In-depth Tour of Starcourt Mall || Stranger Things Season 3

I hope you enjoy this tour of the Starcourt Mall seen in Stranger Things Season 3! Also apparently we were not suppose to film there... oh well. I snuck around the security to get these shots ;)
Past Stranger Things video: • ✯ Stranger Things Film...
The songs used in the video!
So Right (80s Aerobics Mix) - VANTAGE//
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Magic - Desired
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[@kaylaa_maria]

Sorry for how I was constantly changing the camera from landscape to portrait! I was only allowed a certain amount of time in the area and I wanted to enjoy the moment and also record and take pictures, which is never a good mix! Overall, I hope the video gives a good in-depth tour of the Starcourt Mall in Stranger things season 3!

[@Lowdave]

I cant believe this is all gone now :c

[@ivr1452]

Honestly they should have left it all in the 80s as the mall hasn’t been very busy for years now so if they kept it like that they probably would have gained there publicity tell me what you think!

[@HaroldWasTaken]

Actually that was the plan after filming they kept the 80s set so tourist could come see but sadly it brought a bit of bad energy as in people were starting to go and Vandalize the set and stuff so sadly they had to remove the set entirely…Really is a shame I didn’t start watching Stranger Things till 2019 when season 3 came out because of starcourt mall wish I could have seen the set in person.

[@Mall_Corner]

Poor Gwinnett Place Mall

[@ryansdailymemes5972]

Well I really wish that too but since some of the companies like JCPenny, Burger King, The Gap, Etc. still exist and they do not own the stores there, they could probably sue them and they would get in a bit of trouble. Even if they some how got the permission, there would be vandalized things all around and the mall just wouldn't attract enough publicity to keep up with rent. I went a few weeks ago and honestly only like 2 cars showed up about each hour. The megamart might keep the mall up and running too but its still hard to tell honestly.

[@INFP-Turd]

@@HaroldWasTaken same. I saw seasons 1-3 in quarantine and it was a magical moment when I saw the mall for the first time. Ah memories

[@macintozh1986]

when you showed the trailer of steve saying ahoy it matched the lyric of so right

[@kaylaa_maria]

hahaha that's awesome! I didn't even notice!

[@crazymexicangamer8947]

The fact that the people who worked on building the set had to over come the fact that a real murder happened behind that subway in the food court. Imagining that a dead decomposing female body was found back there just months before filming is so freaking erie to me.

[@damonclark218]

LUCKY!!! when I tried to go there there where black wood barriers blocking any way in😞

[@jeremyyyy95]

I always find myself coming back to watch this video! Lol love it so much. I myself got to see the set in person, on the last day the mall was open to the public. Almost 90% of everything was stripped from set, but it was still so surreal nonetheless.

[@grainofsalt4934]

That first song you used fits the era perfectly! Well done

[@robonlocation]

This is really cool. I'm a bit shocked that they let you in to film. Security was super strict when I was visiting. I'd love to know if that area is open now, since they've taken away all the sets.

[@wisteela]

Awesome! I love it.

[@chuckrex5664]

I wish i would have watched it from the start when it first came out but i didn't start watching it till 2022 but i really love Stranger Things

[@ritakushwaha7306]

The car is sitting there like bruh

[@EPiche09]

Must have been insane to walk in there for someone in their 50s

[@isaackahn5379]

Must've been a fun experience, wish I could go and see! Did you manage to snag anything off the set? :P

[@kaylaa_maria]

Yes I did! I took some chopsticks from Imperial Panda Chinese Restaurant and a coke cup from another fast food restaurant!

[@isaackahn5379]

@@kaylaa_maria Sounds awesome, you're so lucky you were able to get those haha. Any chance you're able to share pics of them? Would love to see!

[@kaylaa_maria]

Oh! what I got from set is not interesting enough to show anyone 😂 but if you want, you can go back to the last episode to see the coke cup! I got the coke cup from the Great American Cookie set. You can see them in the show once the Scoop Troop is saved by Eleven and stands up from behind the Counter!

[@isaackahn5379]

@@kaylaa_maria That's pretty cool! I read somewhere the stores that had either very little screen time or no screen time at all were still fully stocked and dressed up to match a real working store. They clearly didn't fall short on that haha. If I may ask, would you be open to offers for the chopsticks? Would be willing to pay a considerable amount for it!

