed there. The Gander Outdoors has turned into a Planet Fitness. There still has not been a store to occupy the Circuit City and Toys R Us areas, and the toys r us marks have been power washed off, as well as the tiling has been removed.

[@Arcticwolf689]

Great find I can’t believe that you this old toys r store in Circuit city I love the toys r us my favorites ones thx u so much I can’t wait to see your next video

[@BigUllie]

Was in the Toys R Us before it closed, man oh man did they go from stocked isles to nothing at all quick. If I remember correctly too, they use the old circuit city for Halloween as a costume store, never been behind it tho so that was cool

[@chadburkhart4603]

Wallie!!! You're in my old stompin ground!! I was born n raised in Johnstown. To answer your question in the beginning, yes, that Gander was originally our (Johnstown's) non-super Wal-Mart. Johnstown never had a Sam's Club (though it was talked about). Wal-mart moved down to Theatre Dr. (the site of the closed and then demolished Richland Mall) ane became a Super Wal-Mart. I thank you for you hittin' up Johnstown. The Galleria and the outlying parcels are an abandoned man's heaven... with all the things that have closed there it's actually very sad, but for those that search em out, you included... it's heaven! :-) And if you're curious to know too.. I now live in Bridgeville ... the Old B.P. became a Mattress Warehouse (and is now open), and the Taco Bell that closed in Collier, in front of the old Kmart, is becoming a Chic-Fl-A. Keep up the great work!!!

[@chadburkhart4603]

If your curious, the Taco Bell closed because they didn't want to re-new the lease. It was expensive and the Taco Bell was jut about breaking even every month, and figured no sense to stay open, hence it closed.

[@adamharris7775]

Cernic's Cycle World probably replaced Circuit City.

[@MxCartney_Lou]

Never heard a guy be more happy about going out of business (talking about the advertising at the start)

[@jasonadams7991]

You're right Gander Outdoor was once a Wal-Mart parents shopped there a lot growing up, when Wal-Mart Supercenter was built in the Richland Town Plaza is when that Wal-Mart closed I believe.

[@saiger9540]

Gander was a Walmart! That walmart closed in 2005 to move to where it is a super center in the Richland town center! I love this video! I can't wait for you to come back!

[@ericshingler8915]

Johnstown resident here. That Gander Outdoors was definitely a Walmart back in the late 90' and early 2000's. Good eye!

[@bobbiechan7681]

Wallie great late night video I still see you had the Honda at the time!! To bad there aren't any out of business blockbusters you could film lol!!!

[@WallieB26]

My mom drives the honda. At the time we were sharing it while I was saving up for something for myself again. Something way better on gas!

[@WallieB26]

So we still do have it!

[@chrism7634]

The former Quaker Steak and Lube is still fixtured and has been closed for nearly a year. Prior to it's opening in 2012, the Johnstown QSL was a Blockbuster until about 2010.

[@laurajean7044]

Hey Wallis late night night post but its all good I was cool my for something to watch thank you. P.S. this is sweet!

[@rxtv1016]

Wow its amazes me how u find all these abandoned places I really miss Circuit City.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Good old Johnstown, many memories since the sixties, thanks Wallie , my father tells his stories about Johnstown from back in the day , he was raised in an orphanage, anyway thanks . 👍

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

OldsVito2999 very sad , thanks for your reply .

[@TananBaboo]

Wow, having the two together if pretty unique. Awesome.

[@notthatdigusted7468]

That looks just like the Toys R Us that used to be near my old lime green house in Long Beach, Ca. I always loved going there and looking at the new videogame systems (Nes, Sega Genesis, Sega CD and Gameboy that the time in 1994).

[@EBS-Studios]

Hello WallieB26, Excellent Video! Keep Up The Great Work!

[@Catmannj1]

Catching up on yours and other awesome videos. I always enjoy your videos whether they are three minutes or an hour. Too bad you can't get that entrance sign and see if you can put it on the entrance to your home. That would be so really cool. A motorcycle dealership would be something tangable for Circuit City. My neighboring City Bayonne was supposed to get a Circuit City then went bankrupt. They had this shell of a retail space and the owners freaked. Then WalMart decided to take the property, add some more retail footage and open a store, not as gigantic as Garbage Heights or other locations. But for me it's manageable. And it's busy. In my county I think my hometown is the only one that doesn't have WalMart. Good, they can stay away.

[@danielplainview926]

Perfect location for Amazon fulfillment center/Amazon store. Lots of parking for trucks and shoppers.

[@danielhedrick5886]

Hey wallie.i thought I'd tell you about the biggest Wal-Mart which is where blue Ridge mall was in the KC Raytown mo area.it is ginormous.thanx for all your videos.🐈😊

[@euqet01di]

I'd like to see the inside of my home Toys 'R' Us in Big Flats, NY. It closed last year. I remember buying loads of NES games there from the cheap bins.

