Dead Mall: Lebanon Valley Mall - Lebanon, PA

[@wendycreswell5554]

I was told that Boscov’s won’t let some people rent out spaces and won’t let people renew there lease. That’s why the mall is so empty.

[@Oz_Darkr1d3r]

I'm from the area. This mall gave so many amazing memories for me. Christmas in the 90's at LVM was just EPIC. I bought my first CD and video game here. It was more than a kid could ever dream of. It's sad to see it like this today. I personally witnessed the slow decline to the way it is today and it's sad because there's plenty of 30+ year olds that have so many fond memories of this place. This place was full of people each weekend it was the spot to hangout! Now I just go only for the Mancino's pizza at the end of the mall and walk around thinking of memories.

[@RayOutThere]

Such a cool little mall. Everything is so retro inside

[@gregkeener911]

I used to work in this Boscovs when I was in high school, ( in the late 90’s). I’ve been in that mall maybe twice since. It used to be packed all the time.

[@toska3528]

I remember back in the early 00's, this place used to be poppin', unfortunately, in the 2010's, social media kinda killed it.

[@NotHere2SellCookies]

I still remember when this mall had a KB Toys and EB Games. It was much more active back then, like 20 years ago. Over time this place really went down hill and now it just feels awkward to be in with how empty it is.

[@anotherdejavu]

As a cub scout in the 70s i had the honor of walking in the main fountain to retreive the many coins thrown by customers. There were also 4 small fountains with a hot air balloon above each that would rise and fall in that large section by bath and body works.

[@viledeacon9995]

walking around the Boscov's staring at the ceiling. if you know you know.

[@Abstoryy]

I live in Lebanon, Pa, and I go to this mall ALL THE TIME! This mall is so dead inside, but its really cool to walk around and see the kind of retro style in it. My family and friends and I still visit this mall frequently! There are some new stores opening inside of it, like a dog grooming shop, a photo booth thing, and some other stores that are still alive! I honestly still love going there! 🥰

[@asmrskyewrld4672]

I do too. I do the same

[@Transcaping]

This mall is just like me, Dead Inside

[@Abstoryy]

@@Transcaping lmaoo 😭😭

[@NotCoraJane]

yes i go here ALL the time and it is pretty dead inside there isnt alot in there i do love the movie theder!

[@Abstoryy]

@@NotCoraJane me too! :)

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

Good vid! Thanks for posting!

[@K-dk9jw]

I used to live 5 minutes from this mall! This mall was the place to hang out on the weekends in middle school. So many good memories here, I even had my first date ever at the movie theater attached to it. There used to be a bookstore there near the Bath & Body Works, the people that worked there were so passionate and basically got me into reading literature at a young age. It’s so sad to see everything in it vanish. I think it will probably get demolished or converted at this point considering 80% of it is empty.

[@dublxml]

Now that the game Traders club got moved here it’s been so good, half of the people going there are going just for that store

[@SPRPhilly]

As an 80's mallrat, I like this mall, which is good because I live about a mile from it. Totally a slice of what was. Also, it's cool to follow some parts of the script on Wikipedia.

[@Pyromanian]

I live very close to this mall. This place used to be bustling with people and had a bunch of incredible stores. I would always visit the GameStop while my brother and dad would go to the sports store (I forgot the name lol) it all collapsed in 2020. Everything closed and now I see people going only to mancinos and the multiple barber shops. Fun fact, I was the first baby to go into 5 stone kids! Look it up, there was a news paper about 😂 (Callender Smyth is the name on that paper. Das me.)

[@mentallymaddie7308]

Wait seriously?? That’s so cool!! My mom actually used to own five stone kids she was the original creator! (Susan Barnhart 😊) I spent my whole childhood there while it was being built haha, such a small world

[@gregkeener911]

That “ abandoned “ Golden Corral you mentioned was alway packed! I mean alway!!! I don’t know why that closed.

[@gabriellehetrick4943]

definitely because of covid

[@Brando-wc8fz]

Maybe because the town is trash and died years ago?

