STRANGER THINGS SEASON 3 - BATTLE OF STARCOURT MALL

[@AcesAdventures1]

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[@ViperChipz]

This is Soo creepy! I can't believe they decided to continue to film here after that!

[@strawberrycow3500]

Karenga Anderson Stranger things

[@andrewcarrillo4342]

Seems legit

[@Aim_bongis]

hey did you see any cast there

[@googleblows4016]

It would be sweet if some dead mall people started making scale models of defunct malls! Not me, though; I already have too many projects. Anyway, you certainly have all the source material you'd need.

[@nancyhicksgribble9799]

I wish all malls looked 80s again.

[@TrainmasterCurt]

Dani McD Well then, look up videos of Portage Place Mall Winnipeg, it looks exactly the same as it did in 1987! I love hangin out there sometimes on a Saturday or Monday

[@peacefulchaos333]

Same

[@TrainmasterCurt]

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[@TrainmasterCurt]

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[@therealsimon708]

that’s wht i’m saying and i’m only 15

[@HPLikecraft]

I bet Scoops Ahoy would get some business if they opened pop-up shops at malls.

[@NickP]

Simon Vs The World No question

[@Pepitoh101]

There is one somewhere in California

[@joesaxon6566]

I'm pretty sure that was Tape World (cassette and CD store) and I used to work there!

[@ilikewaffles889]

Joe Saxon the fuck are you talking about

[@Billy-ho1hu]

A baskin robins in Atlanta is themed like a scoops ahoy even the uniforms are the same

[@rickalicious1116]

Be careful there. There might be some shady Russians lurking around the area.

[@wilder-girls7694]

Rickalicious1 ,,,,or guys teaching a dance class

[@unfrequent]

lauren aitken or a little girl asking for samples...

[@estephenfortela5871]

Toastiii cause when you dont give free samples, its child endangerment 🤣

[@ColWilBald]

Or large meat creatures

[@unfrequent]

estephen fortela sheeshhh 😭

[@osamaismymama7907]

They should keep the 80s aesthetic and they’d get tons of business between nostalgia buffs and stranger things fans

[@Alanphuphalee]

OsamaIs MyMama how long would that fad last though

[@estephenfortela5871]

Fashion nowadays is going back to the past.

[@kurtispowers5776]

They should rename it to Starcourt

[@pris_an]

They are tearing it down. Nobody can go. I live 15 mins away and cant even visit.

[@richardbrant2595]

@@Alanphuphalee It would be relevant far longer than a modern revamp of the mall

[@donnasfocus2050]

Gee it's like a museum! They should keep it like that after stranger things...I think a mall as a museum is an excellent idea for the future generations, yes?

[@outdoorsyqueen816]

Donnasfocus, OMG yessss

[@peacefulchaos333]

Omg yasss

[@jakethedog2590]

Or just keep Regular Malls open for future generations to use

[@randallsmith2521]

From what I can tell the "Waldenbooks" in Stranger Things was the actual Waldenbooks that closed there. I wouldn't be surprised if there were tons of things in those stores that the production team was able to use. I'm pretty sure that the mall has never been remodeled, with the exception of replacing flooring. I remember when this mall opened.

[@elisahuberman3408]

Yes, they should

[@cariusx]

You walking alone on the set in a real re-done 80's mall is maybe the closest thing to time travel you can get.

[@Squicx]

cariusx don’t do that to me😖😭

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

@@Squicx It's true...

[@Squicx]

@@Justin-Hill-1987 😭😭😭😭

[@JokerL1000]

Go to a small town in georgia

[@caomhan84]

Yeah. Any small town, really. I remember one time about a decade ago I went to South Carolina for a family vacation. We went to both Walmart and Kmart in separate rural-ish areas and both of them were like stepping straight into the 80's. They had 80's color schemes. The Kmart had a small food court with orange and red tables, brown counters. The walls were orange.

[@Amy-eg9hl]

the 80s was the best era. the colour, the clothes, the hair, the atmosphere. i’m happy stranger things pulled this off amazingly!

[@BR-lo1pi]

This aesthetic of malls from my childhood bring an incredible sense of comfort. They should remodel all malls to look like this again.

[@thisisepa]

B R not all

[@thisisepa]

just one

[@BR-lo1pi]

@@thisisepa Nah, I'm cool with all.

[@nathankim7664]

A 7-11 store should open up in there. The store should sell the Alexei specials: cherry & strawberry slurpees ^^

[@kjdubs5877]

Nathan Kim RIP

[@miles5841]

And sell looney toon plushies

[@synthtoaster]

Don’t you mean Smirnoff?🤣

[@yahrielreyes8853]

Eggos too

[@hobjit69]

Nathan Kim R.I.P Alexei☹️lost a legend that day

[@koseleks5413]

Who else wants to get behind the Scoops Ahoy counter and call everyone a dingus?