[@RyGuy0520]

Kind of reminds me a little of North Olmsted Ohio we also have an abandoned toysrus and circuit city!

[@nikkireeexplores407]

I'm gonna have to tell Terry that.Mabey we will check it out.

[@vintage80sicon61]

Great video! This was my 2nd closest Toys R Us, about 45 minutes from me. I got some pictures of it before it closed, loved the old Geoffrey face on the building! 🤘

[@bethanyberger7507]

Yes that gander used to be a walmart in the 90s. No grocery dept. Had grey carpet with red outline. Toys and toys and always had a huge selection of other things that the walmarts nowadays dont have. I used to live in johnstown pa.

[@dogtrixgrooming3481]

Also the Circuit City here in Mcallen, Texas has been used for a Boot Jack store next to Costco

[@HelloRailfan69]

Yes Gander Outdoor was a Walmart. It used to be a Gander Mtn as well. Walmart moved to the Richland center because the Richland Mall was torn down and had a room to build A bigger Walmart. It was built at the old location of the Former Sears, Hills, and Ames.

[@news89]

That is one cool find. Good old Circuit city.

[@BethanyB86]

Great video. Circuit City is one place I do miss. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has toys r us stuff! Ours in Johnson City TN has their shopping carts too!

[@METALBENSCHRONICLES]

I used to live near Johnstown and remember when Gander Mountain Ryan's Ponderosa Circuit City used to be in business and when the Galleria Mall used to have alot more stores. It's ashame that area looks like a Ghost town now. I think Gander Mountain was a Walmart at one time.

[@ohnono3931]

Adverts: the people act so excited that there favorite store is closing. Real life: the people are very upset that there favorite store is closing.

[@dmthieme76]

The Gander Outdoors has the diamond by the doors like our old Walmart (which is now a Hobby Lobby for the most part. Some is also TSC). But it was an older Walmart! I'm in Nebraska.

[@JulesJulianAnakinFilms]

I miss going to Toys R Us. This was my favorite childhood toy store ;(

[@TheDanno210]

I haven’t lived in Johnstown since 1988, but the developers razed the old Richland Mall [check out its cool urban exploration online] and that Walmart, formerly at the Gander Mtn location, developed a new, incredibly larger shopping center where the old mall stood. That unfortunately triggered the decline of The Galleria mall where the Johnstown uploads of yours are located. To my understanding all of The Galleria’s anchor stores - Bon Ton, Penney’s, Sears, and one other [maybe Boscov’s?] - have left The Galleria and now it’s beginning to suffer the same fate as the old Richland mall had some decades ago. Needless to say you should soon be able to revisit Johnstown and create a LOT more UE videos in the near future. Thanks for these memories of my home town.

[@le351a]

Penny and boscovs are still there. Sears and Bon Ton closed around the same time

[@adamzeek210]

Great video wallie

[@unclejj1191]

that TRU building design is common for most stores that were built in the late 70s / early 80s. The one in my hometown of Mesquite, Tx has the same exterior design of the rainbow tiles around the front and it opened up in 1978. It is now occupied by Ollie's like so many of the other old TRU's

[@MikeyDAngelo]

the TRU in this video actually didn't open until the mid to late 90s! the mall it is next to opened in late 1992 and TRU didn't come to town for at least a few years after that. I remember impatiently waiting for one to open as a kid but by the time it finally had, I was sort of over it because I was a teenager or darn close (I still would go in there for playstation games, though).

[@nikkireeexplores407]

Great to see a Circuit City like this!Cool video Wallie!And by the way,we still have the Geoffrey sign up at our local TRU that is currently a Spirit Halloween store!

[@Planestuff.641Or_spla]

The killen Texas one has a toys r us that closed that is now a Ollie’s and a circuit city right next to it witch is now a specs

[@samturner64]

WALLIE, WALLIE! Did you hear? Toys R Us plans to open in some form before the holiday season.

[@brendapenrod8177]

They are going into the galleria just to close again cause all the stores are closing rents getting to high

[@michaelblair5767]

Awesome Wallie good video

[@Saddletramp1200]

Looks like a fine place for a Motorcycle shop. 😎

[@DivanCello]

The Gander replaced the old Walmart building that closed because in 2004 they build the new Supercenter where the Richland Mall used to be

[@dogtrixgrooming3481]

Hey walie the Toys R us here in Mcallen, Texas still has the 1980's rainbow entrance though it has been used for Spirit halloween store

[@jpveix]

If you miss Toys R Us you can still go north a few hours cross the border and see where they are still in action and well over here ;)

[@jet34thehawk]

Awesome video man

[@loadedfun4764]

Ripped a chunk of my heart out when toysrus closed its doors. As a collector they had exclusives on a lot of toys. Not to mention this specific store was still open before I left the Johnstown area in 2012. I think the rest of the mall will unfortunately follow suit here shortly.