[@hellfire8605]

Isaac Kahn nice

[@stphinkle]

Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth Georgia,. “Starcourt Mall is actually a set in the dead Gwinnett Place Mall owned by Moonbeam Capital Investments, a company known for buying failing malls and running them into the ground. .

[@robertmiller2104]

Exactly what they did mall closed recently for good Moonbeam kiss of death for a mall if they take over

[@stphinkle]

@@robertmiller2104 They ran Shoppingtown Mall (NY) and Century III Mall (PA) into the ground too. Century III is being demolished now.

[@nicholasd808]

Woah that’s so cool. Is there any reason why the decorations are still up even tho they finished filming awhile ago? What did you say to security to get in 😂 I wish I could go that looks amazing. Is everything still there even in July?

[@kaylaa_maria]

I was curious as to why the decorations were still up as well! I filmed this video July 5th so the decorations were up then, but I recently went back on July 20th and the only thing left is scoops ahoy! I heard they finished filming in December so I don't know why they waited until July to take everything down! I guess this is one of the greatest stranger things mysteries lol

[@kaylaa_maria]

I'm not sure, hopefully soon though!

[@shealeypape6029]

I just visited yesterday. Almost all of the stores from the show have been removed. There was a big black border. I was able to skip through the border. There was no security. Even though the stores were gone, it was amazing to visit

[@fireschoolbus]

I’m the 100th subscriber

[@gangsterbro3406]

Great, now show us the futuristic facility.

[@WillCMay]

Very cool. It should have been the Walton family, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates (or characters that are obvious metaphors) running the operation of keeping the gate for the monster that destroyed the mall (their biggest compeditor) open though in terms of plot. The first 2 seasons hint in that direction. I like Starcourt Mall but the Russian plotline kinda comes out of no where.

[@pineapple.vr2226]

I would like to see if you can go into the scoop’s ahoy vent where the Russian place was

[@ryanjohnson3548]

How did you get access to go to this part of the mall??

[@kaylaa_maria]

We had to negotiate with the security guarding the area

[@aquiegaloucura]

@@kaylaa_maria I've seen clips of some people sneaking in, if you only negotiated it seems easy to get in

[@hellfire8605]

How did you get back their

[@selina3733]

Was the whole mall 80s themed ?

[@grantt6641]

The only thing I want to see is how the skylight properly looks but I just keep on getting disappointed but loved the rest of the video the grain messes me up too btw so...

[@kaylaa_maria]

Hey! Thanks for the feedback! I'll make sure to use less grain next time. I'm away at college now but I live fairly close to this mall so when I can go back home, I can go back to the mall and make an updated video of what it looks like now that the set is gone and film the skylight.

[@grantt6641]

KaylaAzalea thank you and sorry if I did sound a bit like I was pushy I r a complete bitch lol but I’ve been working on a sculpture of it in full detail of outside and inside and I posted a video of a creation on Minecraft also but that’s not important

[@shreklowski]

Do you still have stores?

[@kaylaa_maria]

Unfortunately no, the only store left is Scoops Ahoy!

[@mazamette]

is The mall 80s look very real?

[@bergytc24]

Fact that dead mall isn't closed despite business-destroying pandemic leads me to believe they got plans with the place and someone like Netflix could be paying them a lot of money!! Wouldn't a ST-attraction be dope there in the future millennials like myself can discover 80's mall culture!

[@nycgigi1]

they destroyed everything except the stores is this gwinnet or starcourt

[@yaboijush8367]

destroyed just for a tv show.... disappointing......millennials these days,destroying a beautiful place just for entertainment.......😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#saynotostrangerthings

[@damonclark218]

Marine Laptop, it was a dead mall anyway, Netflix bought the space, its theirs to destroy!

[@robonlocation]

The mall was dead long before Stranger Things filmed there. In fact, they money they paid to rent that area was probably more than the mall has made in a long time.

[@notuptome]

they did not destroy it everything you saw destroyed from the show is all Prop pieces nothing real of the actual mall .

[@goofy_mf45]

lmao