[@mrvengeance7489]

KOS Eleks me haha

[@damonclark218]

ME!!!!!

[@christinaricheson8642]

KOS Eleks YESSS

[@valeriaulloa2390]

This man exposed the set wayyyy before it was supposed to an nobody gave notice too it WTFF

[@sarhabiperez4046]

Veelog Vall i like there!! I practice my driving there when I had to take my drivers license

[@smh02]

@@sarhabiperez4046 lmao i did that too years ago

[@sonn5574]

Ok Karen

[@valeriaulloa2390]

S Barrios huh 😳

[@MrCliffda3rd]

Going to the mall in the 80s is like going to Disney World. I was youthful and full of excitement.

[@Esoque07]

I'm an 80s baby and 90s kid and I must say I felt the same in the 90s! Malls were the best!

[@Y2Kr4SHM4N]

Esoque07 But the 90s were when colour disappeared from malls.

[@Captainborta]

Well now i feel different bc u can lose the feeling 😢

[@KBizzy]

For sure. I’ll never forget it, going to the mall ruled in the 80’s. Going to see awesome movies, arcades. As an adult I fucking hate the mall though lol

[@DerekMcDouglas]

I know that feeling.

[@tracysmith8958]

Makes it even more creepy that someone actually died here😳

[@litaf5104]

illuminati ritual sacrifice

[@fxkroblox1688]

c d The girl and billy

[@GodParticleZero]

I grew up nearby that mall. It used to be THE place to go. It's weird seeing it fall into obscurity and time warped back if only for a brief moment

[@angelgjr1999]

kevin jones Yup. Blame the lousy security that mall had. Last time I went there half the mall was closed, and I remember seeing meth heads outside. Sad seeing our childhood mall die. This was my favorite mall.

[@jordanyang5329]

Same grew up going to this mall

[@lillipuff5218]

That’s crazy someone died at the start court mall, when dufferbrothers saw that she died there they were probably like ”this is the perfect mall to film in👌🏿”

[@Happygirlalwaysnomatter]

lillipuff 702 I find it weird they used a location where someone died. It's super creepy. Also the counter where she died was highly featured in the episodes. Wow!

[@juliahochderffer6839]

@@Happygirlalwaysnomatter wait... It was?! Freaking Duffer Brother's.

[@yupdatsmeboiii]

@@Happygirlalwaysnomatter which counter?

[@juhlizza]

pizza time I’m guessing the ice cream shop ? 😖

[@jakelv5620]

pizza time Hot Sam’s is the counter that it happened, that they used in the show

[@mstiefan6996]

So many stores from the past... Sam Goody and Waldenbooks brought a tear to my eye to see again even if just set dressing for a show based in the 80s.

[@kellireeves4527]

Same with Wicks and Sticks.

[@Talendale]

Sam Goody's by some freak of nature as of this posting (July 2022) still has two stores left. Which puts it just above Blockbuster (one remains) and one below Suncoast Video (three).

[@cocowavs]

That creepy flickering light at 10:10 is very Stranger Things eerie lol I love dead 80s malls. Idk why I'm so attracted to these places.

[@katsuuu65]

a Demogorgon is watching him

[@johnny-becker]

I love seeing all those 80's logo's. The old school Taco Bell logo really caught my eye. I may have to start watching this show. Congratulations on gaining access to the set.

[@astronomuer9312]

John Becker Sorry about the late reply but this show definitely feels as if you were in the 80s. I personally would want to be just because of this show and I think you should give it a watch with the amazing soundtrack and clothing and storyline.

[@CompactRisk]

John Becker The show is great and if you like that nostalgic feeling, it won’t disappoint

[@RangerRickTV]

I feel the visuals were strong with this one. This mall is really beautiful. Hot video big dog!

[@renatetaylor2945]

who else is watching the new season of stranger things and came back to rewatch this video!?!?!

[@killerbee_1935]

Renate Balsamo it’s crazy how they had this 11 months ago and I just seen it now this is amazing

[@Mnjake96]

Whats stranger things?

[@tico5058]

@@Mnjake96 It is a show that takes place in the 80s

[@frozenyogurt3]

I was so confused about why this old mall had all its neon lights on and working and looked perfectly retro until I looked at the description about ST3 filling here.

[@ApRiL3706]

Fro Yo I live close to this. The mall has always had this 80's look because they never remodeled it. So I think that why Stanger Things thought this is perfect for our show! And they closed off the wing with the food court to renovate it for their show

[@gr8st2323]

ApRiL3706 Man PLEASE tell these folks!! This mall ain’t been shit for 20 years

[@echt114]

"ain't been shit"? What do you mean?

[@haroldisintrouble]

@@ApRiL3706 I grew up on this mall I slowly watched it die very sad

[@frightconnection]

This mall was our weekend shopping destination as a kid. It was absolutely booming through the 90s, and even into 2000 and a short time after. As others stated, The Mall of Georgia and Discover Mills decimated the business. All of the famous mall stores were here including a Disney store, Suncoast, and other usual suspects . Good times

[@as6110]

I can see why they used this mall as a filming locations. It's beautiful. That fountain looks really cool. I do agree that the carpet sucks. Malls should not be carpeted.

