I see people could shop at 3 clothing stores, second go to the arcade, third go to the computer store play video games, and finally finish the busy day at the movies. Even though I didn't see a janitor there, the mall is kept clean!

Thank you for finally covering this mall! I'm from this area and grew up going to this mall, but more so going to the Ashland town center. It has always out shined this mall. The Kyova mall was never all the way full, and when I was little we would spend the night there with our girl scout troupe every year! Now it is so dead it's sad

That's awesome! I live in Ashland and grew up with this mall. I remember it as a kid when it was bustling. When the Kmart left then the sears, it went downhill fast. the people from this area seem to still love the mall tand even though we know it'll never come back to life we still all kinda hope it does. Pretty much how all of us locals feel about the area as a whole. Great video! You're welcome in our neck of the woods anytime!

Anthony.. I really love the production value on this. The opening especially. Keep up the good work

You have such a GIFT for capturing nostalgia. Keep up the amazing work! 👏👏👏

I remember when this mall was fully active. It is sad that it has became this empty. The library is leaving the mall soon

This is exactly what this mall looked like at the grand opening in '88 when my friends and I skipped school to be there (excited hillbillies!) It SUCKED then and we got caught - 3 days detention for this sad shit!! It never got better 🙁😕😔

I talked to Dan about 3 weeks ago. He was in Ashland so there's a good chance he will be covering this mall too.

Is it wrong that my 33yr old self is rocking out to the music at start of this video? Mall soundtracks have me rocking out these days. Hahahaha

This Great American Mall tour is one of your biggest successes. The malls are dead or near death, but as I said I like seeing smaller, off the path places who because of countless circumstances faded into death. Bon Ton and company closing probably put a lot of malls into dead status, others into life support. Hate to say it but when Sears and KMart go the ranks of dead malls will sour. Irony is more for you and all the awesome urbexers to film. Excited what the next video is going to be. Looks like it will be epic.

20,000 people live in Ashland, KY. The average income is 40,000. This Mall was DOA

I think greed greed is also a cause of failures of malls,I know here in NYS there’s many retail failures due to higher rent increases malls as well as general retail space!! It’s like landlords just want empty retail space,very sad😢😢

It’s great to this video. Sense this past week, They announced turning the whole mail into Expo Center with a Malibu Jack. Construction started today July 19 2021

Excellent video as usual, greetings from Spain.

Love that 80s music in the beginning. Cool videos. Cheers from Arizona.😎

The kid laughing from that coin-op ride wasn't slightly terrifying.

Hi my Friend Awesome Video and Keep it Up and take care

The truck in the opening reminded me of the abandoned truck at Forest Fair in Cincinnati.

I’ve been to that mall a fair few times when I was at college at Marshall, but mainly to RJ Kahunas, which I gotta say was a fairly delicious wing restaurant. Too bad that went away as well.

This mall is about 2 hours drive from Cincinnati, Ohio; also 2 hours from Lexington, Kentucky. Or 1 hour away from Charleston, West Virginia. Better have the best items at best prices, for that long drive!

The saddest thing is that I lived in Ashland about 10 years ago, and the footage you shot was pretty much how it looked back then, with the exception of the Rural King. What you said was pretty much true. It was too far away from the town to draw Ashland residents regularly and there was a better mall and movie theater in town.

One of your best so far!

Great opening scenes and music to the video!!!

I remember my mom and dad taking me to this mall on Saturday when I was a kid in the 90’s and 00’s. The mall had a lot of different variety of stores and I remember I used to get my haircut at master cuts on Saturday. Seem like stores kept vanishing from about 03 or 04 to now it’s current state. Hopefully the Kyova mall gets a revival soon.

its great to have this documented sense the now. the Mall has been turned into Camp Landing. which is awesome. its full of life once again.

Love your Dead Mall videos and once again, your taste in music is so similar to mine. Love Michael Oakley! Thank you and well done!! :)

LOVED HOW YOU ENDED THAT! POWERFUL MESSAGE!!

Awesome work as always.

Excellent, Ace.

This is so clean.

The intro is top notch! Totally awesome! AAA++++

Love the intro!!!

What is it about dead food courts that makes them soooooo creepy! And SERIOUSLY, what IS it with those laughing/giggling kiddie rides? I mean, SOMEONE thought it was a good idea...John Wayne Gacy, perhaps.

Looooove the score on this one!

Excellent video Ace. The store at the 10:35 mark reminded me of Chess King.

This place is gorgeous, a true time capsule. If I were a billionaire I'd buy it, keep it up, visit and stay there sometimes :-)

Great track

You are doing an amazing 😉 job Anthony!!!

