Meadows Mall

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Field	Value
name	Meadows Mall
image	Meadows Mall in Las Vegas (2020).jpg
caption	Meadows Mall in 2020
location	Las Vegas, Nevada
address	4300 Meadows Lane
mapframe	no
opening_date
developer	The Hahn Company & Dayton-Hudson Corporation
manager	Brookfield Properties
owner	Brookfield Properties
architect	Charles Kober & Associates
number_of_stores	118
number_of_anchors	5
floor_area	945,000 ft2
floors	2 (3 in Macy's)
parking	~4,600
website
footnotes
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Meadows Mall was proposed in 1973, but the start of construction was delayed several years by the city, which objected to its location. The mall was developed by Dayton-Hudson Corporation and built by Ernest W. Hahn Inc. It opened on August 5, 1978, as the city's second major indoor shopping center, joining The Boulevard Mall. Ownership of Meadows Mall has changed several times; General Growth Properties purchased it in 1998, and launched a major renovation in 2003.

History

Dayton-Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation) began planning Meadows Mall in 1973. That year and again in 1974, the Las Vegas City Commission voted against the mall as some members felt that the project should be moved to a better location. In early 1974, Dayton-Hudson won a district court order which required the city to grant a necessary zoning variance. The city commission appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court, which ruled in 1975 that the city must grant the variance.

The mall was designed by architectural firm Charles Kober & Associates, which chose desert colors and tones for the building. and construction took more than two years, with Ernest W. Hahn Inc. as the general contractor. More than 1,200 people worked on the mall during construction. and its exterior included 156,000 bricks. The project added a new city street known as Meadows Lane.

Meadows Mall opened on August 5, 1978, at a time when The Boulevard Mall was the city's only other major indoor mall. A month after the opening, Dayton-Hudson announced that the mall would be sold as part of corporate downsizing. It was managed by Center Companies, based in Michigan. International Income Property purchased the mall in 1986, for $60 million.

In December 1993, the mall was temporarily evacuated after a teenage boy made bomb threats with what turned out to be a fake bomb. The mall received a renovation in 1995, which included the expansion of its Dillard's store. Later that year, the executive director of the Las Vegas Indian Center criticized the mall's carousel for featuring a carving of an American Indian head on the back of one of the ride's horses, calling it "culturally offensive". In 1996, an indoor no-smoking policy was instituted due to customer requests. A partial renovation took place in 1997, and included a new overflow parking lot added near the mall's JCPenney store.

General Growth Properties (GGP) acquired Meadows Mall in May 1998. At that time, it contained 951000 sqft. Within a year, the company had increased mall occupancy to 95 percent. In June 2003, GGP began a multimillion-dollar renovation that would include brighter indoor lighting, tile flooring, a new color scheme, a new stone facade, exterior paint, and enhanced landscaping, as well as three new escalators and upgrades to the food court. The company felt that the mall, with its dated 24-year-old presentation, needed a contemporary look to compete. It remained open during renovations, with most of the work being done during night hours.

With 99 percent of the renovations complete, the mall celebrated its grand reopening on November 21, 2003, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that morning, followed by live jazz performances and a live children's show featuring Strawberry Shortcake. Several new stores had been added during the renovations, which included new bathrooms and a revamping of the food court. The mall contained 947370 sqft at the time. In conjunction with Valley Hospital Medical Center and the Summerlin Hospital, the Meadows Mall added the 1640 sqft Healthy Living Play Area in November 2004, as a way to educate children about healthy lifestyles.

In December 2004, a man was arrested on eight counts of illegally accessing people's credit card accounts after falsely telling them that he was a millionaire family member of the non-existent Meadows family, who he claimed were the owners of the mall. On March 9, 2007, the mall remained open during a police and SWAT search for a suspect who fled inside after a traffic stop.

In 2015, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, "With regional shopping centers proliferating, the Meadows is becoming an odd mall out — the shopping center without a distinct personality or demographic segment. As a result, retail experts say, the mall faces a crossroads at which it must soon chart a new direction." Vegas Inc. reported that despite the 2003 renovation, "it looks like a typical mall from the '90s." Las Vegas Weekly also found its progress stagnant compared to other area malls, but noted its central location and wealth of nearby residents, stating that it is nearly occupied with stores and shoppers.

Meadows Mall is frequently used as an early voting site during elections.

Tenants

| direction = vertical | image1 = J. C. Penney at Meadows Mall (2020).jpg | image2 = Former Sears at Meadows Mall.jpg | footer = JCPenney and the closed Sears store in 2020 Meadows Mall included 7,600 parking spaces and two anchor stores upon opening: Diamond's and The Broadway. The Sears store cost $3 million to construct, and measured 150000 sqft. Dillard's opened in 1984, and The Broadway rebranded in 1996 as Macy's. As of 1997, the mall was composed of 123 stores, and included one restaurant and a 14-vendor food court. Tomfoolery, a 24-hour restaurant and bar with five slot machines, opened on the second floor in April 2005.

In 2014, Dillard's closed the 100000 sqft first floor of its 180000 sqft store, and converted its second floor into a clearance outlet for unsold merchandise from other Dillard's stores. Curacao opened in Dillard's vacant first-floor space in October 2016, and attracted 40,000 customers on its opening day. In June 2018, Macy's opened an off-price store-within-a-store known as Macy's Backstage.

In August 2018, Round One announced plans to open an arcade and entertainment center inside the mall. Part of the Sears first floor was leased to Round One for the new project, which also called for the demolition of the closed Sears Auto Center. The 42000 sqft entertainment center debuted on November 2, 2019. It features food, bowling, billiard tables, karaoke rooms, and more than 250 arcade games, including some imported from Japan. That month, Sears announced the closing of the Meadows Mall location, part of a plan to close 51 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 3, 2020. In the 2020s, after Sears closed, Nellis Auction Outlet opened up utilizing the former Sears. The store opened utilizing the entire lower level of the former Sears and the store sells a wide variety of merchandise in the space.

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