[@madamhummingbird]

@Ashley Sayers Yep, I agree. She is an 80's beauty. I can see why NETFLIX nailed it down as one of the prime film location spots for STRANGER THINGS S3. The Gwinnett Place Mall is totally on point. I love the old school 70's/80's/90's retro architectural designs of our malls in the US. Well, sadly what's left of them in our country that is. Here is New Jersey we have a lot of malls & luckily all doing pretty well. One of our largest malls (& coolest ) in Central Jersey still has it's 1987 mall renovation intact. It's called the Woodbridge Center Mall. It doesn't have all the lux anchor stores, but the mall is neat & clean & always packed with shoppers. Great daily Mall Walkers program too for those who enjoy a one-stop shopping kinda experince lol ;D

[@norestjoel]

The last time i went in march there wasn’t a single restaurant open in the food court and there was 1 store for every 3 vacant lots that were all having crazy sales.

[@ariyanachanel7234]

Girl this mall is dead af. The workers be dying for sales. Except for Macy’s everyone goes there :/

[@peacefulchaos333]

I want to go there but I don't live in America

[@thrashfan4ever]

it was a beautiful mall in its day i used to go there as a kid its in duluth ga

[@nikolaknezevic3569]

The mall is a secret Russian base.

[@ninitagomez1194]

Graphic Content stranger things 😉

[@005connect9]

Graphic Content was* lol

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

The base's entrance was a fake loading dock that doubled as an elevator. The base was located in the basement. Those Soviet Russians were trying to break the seal to the Upside Down...

[@laffograms1976]

This video is amazing. It has everything; a dead mall, 80’s nostalgia and ties to my favorite show! I love it. You truly are the dead mall KING!!

[@shaneiamarcelin9950]

I miss how live malls used to be! I remember my mom would drive me and my sister to the mall give us $40 each and we’d be sooo happy. Malls were jam packed on Friday nights. I wish we could go back in time just for a day.

[@JokerL1000]

I agree

[@georgacunliffe8640]

The mall around where I live is still pretty jam packed on the weekends, weekdays a little less but it’s always pretty busy. But it is one of the nicest (and only) malls in the area so maybe that’s why. There’s a nice mall downtown that I don’t get to go to very much since it’s too far to go to just any ol day but it’s pretty much always busy!

[@FireJach]

Malls are still the same.... But you were a kid thats why you think it was the best

[@kenziecormick8035]

My mall is always packed lol

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

Shaneia Marcelin I know right. Young people have no idea how much more fun weekends were back in the day. No phones, people lived in the moment. Way better IMO.

[@FragglevisionReturns]

Oh man, that footage of the Starcourt set is incredible. It's like a typical dead mall tour mixed with literal time travel.

[@cooperlisa69]

I grew up with this mall when it opened in 1983 (Gwinnett Place). I worked at Del Taco in the eatery during High School. It's amazing how they brought the mall back to life for Stranger Things. It brought back so many fun 80s memories.

[@jaywright58]

I live in Georgia and in the same county as this mall. Time has not been kind to it. The county's demographics have indeed changed and the area is perceived as a high crime rate area. Mall of Georgia and Discover Mills doomed it once they opened since they were much nicer malls. I remember when the site for Gwinnett Place was just trees. Two of the county's movie theatres were there. One was torn down a long time ago and the other abandoned. Not sure if it has been torn down yet but it's in front of Fry's Electronics. There was even a NASCAR store in this mall along with an awesome arcade, Wizard's of the Coast store, and Ruby Tuesday's which, of course, are all gone.Nice work on the video!

[@heatherfeather1293]

I remember the good old days there too! It's a shame how it has gone downhill since the 80's and 90's, when it was a cool place to be

[@ApRiL3706]

Jay Wright Fry's Electronics is still there.

[@MrJestyler]

did you attend duluth high school?

[@yanic850]

It's only one still standing, they haven't torn it down yet and I hope they dont. I use to love leaving the mall and a group of my friends walking over to the movies on a Saturday night. Discover Mills did hury GPM vibe and Mall of GA came in for the kill but it's still a great memory. I loved going upstairs to the Ruby Tuesdays or the pizza spot to use my mall discount.

[@MrJestyler]

Ah yes I remember when there was 36 movie screens under 3 separate movie housings. The biggest one was old seagal and sons store across mall perimeter street from Macy’s and the one behind the mall next to where frys is located and than of course mall corners. The memories of going to midnight movies at one next frys and there was always a line to get into rocky horror I never saw that there but should have. Definitely mall of ga caused Gwinnett place to go into death spiral. I remember about 1/3 of Duluth high school skipped the day Gwinnett place opened. Used to be a very large mobile home park and pleasant hill was only two lanes. Wow how old I feel seems like yesterday but it wasnt

[@TheJD2024]

I used to go there when the mall was popular.