When it first opened, it was the "Cedar Knoll Galeria" (which some called the Cedar Knoll Gonorrhea). Named after a golf course, which was in turn named by a development of homes on the large knoll overlooking the current land (not because it had Cedar Trees, but because the developer's name was Cedar). It had a Sears store with auto center, a K-Mart, a Stone-and-Thomas store which was later a Elder Beerbelly store), and a PharMore, all closed now. As many of us predicted, there just wasn't enough population base to support two super-malls which were built at about the same time. And of course, Wal*Mart was a final death knoll for this property.

First time viewer... Your video is just as good, if not better than Dan Bell's! Great work.

I used to work in this mall at the Library and the Mini Golf place that used to be in there.

That is a SWEET theatre!!!

"closed private party" I don't know about that mate....cause too many that party looked depressing as hell.

I can hardly wait to check this one out after work with a nice glass of bourbon!

So much space yet so little happening. Fascinating yet depressing as well.

There was a trampoline park In that mall called extreme air but it’s now in barboursville

It has now been rebranded Camp Landing and a Malibu Jacks indoor theme park put in. The only thing remaining is the Rural King store.

Hey Ace good news about this mall!! someone just bought the entire mall for millions, they are moving in a new sports complex and malibu jacks in this area.

That mall is beautiful

That is one dead mall!

Great commentary and history. If you're in the ohio area southern park mall has alot of history and the demolition of sears going on

Here in Michigan we had Carson's and parisians

Hmm, My mall in Cheyenne Wy had a Time Out Arcade. I like the aesthetics in that mall quite a lot! Too bad the fountains no longer work, and really unfortunate the mall is in such poor condition!

The mall is still in pretty good shape surprisingly

The Sundance [not the channel] Horse kiddie ride. I would love using horse/bull kiddie rides in dead mall and for my legs.

Wish I had known you were there. I went to this mall as a kid!

Interesting to hear some of the facts here reflect what's happening at my local mall. The occupancy is still decent, but it's mostly a mall walker's paradise now and the food court has one restaurant. Our Sears also closed in 2014, then our Elder-Beerman, and our local library has a little branch there, too.

Malibu Jack’s moved in where elder beerman used to be

So sad. And kinda spooky.

Maintenance vehicle at the beginning is a strong sign what the state of the mall is in.

so sad malls are pretty much gone. so is unity.

Damn Walmart

I would swear that Zamias (from Johntown. PA) built this mall out of the extra material used to construct the York Galleria.

Thats sad, just sad. Love the theatre, and your new intro is awesome

OMG that's depressing...like 2 people walking around....:(

I bet the Rural King is like a Blain's Farm & Fleet.

I live in ashland. That mall has a hard time in the past few years. It did good when it first opened. The ashland town center mall is doing better. I just waiting for the KYOVA to close it will soon

This whole place was a liminal space. Always felt creeped out walking through it.

I give it 10 years tops...

The restaurant/bar at the end has Zero atmosphere

You actually said something nice about Dan Bell?

Who did your intro?

This mall was built on land that was a golf course. Sadly, it never reached it's full potential after Ashland Oil left the area. Sure do miss that golf course.

Your videos make me sad

Hey Anthony-What a great location! It appears brand new in most of the space. Literally like you could bring in the merchandise and open up as a new Mall! I wonder what they will do with this space...

I heard someone playing air hockey lol :)

I’m there just driving around it

This one looks like it's in good shape. Most of these malls deteriorate slowly, maybe get vandalized before they eventually close. This one looks like it dies before falling into disrepair.

Too bad Jefferson Mall and Oxmoor Mall in louisville are going downhill. St. Matthews will thrive for a bit longer, I dont know how Kentucky Oaks mall and Florence Yall (Says that on the water tower) are doing.

Very good looking mall. Shame to see it in this state.

This mall was losing business way before other malls lost business.

Rip

As others have said 09:35 creeped us TF out!

I live in this area they are redoing it and stuff

10:14 dang

Not all malls are dying. But there certainly is a thinning of the herd going on.

09:44 if I was a local I'd be there all the time!

Odd that the tiki bar interior doesn't match the exterior at all (perhaps they ran out of cash), and is the movie theatre still open? You didn't say...

So if a dying mall is called a "dead mall", what do you call a dead mall?

Not much commerce going on in there

Still some ppl there

2 DAYS?! Ugh 😑

Why was there children laughing sounds.

11:18 those small TV's! 🤔

The mall may not have many stores. But I have had my store for 10 years plus. Also, the movie theater is the best one in the area. Plus how many malls can say they have a library? Not many. We may have only a few stores. But for the ones of you all calling it a dump you're wrong.

I find that most of these dead mall videos don't explore the movie theatres in more detail, a bit disappointing tbh

A whole new level of dead.

1:09 President Xi

Old malls like this will be a good place to stage a hospital for the people with the Wuhan-400 .