[@candyc0rn687]

Didn’t u hear a new owner bought the mall and has been bringing it back the food court is full of food places again there’s a lot of new stores and a roller rink is about to open in the mall new owner is really trying

[@Initsm2.0]

I'm going to miss you toys, R us.

[@GLeibniz1716]

Great vid as usual you have to do a vid on the violas market closing in Evans city pa t was a mainstay in the town for 55 years and it is closing for good.

[@TheJD2024]

I used to work for Circuit City back in 1994 in Tampa FL

[@2utoday]

Thumbs up, Wallie. Nice video.

[@NobodyNothing-ng9kl]

Love circuit city and toys r Us

[@Team7channel]

FYI that gander outdoors was a gander mountain they just redid the building btw good video

[@DAVIDSRETAILADVENTURES]

Good video wallie

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

Hard to find any Circuit City store fronts anymore, also unusual for them to remove the Toys R Us signage. That was definitely a former Wal-Mart, maybe it was converted to a Sam's club later.

[@liashankland6139]

great video my toys r us in parkersburg wv got turn into a big lots rip toys r us

[@debbieks6138]

Cernics Cycle leased Circuit City’s old place, they sell motorcycles

[@jpbarley]

Cernics purchased the building

[@warriorjwr]

That was a Walmart. And that Circuit City left in 2004. It moved to where Best Buy is now.

[@catydoesabandonedplaces]

Wallie a heads up The Gander Outdoors Is A Retro Walmart But The Ganders Was Permeantly Closed When I went on maps

[@JeffreyMason-e3k]

Johnston PA had suffered a major flood in 1889 that killed 2209 people after a dam in South Fork burst during heavy rains.

[@WinDogeFromYouTube]

There's a Dead mall in my town that used to have a Ben Franklin and an abandoned alco (Similar to ames) It's in Le Sueur MN. The lack space has a basement and the door to the lack space is UNLOCKED

[@JosephAlexanderyt]

Cool .. our toy r us is now a Ashley furniture store

[@SpaceAce1993]

Bro I used to love going to circuit city and Toys R Us

[@VintageCars999]

Used to go to Toys R Us back in the day for videogames. Funcoland was another great place, hated the fact Gamestop bought them out. There was also EB games or something like that.

[@doug9066]

Enjoyed video Wallie. Our former Circuit City was turned into a Rooms To Go then a few years ago Rooms To Go pulled out of Lubbock which is still vacant.

[@mr.goodboi2780]

Also, do you know what the name of the song is at the end? It's so chill.

[@SuperC_Gaming]

"Sometimes I Die (Modern Love)" by Waterfront Dining, which is actually a remixed version of another song called "The Last One" by Ho Saï.

[@RickGamezzYT]

in flint mi there is a ashley's home store that was a former toys "r" us

[@Ooccrim]

I live in johnstown and the circuit city building was and still is being used for new things last year it was closed until later on during september they turned it into the Spirit Halloween store then shut it down again after halloween.

[@kylerburgos5824]

That's The Same Toy's R US I Would Always Go To As A Kid I'm Sad They Closed It.

[@SamOlds2999]

your channel desrves to have 5 trillion views

[@GreenvilleMadness]

Two retail giants who dominated everything not even that long ago, now completely gone and some of their stores lost in time. They both also went out in the worst ways possible. So sad.

[@joeysnyder7532]

Toys R Us is making a comeback.

[@nickthecoolguy3807]

Ganders was always a ganders and was built like that and had a wood design in 2012

[@MrMentalia]

Wow! It feels like you fell in between our universe and a parallel universe so its like you can SEE the buildings but you haven't entered the other universe enough too be able to enter them.......

[@shawnsr8459]

Great stuff!! 👍👍🤘🤘

[@dkelevators3723]

I live in Pittsburgh PA I’m a steelers fan also Nate is the best!

[@crystalscan2002]

that bulding in pretty good shape for beig none mantained 10 years

[@ElizabethRodriguez-lj7ys]

I loved circut city sad that it closed down

[@ZeeMann_Retail]

Looking good man!!

[@Isomarick]

OH MY GOSH SOMEBODY MADE A VIDEO ABOUT THAT LOCATION

[@c00pster88]

I wish I have seen a circuit city when it was opened, when it closed I was 5 so I barely remember it

[@c00pster88]

Dang!!!!! This is epic!!

[@screamformeable]

I remember working at that toy r us as a night shift stock person still have my name tag

[@garyprudot8618]

In st. Louis, we had a toys r us and a circuit city next to each other just like that. I wonder if that was a coincidence.

[@jenzdziera]

It’s a long shot but can anyone help me with the song/artist of the song at the end? TIA

[@thevhsman6208]

The Gander Outdoors Is Now Permanently Closed ( Also it was a Gander mtn )

[@racersabandonedretail361]

Film the Toys R Us in Miamisburg, Ohio.It is in mid-renovation.It is becoming a Bob’s Discount Furniture.

[@dianem7346]

Go to The old Washington mall. I’m dying to see the inside!