[@mrleememes252]

Hotel Traveler was it just like as the video

[@usefhaslem6643]

Same

[@gr8st2323]

Hotel Traveler 20 years ago

[@TheFaizParadise]

CedMo 76000 more like 10-12 years ago. This and Discover Mills

[@stalnaker576]

Me too. Grew up going there.

[@XenonTFShorts]

a week ago i went back to this mall and snuck in. It's completely abandoned. it looks like a skeleton compared to what it used to be. However it is strangely very clean, theres no signs of graffiti or vandalism. It feels like a ghost of a time that used to be

[@GQ-nu2nc]

How do you get in

[@RyanCzaplinski]

That was absolutely incredible to see all they actually built. It looked like you took a time machine back to the 80’s and shot HD video at a mall back in its glory days. So surreal. Thank you for covering this!!!!

[@AcesAdventures1]

Ryan Czaplinski no problem please subscribe!

[@scottlillis4849]

Excellent video ace. I really like how they turned a few of the stores back to the 80s. Sam goody and chess king really brought back the memories for me.

[@fanoed]

thats crazy i deadass grew up seeing the mall slowly become dead, now its a filming location to one of my favorite shows

[@CallieSkyler]

literally same

[@angelgjr1999]

Yeah. Did people knew there was filing there? I had no idea. Last time I went there I remember half the mall was closed. This was a couple of years ago.

[@Kai_snzz]

Same! Just watching the fountain going gave me crazy nostalgia from shopping there as a kid

[@LindaFromSeaAtTull]

R.I.P Bob.

[@CinnamonWilson]

He would have been browsing in Radio Shack.. RIP true hero

[@catsadilla324]

"Oh cool! Stranger Things!" **video starts** "uhhh.. what?!"

[@Yesterdays92]

I watched Stranger Things Season 3 on first day... I was a kid again when they went into that mall... I wanted to cry! It was so packed with feels, man! To top if off, the mall I grew up in is being torn down at this very moment. Can't stop the tears!

[@RealAadilFarooqui]

Man they Spent Real Good money on this Mall and its Production Cost, They Really do care about Quality

[@JamieNotLamie]

Lol this mall is already here. They just rented it for a months worth of early morning sets most likely.

[@mybawzarerichie]

Jamie Yayme and yet they remodelled a wing and other areas with incredibly accurate detail. The actual mall itself looks like a complete shithole, they made it look so good despite that

[@JamieNotLamie]

@@mybawzarerichie yup, I'm thinking they made a special deal with the mall and rented out a couple of spots and paid extra to tie up their space. And the mall took it because hey, that's business right there. Anyone nearby will be curious enough to at least check it out.

[@SoulfulVeg]

I use to live in Gwinnett, GA, and this mall was hot in the 80s, 90s and still in the early 2000s. The surrounding area has also deteriorated.

[@gr8st2323]

SoulfulVeg also in Atlanta. This mall hasn’t been “hot” in yeeeeeaaaaarrrrrrs

[@hector_salamanca24]

I used to live in Georgia on 2017, the gwinnett mall is this one? They used it to film stranger things?

[@hector_salamanca24]

@darknxghts that's awesome I used to go there all the time haha

[@stalnaker576]

Yeah,grew up there myself. Frequented that mall. Memory lane for sure. Wow. Hate to hear of areas dilapidation though. A shame.

[@angelgjr1999]

Used to live in Gwinnett too. Too bad that area in general is deteriorating. You only hear that county mentioned in state news for murders and drug busts. I haven’t been to Gwinnett place like in 3 years. Honestly thought that mall shut down years ago. Wish I would’ve known they were filming here. :(

[@Titanic19127]

Wish they’d open all those old places

[@blkcoverboy1049]

As a kid of the 80’s this mall tour was very emotional for me! Thank you

[@bomb.lyrics5962]

I think they should make the mall look just like starcourt and maybe change the name to starcourt also.. it would attract a lot of people

[@ViperChipz]

That's true, but who would want to visit after hearing about this awful murder? It's Soo off-putting

[@dudeman-kg1lk]

Karenga Anderson me

[@TrainmasterCurt]

Karenga Anderson Who cares! It’s in the past, and it was an isolated incident, people are a bunch of pansies nowadays

[@Kyle-mm3nz]

attracting all of the teens!

[@ViperChipz]

@@TrainmasterCurt just like your response!

[@brooke6224]

Dude thank you for this video. It gives a lot of info on it and I love that you go inside of it. I can't believe Stranger Things filmed here. They made it look brand new

[@dannydelicioso]

I went to this mall as a kid! I’ve been back several times, each time it having less and less traffic. My favorite store as a kid was the “Warner Brothers Store” :) Your awesome for doing this mall! Thanks! So much nostalgia!

