Asia Mall (Eden Prairie, MN) - a mall in a former Gander Mountain

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@charlestonpinballarcade 10 ай бұрын

So awesome to see a newer market like this. Growing up in the northeast, I am used to seeing very old, rundown versions of malls like this that many new people will not try because they are almost scary. Thanks for posting!

@Randomadventuresofmatt 10 ай бұрын

This is great to see! Looks awesome, glad to see this use over leaving a big empty building and what seems to be a lot of local businesses.

@karelhynekmacha6294 3 ай бұрын

I agree. It's like thousands of flowers blooming out of a massive carcass or bees making honey in the skull of a fallen elephant. I was not interested in Gander Mountain, so I didn't go in that building or to that part of Eden Prairie at all. Now, if I don't like one store's Korean hot dogs, then I can step next door to get spicy orange tea in a can, and my kid can drag me into the anime figurine place without having to leave the building or get in my car.

@reesejabs1895 Ай бұрын

I love the Mall Of America! Don't get there very often, but I still love it!

@LostinMinnesota 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow! I had absolutely no idea this place existed. I am moving up to Minneapolis in August from Texas and I love Asian culture. This is a must visit for me. Thank you!

@YodelingLoonRetail 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to Minnesota! Both Burnsville Center and Northtown Mall are turning one of their anchors into Asian food halls. I would recommend Hmong Village, but I have not personally been there. I need to remedy that!

@LostinMinnesota 4 ай бұрын

@@YodelingLoonRetail Thank you! oh wow that is really cool to hear ! And yeah I heard about Hmong village, surprised you haven't been yet haha.

@Lopretey 10 ай бұрын

You should totally check out the Miller Hill Mall in Duluth Minnesota!

@YodelingLoonRetail 10 ай бұрын

I have to go back! I lost some footage. Of course, it was footage of the hallway whose ceiling collapsed. Whoops!

@sal 10 ай бұрын

That food looked delicious!! Also, I love “elevator time”. Great video, dude

@YodelingLoonRetail 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Sal! I gotta respect the people that make elevator-only videos! 😀

@WoodStoveEnthusiast 10 ай бұрын

Looks a lot nicer then a lot of the Asian malls out there.

@sigfried45 4 ай бұрын

I’ve been to that mall several times. It’s a great place! Try to avoid weekends because you’ll be lucky if you find a place to park, but I agree with most of the comments here

@charlestonpinballarcade 10 ай бұрын

Oh! Eden Prairie, awesome! I’m from the central NJ area where mallrats and the rest of Kevin’s movies were supposed to be in the films like Menlo Park, Woodbridge Center and Route 1 Flea Market. When I used to have the Minnesota territory for some work about 15 years ago, I visited Eden Prairie and saw how it was updated on the outside so I didn’t bother going in because I was so disappointed. But… that was long before all this dead mall community was a thing. Now I’m mad I didn’t go inside to relax my eyes and see the schooner! 😂😂😂

@YodelingLoonRetail 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s really different now. I’ll share my thoughts in July. 😀

@mnraiders8546 2 ай бұрын

Former EP Resident, they updated the mall around 2000 and finished it in 2001 with some store changes here and there before I left the city. The hotels across the street of Asia Mall used to be a Fuddruckers and then Ihop

@phillipchea5867 5 күн бұрын

robot looks cute!

@TotosSword 10 ай бұрын

wow I went here as gander back in 2013!

@charlestonpinballarcade 10 ай бұрын

Nice music choice! It’s funny because the crazy dancer guy Keith Apicary from Americas Got Talent uses similar music when he’s doing his act on stage and now that’s what I think about when I hear this music…😂

@artistlovepeace 5 ай бұрын

Looks great!

@jasonmartinson7758 10 ай бұрын

Gordmans in Burnsville mall is planning on being an Asian market The mall I believe has Asian owners now

@CoffeeFruits-World 4 ай бұрын

I love this place!

@RayOutThere 10 ай бұрын

Very cool place looks like a lot of fun. Reminds me of a lager H-mart.

@troydavis705 2 ай бұрын

I live a few miles away. I have never been there but every time I drive by the parking lot is packed.

@millcity9711 10 ай бұрын

The entire second level is a reskinned leftover of Gander Mountain.

@alexbostic6529 4 ай бұрын

THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO TO THE OLD DAYTONS BUILDING DT MPLS... THIS WOULD BE GREAT IN THE CITY... WOULD BRING PEOPLE BACK DT!!!

@karelhynekmacha6294 3 ай бұрын

Maybe they could do an indoor-outdoor dozens of small food stalls & restaurants set-up, maybe spilling out onto Nicollet Mall (the no-cars street, not a shopping center). I'm thinking Les Halles in Paris or one of the hundreds of years old enclosed Spice Markets in Istanbul or Svetozor Pasáž in Prague.

@egyptsflame8368 2 ай бұрын

OMG I remember shopping there when I was 16! That would be a perfect spot!

@arthurhu2290 2 ай бұрын

did he mention the unifying asian theme?

@arthurhu2290 2 ай бұрын

might be the largest asian mall in minnesota, there is no chinatown or asian district in the twin cities

@BookofJob3XVII 3 ай бұрын

Don't waste your time here. I been there, 1ST floor is just a standard grocery store, 2nd floor is mainly mini food vender. Hmong village is better.

@YodelingLoonRetail 3 ай бұрын

I went to Hmong Village on Friday and loved it. I think it’s better, but I’m still happy places like Asia Mall are opening in the Twin Cities.

@karelhynekmacha6294 3 ай бұрын

I'm also glad a dead Gander Mtn big box store turned into a living mall of several smaller stores. Also, Hmong Village is my favorite mall! They made all those small shops in there from a former public elementary school. And, unlike the products & culture from Japan/Korea/maybe a little China in Asia Mall of Eden Prairie (and the multiple anime stores in Mall of America & other mainstream malls), Hmong Village tells the unique history of Hmong Americans in their Fresh Produce Hall wall murals of Long Cheng Secret Base in Laos and the Hall of Heroes' Portraits at the maze-like edge of Hmong Village. The "Old Mall" -- Hmongtown Market in St. Paul -- is not so nice, particularly the parts exposed to winter's fury, but it is cool for comparison and it does have Hmong Arts Books & Crafts (Hmong ABC) store, which is a long-standing community treasure. You should do a comparison video of Hmong Village & Hmongtown Market -- "a Tale of Two Malls". You could interview Brandon Vang, a really cool guy & one of the founders of Hmong Village, as well as Yuepheng Xiong, author of a popular Hmong-English Dictionary and co-owner of Hmong ABC with his nice wife, Shoua.

@CarsonSasser 2 ай бұрын

I went here to hot pot

@arthurhu2290 2 ай бұрын

was there for chinese new years

@thom1218 2 ай бұрын

These are all over the place... they're called Walmarts... or Target.. or almost every other place - have you looked at a made-in sticker in the last four decades?

@vsgfilmgroup 4 ай бұрын

This is DISTURBING. This used to be just ONE STORE by itself. And now it's like a dozen. That one store used to do business enough by itself to stay open. Now it needs to have its own food court to keep the lights on.