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We used to go here all the time as a kid as it was the closest mall to us. In one of the center areas was this big quare pit that was a fountain. At some point, they replaced it with a huge toy train set, with different scenery and tunnels, etc. Now it's filled in and is just carpet.

This reminds me of vaporwave mallsoft music background. It’s a perfect atmosphere for it; an abandoned mall.

This is my local mall. It started dying once before, but Kohl's coming in 2012 rejuvenated it for a few years. Sadly, Bon-Ton's 2018 closure seems to have been the turning point where things spiraled downwards and then ownership changed in 2021 to a firm out of Rochester, NY. Really it is just the last 2 years that have been horrible, as it seems the new owner had no intentions of doing anything. I can't help but feel the tenants got tired of nothing happening. The owner allowing JCPenney to shutter their mall doors really cut traffic to the mall itself- which was then hurt even more when Kohl's followed. This in turn led to FYE, claire's, Cindy's Craft CO-OP and Bath & Body Works either closing or opting to relocate. Shoe Dept simply opted to focus on their other existing store instead of operating two different locations. There are major plans for the property in the near future that did recently get approved which entail the demolition of most of the Bon Ton space, adding an apartment complex and adding an entirely new entrance by the arcade. But we'll have to see if any of that actually happens.

CZcams.. how do you know where I live 😭

Good call on minimal voiceover as this was a good video for our own memories of malls like this…and the music choices were a nice change from the music a lot of us keep using over and over.

That hidden corner hall entrance near JCP with the orange MALL sign outside is classic old school mall style! 🎉

The arcade looks really nice and clean! I’m not big on the redemption games, but that’s how any of these arcades make money today.

All the old signage outside is amazing!

Great video! Its gonna be a sad day when this one inevitably closes.

I have always loved this building. It’s so nice inside. I never knew all of the history. Just wondered why it was so beautiful for a lil mall. Thank You!

Sunrise Mall used to be the SPOT! The only place that still had an Orange Julius since Florin Mall closed down. Sad how it is a shell of its former self.

Damn that “mall” is wild. It really is a secret. I never knew about it.

I’ve lived in the Sac region for almost 20 years and never visited the Sunrise Mall. I’ve driven past it plenty of times, but never shopped there. The Roseville Galleria probably helped put a nail in the coffin of this old mall, similar to the outdoor mall in Sac that died and was remodeled.

The failing of malls and, like wise, many retailers in general is a product of technology and our own laziness. Ever since the rise of Amazon and more efficient home delivery, it basically discouraged people from stepping outside their homes and shopping at a store or mall. Why go out when you can turn on your phone or computer and order whatever you need or want and have it delivered the next day or even sometimes the same day. We as a society and own laziness destroyed these retail locations.

Parking was all the way to the other side of the lot near Sunrise Rollerskating rink during sales or weekends.

They had Liberty House there in 70’s. Weinstocks too.

I saw Return of the Jedi at that theater 😂

I grew up going to Sunrise Mall. Makes me sad to see it in decline. In the 80’s it was poppin

I live in the area and it’s crazy to just have this video pop up

There was/is a skating rink right behind this place that was THE place to meet girls! Everyone know someone from the apartments behind it so there was always a party afterwards.

Does anyone remember what the chocolate shop was that had the black paint with the astrology designs on the walls in white? Don't know if I'm even remembering it correctly but that place made an impression on me as a kid. Also always missed the old design when Taco bell was by the front entrance across from the hot topic and gamestop. Used to get taco bell and then skate through the mall over to zumiez and play their xbox haha.

I was a manager at a couple of stores in that mall one of which was Taco Bell and the other was Suncoast Motion Picture Company which was next to the movie theater. I had lots of good times at this mall. It's sad to see it fall apart like it has.

Do you think you could get a video on Akron Center Plaza in Akron OH?

seeing my personal mall in a video is surreal I went here alot as a kid to watch movies in its theatre, parents would shop those stores alot, I took my best friend from washington and his gf here a few months ago and I was saddened to see since covid even more of the mall was closed down, breaks my heart to see my mall a husk

The great news for Sacramentians is we'll always have the good ol' Arden mall to suffice

I've been in Sunrise Mall recently and it's like a ghostown - they really need to just do something else with the entire lot it's on - Target shopping center across the street is pretty busy. I live in Woodland and we have a similar sitaution with the County Fair Mall which is basically vacant with a JC Penny. It's creepy to walk in there by yourself.

Man, I used to be here all the time when I was a kid.

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Every time I drive by I count the cars in the parking lot. Theres so few you can actually count them while driving down sunrise.

I used to work there at Hot Topic in 2023 and man I’ve never seen a more lifeless mall. There were days where we would just have no body in the store to the point I’d messy the store myself just to clean it up again 💀

Growing up in Rancho Cordova this mall was pretty much a decent amount of my teenhood 1998+ along with the bird cage and toys r us... sad. 😥

This was my goto for last minute Christmas shopping before we went mostly non-Pagan.

Never went there much, might have already been dying off when we'd go there for movies occasionally. I remember one night almost got locked in after dark. Its interesting seeing Malls and the culture around them crumble in the internet age

I spent all of my high school years roaming this exact area with my friends at all hours of the night

YO I LIVE HERE

not even the taco bell or see's candies are there anymore, it's actually crazy

Wow, the algorithm throwing something incredibly relevant to me. Haven't been to the sunrise mall since 2001. I guess Arden Fair will be next

i live surprisingly close to it. its a waste land

It's a shame to see it so empty after 14 years! I remember back in 2011 it was still super busy and a spot for many to go to. I noticed a heavy decline in traffic and stores in the last 5 years

Covid did it in. I live close to it

This was my mall as a kid. Lots of memories of holiday and back to school shopping, visiting friends at work, and teenage mischief here. Sad to see it dying but when you start losing your anchors it’s only a matter of time. It actually looks like they’re keeping it up but it’s just in a death spiral.

First couple times I watched a movie in theaters was here, finding Nemo was my first

Almost 61, Saw All the Right Moves with Tom Cruise in 1983 at UA.

This just popped up in my feed. I drove by Sunrise mall the today and thought to myself....all the cars in the parking lot MUST only be employees. On a friday...a 4pm. "Malls" are an 80\90s thing and i think they're dead. Galleria seems to be going strong enough, for as over priced as it is. I only go there for the massage chairs :D

now today the entire food court is closed down and a third of the stores in this video are gone. no more vans, tillys, sees candy, bath and body works, zumies, and a bunch more. really sad to see what happened to this mall, it’s not gonna be around much longer unfortunately :/

The mistake was they didn't make it a two level mall.

I worked at the Lane Bryant at this mall in the early 00s. It was the best place to be if you were a retail employee. It was never super busy. The good ole days!!

I remember my mom bringing me here when this mall first open. Getting to the mall felt like a trip out of town (we lived in Sacramento) that took forever. Now this mall is just hanging on or closed

I grew up visiting the Antelope Valley mall when I was a kid. It's still thriving, despite losing Sears as an anchor, though the parking on that side is a barren wasteland. I feel like the various strip malls around my hometown deserve a mention, though. There's at least three I can think of with massive lots, but only one real business anyone shops at. Not to say the rest are empty spaces, most are filled with mom and pop shops, school stuff, or churches, but it's not something that'll draw in the crowds, like the grocery stores or restaurants in two of those strip malls. The third is sparsely populated, but I think most of it has been converted for office space, which is a shame. It's a real pretty place with its own distinct character, and I remember there being a bookshop on the second story.

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