[@supernintendo6983]

We had the disney store at our mall it use to be my favorite until it closed as well.

[@ApRiL3706]

Daniel Brito And also the Discovery Channel store!

[@franciscourrutia3442]

OMG I love this 80s Style Mall I wish I can live in the 80s 👏

[@alyfepoisonbunny2716]

wait....wait... WAIT! was this mall converted just for Stranger Things? will this mall be in season 3 like all of season 3? because I don't remember a mall at all in seasons 1 and 2....that is so totaly coo!

[@ApRiL3706]

Alyfe Poison Bunny Shadow This mall was built in the 80's and they never remodeled it so it is true to the 80's look. It's called Gwinnett Place Mall. Around May or June they blocked off one wing with the food court and some stores so they could make the set for Stranger Things. In the middle of the food curt is a pretty fountain with a fish on each side. It was jade green and they painted it gold. I want to get footage like him but it's blocked off. Idk how he got through becaus they prohibit cameras. But then again the security sucks.

[@madamhummingbird]

@Alyfe Poison Bunny Shadow Yep, cool AF 🤘🏻

[@XCVR]

Actually, they did do a major remodel in the mid 90s, ripping up the old brown tile, replacing it with lighter colors. There were smaller renovations after that, eventually laying carpet in the walkways, as well as adding an entire wing with the store Parisian in 1993 or so. The hanging sign is original, and the neon rings on the columns in the food court are, too. There were two additional large Roman style columns in the food court that were torn down in the 90s as well. I grew up in this mall, it didn't look exactly like this in the 80s, it had a darker aesthetic. But it's cool, they still did an awesome job with the set design.

[@mt_29a]

Its new for season 3. Season 3 is set in summer and comes out next summer. A majority of the season will have scenes in the mall

[@powermetal26]

If you are ever visiting Victoria, BC Canada, there is a Mall called "University Heights Shopping Centre" and it too was built in the 80's and has never been remodeled. When you walk in, it's as if TIME STOOD STILL. Same 80's color scheme and original paint of Teal and White, the floors are that classic 80's mall tile, even the bathrooms have original fixtures and dispensers that are not even made anymore. And to add to the strangeness, it's very quite inside with hardly ever anyone in it or around. I really don't know how some of the stores stay open there. So many of the spaces have been sitting vacant for years.

[@fixman88]

When I saw the 80s looking Radio Shack, my jaw hit the floor (mainly because I recognized most of the stuff in there!) The two identical radios on the top shelf in the front were Realistic Patrolman multi-band receivers.

[@sherryk.spicklerstein8337]

I've been looking forward to this vid! Truly amazing to capture this time tunnel footage. Awesome video as always!

[@MuneageDaydream]

Sherry K. Spickler Stein I had the same thought, but most of Dan Bell's videos involve some mention of a bad smell so they figured par for the course in a dead mall?

[@qashmuny7846]

I live right next to the Gwinnett Mall. It used to be an alright place to shop but now its like a ghost town. The only places that get business are the macys and the couple of shoe stores there. Its actually quite an ominous place to go, especially after they found the students body there. Its in a great position for people to visit just nobody wants to put their business in a mall thats pretty much dead

[@rare6499]

Crazy level of detail they went in to for the show. Huge respect!!! Sad about the remainder of the mall. They should have kept the set in place as a museum at least for a small time. Could have got a lot of people coming to see it.

[@nick37104]

They considered it, but were afraid that it would instead be used to steal set pieces and memorabilia for collections or to sell.

[@reid77]

So back in 1991, the spot in the food court occupied by "Hot Dog on a Stick" in this video was a Chick-Fil-A, where I worked in the summer and on holidays. Many years later, my daughter signed up to be an extra on Stranger Things and ended up "working"... at Hot Dog on a Stick. A full-circle moment.

[@Reed488]

I don't watch Stranger Things and I wasn't born until the late 1980s, but based on pictures and home movies I've seen from the 1980s (when "Dead Mall Videos" were "Active Mall Videos"), the 1980s authenticity of that set was breathtaking.

[@jessicaheerah7381]

The detail they’ve gone to is absolutely INSANE.

[@ogeezy4817]

I get emotional seeing the state this mall is in now because I quite literally grew up there. Me and my mom would always go shopping there when I was little.

[@as6110]

4:18 "we are open" gate is closed.

[@warpbeats3577]

Ashley S the russians opened it

[@asburypark1516]

They did an incredible job of bringing this mall back to life in the show.

[@PADARM]

It looks new and so 80s!! I'm obsessed 🤤

[@Flutterbyby]

Woh I thought it was a warehouse conversion/studio lot, didn’t realise it was a real 80s mall which hasn’t been demolished yet. It should be preserved for historical reasons. Agree changing it to 80s theme would attract lots of nostalgia fans. Omg it’s sooooo 80s.

