DEAD MALL - Uptown Scottsbluff (Monument Mall) - Scottsbluff Nebraska | ERA_Productions

Hello everyone, welcome to Uptown Scottsbluff Mall in Scottsbluff Nebraska! Originally opening as the Monument Mall in 1986, this property would be the only mall in a 100 mile radius, and we have a successful start serving the western Nebraska region. Original anchors would consist of Walmart, JCPenney, and Herberger's. The interior would have enough space for up to 40 in-line tenants, and would even receive a movie theater in 1996. The start of the mall would be pretty successful, until 2002 when Walmart relocated to a supercenter a few miles away, and left their space at Monument Mall vacant for a decade. This would cause the mall to struggle, and things would not get any better when JCPenney closed in 2012. However, the Walmart space would eventually get filled in with a Dunham sports, hobby lobby, and a dollar tree. 2014 would see Rockstep Capital based out of Texas takeover for management. They would try to fill in a lot of the empty store, friends with local tenants, however, it wouldn’t be enough. 2018 would see Herberger's close as Bon Ton stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy and closed all locations. By 2020, the mall would be renamed to Uptown Scottsbluff, and they would try to focus on more community oriented things. Today, the mall does not stand with much left inside. Let’s take a walk through this gem of the 80s!
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[@ERA_Productions]

What are your thoughts on Uptown Scottsbluff, and what do you think it’s future holds?

[@cardphins68]

This is a Zombie Mall, lol. The only real question is how long before it is shuttered?

[@FaithiinJesus]

Grew up on a farm not far away. Remember seeing a sign go up in the field announcing "Coming Soon Monument Mall." Of course, the first few years were amazing. Could tell you many stories, including losing our young son in a very busy Walmart store. Left the area in 1996. Been back a few time, seeing the place with fewer and fewer stores knowing it would probably not last. Thanks for the memories!

[@ThresholdDreamer111]

Sweet looking vintage mall with a lot of charm! Excellent work covering it. This is what it's all about, getting out to places nobody else has covered before.

[@ERA_Productions]

Thank you very much! I’m glad I was able to get coverage of this mall. It was on my radar for a couple years and I’m shocked no one else has filmed it before me.

[@freerbt4839]

So sad to see it empty... it will be gone soon like the others ones 😥

[@ZeeMann_Retail]

Dude, that SMOOTH JAZZ in the intro! That alone set the tone! Great video overall, as always! This looks like a nice place!

[@ERA_Productions]

I know, right? Anyway, thank you man! It was a really nice mall!

[@Six-Winged]

Scottsbluff is awesome ❤

[@cuddlesthetiger-mallsnmore]

This mall is the very definition of "hidden gem". Awesome video!

[@ERA_Productions]

Fr man! It’s been on my radar for a couple years, and I’m shocked, and no one else came out here just to film the mall. It was absolutely worth the drive out here for me. Thank you!

[@slightlymadmom6532]

When I was a kid, there was a Wal-Mart attached to the mall. People would walk the mall while waiting on photos and such. When Wal-Mart moved to a new building is when the mall died. Some followed Wal-Mart and built next to them. I remember the mall being crazy busy until then.

[@RayOutThere]

What a gem! Those plants!!!!

[@ERA_Productions]

For real! This place was awesome!

[@soapmanforu]

I live two blocks from this mall. They have just done major work and put in a T J Max. Not giving up. Nice video. I remember when it was thriving...

[@ERA_Productions]

Glad to hear about new life coming to the mall!

[@Optopolis]

That Subway though. I see you went in by the theatre. In the video clip I never yet released, I went in through the entry by Dunhams. Looks about equally as full as in my visit, just with a few different stores now than then. It's weird as heck to me that Sears Hometown had a store here, moved out, then moved back into the mall. Lol in my visit, the Dunhams sign kept turning on and off. You'd come back 10 or 15 minutes later and the sign would be back on or back off.... and I didn't notice before that the m and a were combined like that. Fun fact, the Uptown Scottsbluff website encourages mall walking.

[@ERA_Productions]

Did not know that Sears’s Hometown actually came back for a time. That’s really interesting. It’s nice to see a mall that actually encourages mall walking!

[@Optopolis]

Ah yeah this is what I've been waiting for.

[@ERA_Productions]

Glad you enjoyed it man!

[@Optopolis]

@@ERA_Productions Looks pretty dang good overall. Glad to see it in more recent times. Maybe the current owner can one day get life back into it.

[@samtron5000]

My hometown. I grew up in this mall. It was dead back then too lol

[@Sinn0820]

I live in this area and I can confirm this is how the mall is 24/7

[@mallaholicretailadventures]

I love these small town malls but unfortunately they are going by the wayside because a lot of small cities have suffered job loss in the past and have never recovered. And plus surrounding development as well. These type of malls have a charm to them that you don't see at Suburban malls

[@BoratWanksta]

Wow, this mall is really beautiful! I'm glad you went well out of your way, to visit this mall. I hope this mall can hang on, and not be demalled.

[@ERA_Productions]

It was absolutely worth the visit!

[@SuperBuickregal]

Nice work!

[@ERA_Productions]

Thank you!

[@LostDepartments]

Adding "Uptown" to the mall's name is so generic. It's like they're saying "Please come here! This is not an indoor mall!"

[@ERA_Productions]

For real. That was probably a terrible choice for the company that owns this place to make. They did it with the Janesville mall as well in Wisconsin.

[@Optopolis]

Just like the shift from calling pedestrian malls what they are, pedestrian malls. Lol. I don't disagree with them that "mall" has some negative connotations to it these days, but that being said, I do find it interesting at the least they chose to do that.

[@Optopolis]

​@@ERA_Productions Side note, and hopefully YT will mention @LostDeparments on this. It turns out they rebranded a whole shlew of malls across the midwest with the Uptown branding. So you'll have Uptown [insertname] for the name of many malls now.

[@ERA_Productions]

@@Optopolis I noticed that. My buddy @EvansExplores covered the Uptown Virginia mall and Uptown Willmar Mall in Minnesota, which went through the same thing.

[@MrBaskins2010]

spooky but frozen in time

[@ERA_Productions]

Agreed! This place is so 80s in an awesome way!

[@Se7enmax9]

That’s the obama/biden economy. “All you need is walmart”. The “70’s” Scottsbluff now your talkin. On broadway you had A&W drive-in, Ben Franklin, Bluffs theater, Godfathers pizza, JCPenney, LB. Murphy company, the Midwest theater, Woolworth’s and many many others.