Saying Goodbye to Eastfield Mall on Closing Day, July 15, 2023. Springfield, Massachusetts.
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2023
- Join me as I take one last look at the Eastfield Mall in Springfield, Massachusetts on it's very last day before closing forever!
That's right, the Eastfield Mall in Springfield, Massachusetts has closed forever and is soon to be demolished.
Let's take one last look before it's gone!
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It’s a good thing it looks like the Holyoke mall will never die
I love going to the Holyoke mall.
Was just thinking I would be devastated if this happened to the Holyoke Mall. I go there weekly though and it is always SO busy, thankfully!! It would take alot for the Holyoke Mall to die
This was the first mall of my youth. It was such a big deal. We drove 40 minutes to get there when it first opened. I remember being amazed by the fountains and trees INSIDE!
Remember they had parrots?? !!
I use to go quarter hunting in the big fountain for the arcade had to be like 12 never got in trouble for doing it either it was always packed in the 90”s
@@bunnykos9518 I remember them. They took them out when high school kids taught them all to swear.
Will miss this mall greatly, worked Dream Machine and Radio Shack in the mid/late 90s. Was very tough walking out for the last time! I was there Thursday 6/13 and heard kids in the movie theater. Notified the 1 security officer at the desk and he called Spfld PD, who most likely smashed the glass as they had cruisers parked outside the movie theatre with the plywood removed to get in as I was driving around one last time....thanks for the video, I wasn't sure if they were going to have all doors open Saturday for moveout day. RIP Eastfield Mall!
That mall gives me the kind of nostalgia that makes you feel like you’ve been there as a kid but haven’t actually been to that mall. I’ve been to eerily similar looking malls on the north shore of Massachusetts. I’ve also visited the natick mall as a kid.
Just an FYI. Donavan's is not opening at the Holyoke mall. Its a few miles from it. They are taking over a closed restaurant location called Slainte.
Oh ok. I thought I had read that it was going to the Holyoke Mall.
I grew up in this area and went to this mall a lot but strangely wasn't really bothered by its closing. I did find myself thinking of stores that used to be there when watching your video though.
The mall was busy back in the day. It started to die in 2011 when JCPenney close. When Macy’s and Sears closed in 2017 and 2018 respectively, that was the end. The fact that it hung on for 5 more years is a feat.
I always thought it was doomed when McDonald's went out. If can't keep a McDonald's open youre really doing bad
@@eyesofnight There is a McDonalds across the street from the mall. It's still there. I always felt it was redundant.
@@andywolan true. Just like where I live now where there are 2 Dunkin Donuts less than 5 mins from each other
The reason why the arcade game where you got the tickets for putting the quarter in is because the quarter is the object that you “shoot” but you don’t actually shoot it you just have to time it so when you put the quarter in, it falls into the hole at the bottom of the ramp. The first time you put your quarter in you were lucky and it went in the hole
Man, I would’ve tried to stop by on it’s final day if I was aware that it was closing down that day. The Eastfield mall is a nostalgic place for me.
That Rainbow Store looked like it was fully stocked like it was just another day of business for them.
eastfield mall was the mall in my area . i worked maintenance there in the mid 90s while in high school love that place i will miss it for sure spent alot of time there. i feel like a chooch for not going there before it closed . thanks for posting
Oh that is so sad to see the Eastfield Mall dead. Granted, I haven't been there in over 20 years, but wow, so many memories.
This mall used to have a Burger King in the oddest location. About halfway down the mall, the way you came in there would be a very long dark hallway on the left to get to the BK.
What year was that
@@eyesofnight Memories of that go back to the early 80s.
Sad to hear it. I lived a mile down the street from the Fairfield Mall in Chicopee MA. Lost that mall back around 2003 and that was the mall from my childhood. Sad to see another one go. Went to Eastfield Mall a few times a year in the early 2000s.
Thanks for taking this video on the last day . Sad to see it go .
I had a lot of memories from this Mall old & recent. My cousin actually owned a store in the mall & participated in the New Age Wrestling last year.
I spent my childhood at this mall, from my first orange Julius to my first CD purchase in the 80s, there were a lot more water fountains and let’s not forget the Springdale mall across the street
My mother and aunt would bring us there as young children in the late 60's and 70's when it was first opened - very exciting!! I remember getting a prize from the chest at the Flaming Pit restaurant, near the platform that was over water (Santa Claus and Easter Bunny photo location, and i believe where the fountain is in the video), exotic birds cage, Baskin Robin's, Orange Julius, McCrory's(?)department store for toys, Steiger's and Sears, over the years. Thanks for a great walk down memory lane...😊
I remember me back when I was four and my dad took me to a small merry-go-round and I road it and they took me a picture of me. I will miss it so much. It was my childhood.
this mall and The Holyoke mall were my child hood arcade, KB Toys, Marry Go Round, making a wish on the water fountain, cinema.
i'm we still have The Holyoke mall but it's still sad too see this mall close.
I lost a big part of my child hood here 😥
I was there later in the day and got kicked out because they said the mall was already closed. Apparently there was an incident the day before.
This was my first mall until The Mt. Farms Mall was built in Hadley Ma. back in '73 that was next door to me. Only went to the Fairfield Mall once in a while. Bought lots of stuff out of the Sears. Got a chance to visit the mall back in 2021 when they were doing the Covid Vaccine clinic in the old Macy's. It was so sad to see then that I just couldn't bring myself to go back this past July.