[@michaelstorm7552]

I have never watched any ones vlog any more than just one time I have watched this 33 times and getting ready to watch a 34th time do the fact of the stranger things set seeing everything all 80s style again man what I wouldn't give to walk through there you are a lucky bastard to be able to do that you take care and I love your vlogs

[@kuppycakes1097]

I love all your videos! Thank you so much! For going all over the country and sharing all these hidden gems!😊 just a 80s 90s girl loving all this nostalgia! 😍

[@as6110]

7:14 THAT AWNING 😍

[@CinnamonWilson]

This was a phenomenal video. It was like walking through a mall of my childhood. The Stranger Things crew nailed it. Criminal how few views this has.

[@emrivalry]

Explains why the cast of ST said it had crappy vibes and said it was definitely haunted

[@SouthCalifas619]

Its amazing that Netflix gave them enough money for all these details

[@marcoslopez_]

Well Netflix knows for a fact that they will make a huge profit.

[@allisonoverby4646]

Gwinnett Place Mall used to be my favorite mall before the Mall of Georgia opened when I was 14sih. I'm 32, this is crazy! I'm so excited!

[@nick37104]

The attention to detail is truly staggering, especially when you consider more than half of these locations are literal set dressing. They're only there to fill the space as if it were an actual mall, yet even in the stores that we barely see, they're given just as much TLC as "Scoops Ahoy," where the bulk of scenes take place.

[@kawaiimooncharms]

I’m so jealous! I miss the 80’s and I wish I could see this set in person!💜🎀💜

[@journeytrials]

Pastel🌙Pixie it was simple times, no social media life had to be lived, it was an adventure. Made friends, had fun, go out. You only see it now with your eyes!

[@kawaiimooncharms]

Journey Trials and Joy Yep I had a good 15 years with no social media, and phones still on a cord! Good ol’ days!💜🎀💜

[@varga4488]

Actually everyone in the 80’s was afraid of the Russians and nukes so not that simple

[@crysdee461]

I used to love this mall about 10-15 years ago back when it was alive. Shows how time flies. I haven’t been there since about 2008 though.

[@idreamofjenny]

I live in Duluth and work right across the street from Gwinnett Place Mall. I've been going to this mall since moving to GA in the 90's. This was the mall I went to all through high school. I remember when every single store in the mall was packed and like you said after Mall of GA opened and Sugarloaf Mills, poor Gwinnett Place went down hill. Since this video was shot the Sears officially closed and so did the Payless and a few other stores. There may be a total of 10 stores open still and that's being generous. Very sad!

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

Is The Stranger Things set goin to stay there?

[@markwiygul6356]

The mall was remodeled around 2000 when they took out the most amazing winding staircases, one of which had a waterfall, with water spilling around the stairs as if from a mountain, the single most amazing mall fountain I've ever seen. They basically spent mega-millions to bore up the mall as you tour it today. Had you seen it in mid to early 90s you would have doubtlessly been far more impressed. The youth of that generation had a more fantastic place to hang out and loiter. In the 90s and 2000s malls around the nation collectively spent many billions to bore up their malls, make them less appealing to youths as park like destinations. During the late 70s and 80s malls had been designed specifically to be futuristic park like environments, to encourage socialization and gathering spots for the community to enjoy both leisure shopping and passing their long weekends and holidays in these sanctuary gathering spots for being together. In the 90s nanny activists starting becoming vocal that they people should not be loitering at malls, that they should be in-out destinations to do shopping rather than social destinations. They raised red flags and sounded loud alarms at teens gathering together. They raised the specter of child abuse at malls. They called out child neglect at parents who dropped off their kids at malls for hours or even most of the day while they took care of business elsewhere. This was the era when governments started focusing on requiring parents having constant eye to eye contact with their kids and even their teens while in public spots. So, in came tens of $billions of dollars in financing to refurbish malls all around the nation to appear more box like, with boring hallways between anchor stores, majestic fountains removed, flash and flare dismantled. News and Movies then focused on the culture of total social deprivation and raising kids from babies to adulthood while skipping being a kid or teen altogether. I Had moved from Jackson MS when they had just bored up Metrocenter Mall, removing a third floor hangout spot for teens, removing cool sub-floor cacoon like hangout spots for loiters and teens, forcing Spencers to remove their black lights and brighten it up, and basic spending an entire year remodeling Metrocenter, which was billed to the community as a major community investment and huge improvement over the former look which was called out for being really bizarre or weird etc. When they unveiled the curtains surrounding the two huge central courtyards and central part of the main corridors I remember being in total shock at how boring it looked, like being in a giant box-store which school hallways or hospital hallways connecting it all together, and yet afraid to express my dislike because of all the media hype covering the "upgrade" which would have been sort of like complaining about a mega-hit movie just out, or a mega-hit record released by a huge star.. but I due remember saying I liked the old mall better but usually hearing something out that the new mall was safer for children, or something like that, and that was when I myself was older teen. Then after the remodel the news was constantly on about all the teens still hanging out at the mall, and how unsafe that was, and that all minors should always be accompanied by their parents within any mall, and that malls were for in-out shopping, not loitering, and the youth were constantly getting tagged by mall partrol if they weren't with parents in the mall. So gradually the culture was changed and the 80s erased, almost. .. I moved to Gwinnett County, to Dultuh in the late 90s just before they tackled Gwinnett Place Mall, but got to enjoy it as it was a couple of years. Sad what they did to it. But, that's what the cultural authorities wanted, and yes the youth have suffered total social deprivation since the 80s. The nannies say its for childrens safety, but that can't be true, look what they did to school lunches at schools all across the nation: we had hot meals for lunch, or choice of a salad bar. Hot meals were fresh cooked vegatables like green beans or something else, a meat like real fried chicken or meat loaf or steak fingers or salsbury steak, hamburgers, pizza, turkey & dressing during holidays, friend fish, chicken fried steaks, grilled cheese sandwiches made out of real cheddar cheese, chicken & dumplings. And the breads were rolls or cornbread. Today they feed kids toxic garbage made in an industrial plant. We had real cooks in the cafeteria, they have nobody. Yet the modern government nannies still say they do what they do because they want to protect children. The statistics say that kids and young adults are getting cancer, with rates doubling compared to the generation that became adults in the 70s and 80s. And youth suicide is epidemic higher than ever recorded. The stats are against them. They cause total social deprivation and feed children toxic garbage, and they are dying from cancer and suicide now more than ever before. Those are real statistic, look them up. FACTS, they are speaking, and those that censor them are causing youth death and mental dysfunction, and harming America by creating a generation that lost all their childhood and teen years, with many needlessly becoming wards of the state or having lower satisfaction with life

