Abandoned Locations Coliseum Mall Hampton, Virginia
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Here is a brief history video on the Coliseum Mall that was stood in Hampton, Virginia from 1973-2007.
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I have so many memories between that mall and Newmarket Fair.
Now I'm about 40 miles away, and I have developed the same fondness for Greenbrier Mall, hope that Mall doesn't become a dead Mall.
Coliseum Mall in the 90's and early 2k?!
Shiiiid that was the spot. One side of the mall had established stores while the food court side had fashion shows, dance competitions and music that kept up with the times. With black owned stores, art, clothing. Had to stop and get a flavored chew stick! No question. The smell of Cinnabon while getting a free Chick fil A sample. Mane, you don't know the half. Traffic was bad though and you could definitely catch a beat down in a wing or sub-wing of the Mall. SEEN PLENTY...
I left hampton in 93, I have fond memories of that mall. You couldn't keep me from timeout arcade.
The arcade and the food court were my favorites lol
I was born in Hampton in 1993 lol :)
I didn't realize, that Timeout was there for that long.
I went there in 2000-2001, to play Marvel Vs Capcom 2.
@@BrianAwesome 😎🍺 I remember me and my friends used to burn up quarters playing street fighter and MK when they first came to the arcade against grown folks. man that was fun times!
Peninsula Towne Ctr has done nothing. Just empty and rebought for pennies on the dollar. Should have kept the CM
I live in Hampton I remember going here when I was a kid. We all used to play hooky in highschool and go here. I still remember when they tore it down.
The last piece of Coliseum Mall that was torn down was the Thalhimer's/Hecht's/Macy's, which came down after it was shuttered in the mid 2010s large-scale Macy's closures.
Peninsula Town Center is a sprawling complex with an intent to bring upscale shopping to that part of Hampton. It opened right around the time I graduated from CNU.
Oh yeah I remember that.
Do you guys remember pine chapel village that used to be in back of walmart in hampton they closed in 97 or when they had that flyover over by colisuem mall?
It kinda failed at being upscale.
And now there is a new hotel and Skyzone trampoline park.
Born and raised in hampton i was always at the mall. It really hurt to see it go.
Wow, I am so familiar, and I definitely miss that place.
Numerous memories, I once had a job there at a men's clothier.
I really enjoyed the video. I have fond memories of this place. I never knew it opened in two stages, I remember it in the 80s as a teen, and somewhat in the 70s from trips with my family. Rice's Nachman's, Smith and Welton, and, of course, our most beloved Thalhimers are forever imprinted in my mind. I'm a generation X lost soul. I remember the brown and amber floor tiles. It feels tragic thinking about the demolishion of the original structure. What a waste. An environmental catastrophe. I'm rambling, but the 80s Coliseum Mall was a cool place to be. Does anybody else remember Merry go Round or DJ's? I loved 80s clothes : )
No rambling I did say at the end of the video to share your experiences 😋 . But seriously I'm glad you enjoyed it
I spent much of the 80s there too. Always wanted to put bubble solution in the water fountain 😂
@@ProfessionalDad The big fountain in the JCPenney court near Waldenbooks? I That would have been a cool move! Thanks for the reply!
YES!!!!! What about SPENCERS!!!
I live in hampton...and have no idea about this lol
My whole childhood in one place.
I grew up in Hampton so that was my mall. My mom and grandma were always in Hecht's.
Does anyone remember the flyover by the mall? You could use it to shortcut onto Coliseum Dr? Man, that thing was scary as a kid, i swore I'd never drive it. Then they tore it down, it still looks empty to me.
Sometime in the 80's or early 90's, a motorcyclist drove off it and was killed. Unfortunately, I don't recall exactly when. From what I remember, that structure, very few used, was also the primarily cause of traffic woes. It is a shame, however, Google Maps couldn't had captured the flyover and mall before demolition. Oh, well.
I grew up nearby, and remember trips to Colliseum Mall around 1976
I was stationed a Langley AFB from 1978 to 1982. I went to the Coliseum Mall often.
It really amazes me that a dominant name like Coliseum can fall to the wayside
It really is a very unique name.
Dominant *
Haven't been thru there in 10 years or so. Last time that whole area was looking like hell. Seen a many great concerts at that place tho,
Great video 👍🏼
Thank you!
Don't ever recall Coliseum Mall as "dead" or "abandoned" or necessarily "unsafe." I always understood it as the mall was "aging" and Hampton wanted to emulate Newport News' Oyster Point and the small towne center feel. Compared to Newmarket North, which had been dead since the early 90's, Coliseum was older and doing relatively well, at least from this shopper's viewpoint.
Patrick Henry is indeed going strong. I used to live by there. Coliseum was a problem for Hampton for quite a while.