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

*Announcement!* If you have not heard yet, I will now be uploading videos throughout the week! Wednesday and Saturday videos will remain consistent, but on other days, there will be a random upload! So now, expect a video from me not only on Wednesday and Saturday, but now throughout the week! Saturday videos most likely will always be a mall, with Wednesday and other days throughout the week, just being an abandoned restaurant or store! This will only be temporary at times I have a backlog video list, like in this case.

[@clarkkent1975]

Come back to this mall. Since this video, many more stores have come in. Included a theater for plays and a very popular local video game store.

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

@@clarkkent1975 I know I go here a lot.

[@syfy88man]

WOW thanks for showing off this mall, I live down the street from this Mall, but, sadly, it has been a dead place but on Holidays, like Christmas time, you will see people there but any other time of the year, it is not an active place these days.

[@Ruby2P]

I've taken trips to PA from time to time, and gone to this multiple times. It was amazing when I was a kid, having that one place with the sugar pretzels. Now, all it really has is Boscobs, the fountain, and you can see fireworks during 4th of July. I heard that the reason why is because of some conservitive group buting the mall, and getting rid of this shit.

[@chaotictattoo]

Hey I live like 5 mins from This mall They did a great job at driving people out with the high rent costs and next to no stores.

[@nicoleprentice5132]

I have recently went to the mall and went to the game store there it was so cool but it is sad seeing the dead the theater is dead the only thing that i reameber was the play place but even that was dead

[@hotd34me1991]

Believe it or not, this place used to have their business booming. I remember when Babages was there, the original game store. Then eb games, then gamestop, then that closed down. I can't believe that mall is still open. It doesn't have any good stores anymore.

[@michelem189]

Transplanted resident of Lebanon, PA. I've been to this mall ONCE. It's really depressing to see all that wasted space. Personally, I'd put in a BOWLING CENTER. You could easily fit 50 lanes. And if the owners make it AFFORDABLE, family friendly, and especially LEAGUE friendly, it'll thrive. Add a game room for the kiddos, if you must, and be sure to have a fully functional pro shop. Keep the lanes, pinsetters, and other equipment clean and in good working condition, and it will encourage leagues -- *the bread and butter of bowling centers* -- to form and stick around season to season, not to mention organize tournaments and other fun events. Throw in a snack bar and maybe even a lounge with some pool tables and dart boards, and have some leagues, tournaments, and other special events in there to add to the revenue. Bowling is a sport for young and old alike, and a sport that can be enjoyed whether it's snowing out or in the middle of a record heat wave, rain or shine. It gets neighbors, family, and friends socializing FACE-to-FACE, having fun and laughs TOGETHER, instead of just face-timing, texting, and gaming alone, staring at a screen on an electronic device. This town is essentially on life support. I really believe bowling would bring it back to life.

[@Kristanni20X6]

Fun fact, it DID have an small arcade (no, not talking about the one in the theater) at one point. They even had a DDR machine which I enjoyed playing on. Hell, even one of the people working there saw that I was good at it, they gave me a free play and showed me an ad for a DDR tournament (sadly I never went to it)

[@Trixstoytrove]

this mall is in my back yard and have been going here all my life to visit eb games and kb toys as a kid. lots of happy memories with my family in there. sad how dead it is now of days, i still go in time to time just for the memories. The kid in me game store will always be my favorite store from that mall

[@JeepFamilyLife1990]

Great video Jeremy keep up the great work

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

Thanks, will do!

[@asmrskyewrld4672]

Bruh. I live. In this town this mall hasn't been what it used to be

[@victoriaeugenianewton7130]

I always shop at Boscov's to support them and I believe this mall could do well again with a few risk takers and some clever marketing. It used to be packed. There are enough people in small town America who prefer to shop in person rather than on Amazon. Just a few cool stores could start a chain reaction. And the new Starbucks outside will help. They should get a few places the teens would like to drive some traffic. Kids still like going to malls!

[@antoniocruz5596]

They have a great pizza place there!

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

The logo in the trash cans was awesome!😂

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

I agree!

[@leejtam0914]

you are getting great at your narration

[@Digimonchamp1]

thank you for doing the mall i used to visit justice, i've been to the mall many time in my life and i miss bak when it was lively, it used to have a fye, a gamestop, and a dairy queen, the fye was next to the bath and body works, and the gamestop was next to the slop/stairs to the left going towards the fountain, also the fountain was turned off before for 2 years, im not sure when or why tho they also had a subway around the first entrence you entered that shutdown either in 2021 or 2022

[@anadthebarbarian]

The Lebanon Plaza Mall across town was better. Man, take me back...