[@mst3kanita]

You know things are bad when there's an AVON store in your mall.

[@weasel2htm]

Seeing those vintage storefronts was just awesome. Of all the stores that we have lost, I miss Radio Shack the most, so seeing a stocked Radio Shack was freaking awesome (and slightly emotional.) When I saw the food court, I'm like, "I need to visit this mall and get an Orange Julius!" I was a little disappointed that some of the look is for the show (which I have been told I need to watch.) Props to you Ace for getting this footage. BTW, KZbin randomly unsubbed me from your channel w/o me realizing it, I have resubbed though, so I'm binge watching what I've missed.

[@GerryHutch1]

5:52 that’s the car Johnathan, Nancy, Will, Mike, El, Max and Lucas were trying to flip.

[@warpbeats3577]

adam johnson ikrrr

[@Catmannj1]

Now this is an epic video pulling several themes together. The big thing os getting on tbe Stranger things set. The store fronts, clothrs, stores themselves brought me back to hanging out at New Jersey malls in the 80s. The detail os very scary accurate. Though your trip plans did nit complete yiu made the wise choice to film this mall. One of your best Anthony

[@jealousofmypuddin]

Love the nostalgia. I remember when malls looked like this. Also, bring back the original Taco Bell logo!

[@lolzly1187]

Malls in Philippines are just like this actually. And they're alive and thriving

[@brandi_with_an_i]

Sad to see that this mall is no longer what it used to be. Countless memories from this mall growing up.

[@cjs142002]

Riddle me this, 1. How did you get in? 2. How are all the lights on when there’s no one around? 3. Where’s Barb?

[@flowerfairies4685]

John Sweeney the mall is open and running but half of it is closed off because of all the stranger things stuff. there’s a security guard outside of the closed off area but the person might have had some sort of deal or just snuck in. the lights are on because other parts of the mall are being used

[@sadladd]

and it’s empty because the mall is dead af

[@pinkdoughnutproductions2517]

“Stop asking rational questions”

[@Victoriouz777]

@@flowerfairies4685 oh theres still filming going on? Why is it still closed for stranger things?

[@Bravetowers]

Loooool

[@margiemarchei5669]

This is by far one of your best videos! Thank you!

[@MrJestyler]

grew up around this mall and remember when it opened was big deal, many skipped school that day to be there. Everything around mall was built up within a couple of years of opening. Mall of GA and Discover/Sugarloaf mills just up I-85, a drastically changed demographic and increased crime in area were the nails in the coffin for this mall. Used to be one of the biggest malls in region in its heyday, very sad but its the reality of now

[@ericbazinga]

Starcourt looks fantastic! Can't wait for Season 3! And I'm really hoping they leave all of that up when they're done filming. At least for a little bit, so the general public can check it out.

[@W0RLDSSMALLESTVI0LIN]

Ace never disappoints. Fantastic video as usual!!!

[@alejandrareyesable]

Gwinnett mall. I can’t believe they filmed there after what happened

[@Brandis13]

I found it interesting that pretty much all the food stalls have real names, except for the old Subway store where the dead girl was found. That one is called "Hawkins Heroes". I wonder if they had to pay to use the names and no one wanted to have their name used for the stall the murder happened.