Because of the traffic?
@@ThePodCastDojo For the most part, especially if the actual Coliseum (across the street from the mall) had an event. Phish is quite fond of the venue.
Circa 1993
Coliseum Mall was bang'n with Karl Kani n Timbalands...
The G Thing was real back then n Beeper shops were everwhere...
...Rump Shaker, Tag Team,
Whoop, n I95 was set'n the pace.
Beanie Baby were born.
@ᴡ ᴍᵉᵉᵏⁱⁿˢ dunno about cool but tht was what was bang'n back n the day... Thts all!
Yes indeed ... Best days ever!
I was in there during its dying days with Burlington, JC Penney and Macy's as the anchors before it got torn down in 2007. It was very hollow during my final trip in 2006. Months after the demo, I started working at outback steakhouse for nearly two years nearby. I make a fair amount of trips to Peninsula Town Center since that opened in 2010. Before the area was in decline aside from Target and Walmart (and that's THE ghetto Walmart in the area) for sometime. When I moved to Newport News in 2000, I would sometimes get to Coliseum mall and this is shortly before some chains went under or simply bounced.
Sonic Thrillington yes i lived in hampton all my life do you guys remember pine chapel village? they were torn down in 1997 but it used to be in back of walmart and on the side of hampton colisuem where all those new condos are and i miss those hampton colisuem days the buses used to turn inside of the mall on the side of montgomery wards or hects and your right abput hampton walmart that is a ghetto rachet walmart full of cukoo crazy people
Bruh, I thought the Coliseum Mall closed in 2005..
My last trip (s) was in an Fye that year, when I bought Uncut tapes
To Dbz History of Trunks, and the Last Kid Buu & Super 17 tapes.
Now I wish I had taken advantage of other store sales.
Maybe Spencers and Hot Topic had some fire sales, on Shirts, Bookbags, Wallets, Key Lanyards, etc .
At least we still have Patrick Henry Mall 😔
I got my G.I Joe battle wagon from children's palace ( you said childrens place in vid)....... Had my first date with Tiffany Johnson Christmas of 97...my first tounge kiss that night sitting at a table at the food court...... brought my first Super soaker from Spencers in 92.... my first Tommy Hilfiger shirt from PROFITS.....before it was dillards and then on to become Macy's.....Hanging out at the Arcade when Mortal kombat first dropped, everyone fighting to get next so that they can pull of a fatality in front of a crowd of mesmerized people who'd never seen a game like that....the 90s Coliseum Mall!!!! And oh yeah, "the sneaker shit"...... peeking down at someone's feet to see who had on the latest 100 dollar sneakers....
I use to live Hampton and alot of memories and the mall and coliseum things changed
I remember when last moments of coliseum mall I was in middle I went to Eaton (the middle school around the corner from the mall) and walked there everyday after school they started to tear down the mall when I was 6th grade and it was completely gone by my freshman year of High school… Coliseum mall was known to be the “black mall” and Patrick Henry was the “white mall” it was a little ghetto but not crimes filled as the city claim it was… honestly Hampton biggest mistake was to tear down that mall because peninsula town center was always stupid concept and the city is paying for it nothing ever last in that mall but big stores and it’s more crime filled than coliseum mall
So they should have converted The Patrick Henry Mall instead ? 🤔
@@BrianAwesome they never should of did it period
Too bad. Prefer malls to what replaced it.
I used to shop at that mall don’t remember traffic being that bad from 1996-2002.
Thats a lie they closed this malk just to build ptc what they put in its place is definitely not better than the mall and scene they closed everybody goes to Patrick Henry mall
good info!
Was this a two story mall? Trying to remember it.😮
No. Maybe an anchor store had a 2nd level, but the main mall was 1 level.
Does anyone remember the name of the cookie shop at that mall? They had the Best chocolate chip cookies!
It was called the international Cookie company
I think she's talking about The Original Cookie
BAD NEWS.. I LIVED OFF OF JEFFERSON... IM JUST GLAD THE ABC' STORES ARE OPEN ON SUNDAY... DUCCN HELL
watch out that durian fruit omfg u sure about that?!?? lol
edit: there is a mall untouched by time on the outside in Blacksburg. next time i am down there i will get some Snaps, it may well be 70s on the inside, too. please get on Snapchat, would make it easy for me to get the pics to you. also, i have three huge Richmond stories (Circuit City being the obvious one) which would potentially get your channel more attention if interested.
edit: imma head out lmao!!
I dont use snapchat. Could I give you another social media instead? That would be really awesome
i should have seen it in the description: Twitter.Insta.Face. i can make one of those work.
edit: Snapchat and CZcams are the best of the lot. but yeah, gotta get a MyFace soon...