[@gryphon8549]

As a local resident of Lebanon I can say there was more stores than now

[@bonniebunz]

it really does suck seeing such a once very lively mall die out

[@Kristanni20X6]

From Lebanon myself and I can't agree more. This place seriously isn't even worth going to (except for the theater). I pretty much said "fuck this" when the FYE at this location closed. Well, there was Gamestop but even before it closed this location, it was a complete joke, them considering themselves "essential" and shit. Want to go to a GOOD mall in PA? Try Park City in Lancaster County. Just to list a few stores, there's a Boscov, FYE, Spencers, BAM, Slime Time (A place to make slime), and Round One (Huge Japanese arcade with restaurant, bowling, karaoke, and play area for children).

[@gryphon8549]

@@Kristanni20X6 the was a game stop there but when game stop was doing bad it was replaced by a phone repair place

[@Kristanni20X6]

@@gryphon8549 Pretty much. No tears are shed on my end though.

[@mvlachi]

This gives off colonial park mall vibes. You should take a short commute and document it

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

Already did.

[@callmehmargo]

i live so close to this mall i used to love going

[@coreycoyle9548]

I Love the Fountains!!!!! F+L, Corey

[@JeepFamilyLife1990]

Is it true that they are going to be adding a new food court and new stores at this mall I've heard that they supposed to be doing all kinds of new things to this mall in the future

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

No that is not true.

[@frotobaggins7169]

I feel like that mall has been dead for decades.

[@thezerotopnotch8563]

It has certainly been dead for years at least last time I was there 6 months ago and I only saw 3 people other than me it was quite sad honestly.

[@frotobaggins7169]

@@thezerotopnotch8563 yeah, it seems that after Horn&Horn left, it was all over. I haven't been in there in at least 15 years. Then when Sears and JC Pennys left it was as if everyone forgot the mall was even there.

[@thezerotopnotch8563]

@@frotobaggins7169 it pretty much kicked the bucket after GameStop and fye left. The only thing that's left there is bath and body works

[@kathleen3699]

ALL these Malls are shot now. Can't even afford to keep the lights on.

[@user-iamRobinV68]

Love malls. Sad their vanishing. Great explore! 😊😊😊

[@TuNnL]

Whenever I see a mall with vending machines, I think, "this mall is probably going to close soon." A good mall will have Starbucks, Jamba Juice, a food court and an arcade/kiddie ride place. All the places vending machines are designed to replace for a lower operating cost. But at least this mall seems to be hanging on for a bit longer. Maybe they can keep converting the mall into other uses like that church. But yeah, brick-and-mortar retail is on a downward trend. It will get harder, not easier, to find new tenants as businesses realize that paying a landlord rent and store employees a paycheck is an extra expense they don't have if they just sell everything on Amazon, instead. 🤷

[@WhittyPics]

Old style Bath & Body Works

[@mark_kulakov]

I’ve lived in Lebanon and have went to this mall for almost 18 years. Only a couple months ago I realized this mall had a movie theater 😂

[@gianpolignano2632]

Can Lebanon Valley be restored to its former glory?

[@Brando-wc8fz]

Why?

[@gianpolignano2632]

@@Brando-wc8fz So people have the social experience.

[@relleyorockk]

back in 2010 it was cool ... now people walk around it like a track smh.

[@davinp]

You know a mall is dead when it has a church

[@Kumar-fq9mm]

Al qasimiya....Kuwaiti...Ajman gmc...padminimall....

[@Kumar-fq9mm]

Padmini mall ..

[@gabriellemicheal-w5z]

i go to dance ther

[@johnlebzelter931]

I think they should close it all down because Lebanon is a crappy town and it’s not gonna get any better 😂😂😂

[@beastking55]

THAT MALL IS A BIG JOKE NOW GO BACK TO THE LATE 70S AND EARLY 80S IT WAS ALL THAT AND A BIG BAG OF CHIPS NOT NO MORE