[@billiedeusa850]

@@Brandis13 what murder happened?

[@glokkz888]

@@billiedeusa850 a woman was strangled and her body was put behind the counter of “Hawkins Heroes”

[@blakebechtel5192]

I watched that episode last night and that's how I got here.

[@marcusperdue5862]

I caught the feels when I saw that throwback Taco Bell, Sam Goody and Orange Julius!

[@itzzion4774]

Can we start a petition to keep the mall like that

[@warpbeats3577]

itzZION yess

[@gr8st2323]

These comments are hilarious! This mall already looked like this!!! Hardly NOTHING was changed! It’s....a......DUMP! So please GTFOH with the “aaaaaw, it’s so charming! They should keep it like that!” Uh, no the f@&# they shouldn’t! 😂 Trust me, I’m in the A. This mall is a hair away from being demolished...

[@TrueBlueICONiacz]

CedMo 76000 who hurt you lmao

[@gr8st2323]

Nikki Weatherford hahahahahha my bad😂. Jus sayin, this thing is a PROBLEM ‘round here! Get RID of it!🤣😂🤣😂

[@TrueBlueICONiacz]

CedMo 76000 okay, yeah. I can definitely see that perspective.

[@thesummaryguy3911]

I remember this mall being pretty active not too long ago, like mid 00s. Odd that its decline happened as quickly and recent as it did.

[@SoldierMan1557]

Stranger things season 3 brought me here also R.I.P to the woman

[@falkon215]

Im in tears this is fantastic.Memories so thick ya need to brush them away from your eyes to see more memories!

[@sapphire76]

I grew up going to this mall. I will never forget the glass exterior of Rich’s (now Macy’s) or the Chick-fil-A on the second floor. #RIPGWINNETTPLACEMALL

[@yaddiiell]

Companies would make so much money if they went retro for a while

[@NickP]

So awesome. Can’t wait to check this place out myself! Love Season 3!

[@bishopmontel2]

You will be disappointed

[@NickP]

What makes you think that?

[@gr8st2323]

You will DEFINITELY be disappointed. This is one of the shittiest malls around. The whole nostalgia thing will wear off 5 steps through the door

[@NickP]

CedMo 76000 lol oh ok. It would only be for the sole purpose to visit the filming location. I make a habit of that... I also enjoy hunting down unlisted locations seen in some of my favorite 80s/90s movies as well. ..but thanks for the tip.

[@yanic850]

This brought back hella memories. Gwinnett use to be the spot when the movie theater was opened across the street. I use to work at DTLR from 06-10. GPM will always be a great memory of mine from middle school even to now. Only the real 85 Nawf crew knew how much fun we had back in the day. 🤟🏼RIP GWINNETT PLACE MALL🤟🏼

[@marisam9803]

Thats a terrific soundtrack! Love your music selection!

[@samowen2619]

My mall growing up it was super weird to see people in it again. Will be torn down soon

[@spencelean]

I'm so excited for Season 3 of Stranger Things. With the current Mall, it appears some parts are deader than others. Still a few national retailers but I'm sure their time is limited and after that those stores won't be back-filled. Also with JC Penney and Macy's as anchors, they could both close at any time too. It kind of reminds me of Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, MD where I'm from.

[@dekalb]

The JC Penney is part of the movie set portion of the mall, but there was indeed a real JC Penney in that exact spot up until about 3 years ago. The two Chinese restaurants in the food court were also originally part of the mall, they kept the exact same signs, possibly the cookie place as well.

[@TrainmasterCurt]

spencelean Marley Station has the coolest late 80’s aesthetics!

[@patriciamorrow8927]

Ace great intro , awesome video you are an A + in everything you do .Keep up the great work...... thank you.

[@abigailroberts8421]

BRO this is the mall I went to for all of my childhood. literally 2 min from my house. how did I not know

[@itskevinjustkevin]

this place is vaporwave .af

[@audreyvangelder1940]

Her body wasn’t discovered for how long? Didn’t anyone smell anything? That’s so tragic and disturbing.

[@ApRiL3706]

Audrey Van Gelder The food court is empty. Nobody sells food there anymore, it's a ghost town, and I rarely see security guards

[@dabemoji2839]

The food court had no restaurants. Security and janitors do half ass jobs because nobody checks on their work. Also top it off there are no cameras down there lol.

[@Uknits]

A couple years ago I was at this mall at like 2:00 a.m. Our theater group was using one of the spaces to work on stuff, there were no security guards the entire time we were there.

[@v31.48]

Uknits so you basically say that you can walk in and the doors never close and powers stays on all time??

[@nearlyace]

@@v31.48 I wanna know this too. I have never heard of a mall where the power stays on and there is no security at all. I can't believe a body was not found for 3 weeks. That's just messed up.