Great video. Interesting. They turned off all of the neon on the last day.
Can't tell you how many times since I posted this... comment that I have missed the East field mall . Whenever I'm driving and hour or two to get to the nearest mall . Just disgusting nothing but box stores hear in western Massachusetts
I agree. I can't wait to see what they replace it with. Probably more big box stores...
Thank you, the should take up all that black top, and return it to a green way maybe.
Thanks for the upload !! I was gonna go . But something else came up.
Glad you liked it. Thanks
never forget dream machine
I loved this mall growing up... I worked in the old KBToys as well as the XZone while it was there and hung there and even met long time friends there.
All these malls dying!
MassLive just reported today they started tearing down the old Cinemark movie theater at Eastfield Mall today. If you want to make a video of the demolition I would get down there as soon as you can. It sucks that there was no prior announcement given about when they would start tearing the place down.
I wouldn't expect much on the last day
we would travel down rte 20 from my hometown in Warren to go to what we believed was the greatest mall ever built! Sad to see there going for Online sales VS shopping in person...guess its easier to control
Wow i remember when it opened. A big thing back then!
I have so many memories here from 20 years ago. Crazy to see it dead. My first R rated movie, playing DDR in the original arcade etc…. Feels like a different dimension now
As a kid I remember this place opening. It was the place to go shopping particularly for people living on the east side of Springfield. It was considered very fancy at the time. It’s been dying for years. For the last forty years or so I’ve lived in the north Quabbin area so I didn’t go there often but it would be a couple of times a year. I hadn’t been there since before Covid but even then I decided there wasn’t any reason to ever go back. It’s like seeing part of my childhood die. But then most of the stores I remember from downtown Springfield are also gone.
Awe i used to get my nails done at tranquility once a month for years when i lived there...i hope those ladies have somewhere to go they were the best🥺
Good and bad times there lol we had a crazy brawl in “07” in the movie theater waiting to go see rush hour 3 😂 …. To whom ever if ur out there “we won” lol
hey jut a reminder that this mall got replaced with Springfield on September 8 of 2023.So I was wondering can you do a tour if it please?
I don't think there is anything there yet. I think they are still building the new shopping center.
Rip Eastfield Mall
Sad ...now Springfield is a complete bore... all that is left is a casino that no one can afford to go to... the mall will be missed once it's gone...as things usually are..
Wasn't sure if you did a video on The Crystal Mall in Waterford, CT?
Yes, I did. About a year ago. I'll probably do an update sometime this year.
I wonder how much money is still in those gumball machines? I think that basketball game is missing a couple of balls! 😂😂 Arent they supposed to have 3 or 5? Such a sad sad arcade!!
What camera did you use to film this video? Go Pro? And did you use a gimbal for image stabilization? Video is surprisingly stable for someone walking, and you seem to be operating it hands free on top of that.
Yes. It's a go pro 8. No gimbal. It just has very good stabilization. Only downside is it's not good in low light.
I don't think malls will survive the decade in the US. The US has a lot more retail space than other countries and most people like to shop on-line. The problem seems to be that malls were set up as a novelty destination rather than a place to shop. The novelty wore off.
Well said !!
"The problem seems to be that malls were set up as a novelty destination rather than a place to shop"
That's complete nonsense.
The original arcade was where the fitness center was a lot bigger and better thin whatever arcade u where in
I took one last trip to the Eastfield Mall on 7/11/2023 just 4 days before it closed.
I watched this mall die over the last 10 years. Me and wife and the kids would shop here and watch a movie on friday nights then eat dinner at golden corel across the street
I was here in 2021 to get my COVID shots. I didnt know it was closing, its so weird to see. I can understand why, though - only reason why so many people were there were for the shots, and they almost immediately left afterward. It felt like a ghost town in the halls.
The pretzel place was fucking fire though, lmao.
I remember when this was built and very popular for so many years. the last time i was there was for the covid vaccine
How did you get the thumbnail ?? Did they let you back in ??
It's a still from my video. Mall was still open at that time.
Somebody actually already ᴇxplᴏʀᴇd this place.
Someone probably stole some of the skeeballs as a souvenir
at 0:44 where did that bricked up opening go?
Sears :)
I would cut out some of the game playing footage from your video.
The mall looks to be in pretty good shape inside. But the outside looks really beat up and dated.
It seems that these little strip malls are taking big malls place. Thung is all of them have mostly the exact same stores. They will die a slow death as well.
❤❤❤why is this mall closing is their a reason for it and again another Mall bites the dust what ashamed all because on line shopping ??
Online shopping is killing these malls. Eastfield mall was more of your local neighborhood mall and when online started booming stores in malls
Were losing 💔
Not just online shopping killing malls....
Way too malls,way to much store duplication
If you want to talk about dead malls look no further across state at the enfield mall. That mall is dead and the only thing keeping it going is the Target. The east field mall during its last months was still relevant compared to enfield malls current status
Oh man I missed closing day.
Whatever, good riddance
I remember when rainbow was next door in the smaller store and rainbows used to be dots 🥲
I never knew that Dots became Rainbow! Rainbow’s quality is better that Dots’ ever was.