So sad to see all these malls empty. Enjoying your mall series though. Merry Christmas to you & your family.🎄🎅🎁

Amazon killed the Malls

It's been about 2 years since I went to this mall and it was completely dead then. The food court literally only had 4 places still operating. I'm honestly shocked it's still open. Also with Mallrats 2, it was originally all set to film at the Granite Run Mall before it was torn down but the people that owned it backed out because it would have pushed construction back a few months. It would have been amazing to see the last hurrah of that mall be immortalized in film.

thanks for visiting my mall, capt! see how sad it is there?! very depressing! even w all the new apts in the area it's still a ghost town. Merry Christmas everyone!🎄♥

Hey PHILLY CAPTAIN, great video and tour at EXTON SQUARE MALL..Enjoy & TOODLES..

Great video, sad mall. I remember this mall late 80s early 90s , Exton and Granite Run Mall were awesome and full and busy. Looks like Priyapat that abandoned city near Chernobyl now. At least Concord Mall has a little life left in it

I worked at the Exton Mall during the holiday season of 1983 during my senior year of high school. It was so busy back then that the employees were assigned a special parking area underneath the mall. I personally did not park there because I'd have to be at work early on Saturday mornings so finding a space wasn't an issue. When I'd leave work (usually before 3:30 - 4:00) someone would slide into that parking spot as I was pulling out. It's sad to see how far this mall has fallen in 40 years. Even into the early 2000s, the place was packed on the weekends. The main branch of the Chester County Library is just across the mall road if you go out through the Carriage Lot and before the library expanded its own parking area a lot of overflow would park in the Carriage Lot. My educated guess is that the Library might have thought they were going to lose those extra spaces soon. It's prime real estate at the corner of Rt.30 and Rt.100 and not far from the Turnpike, so I imagine something will take the place of the mall in the future. They will probably do what they did at the old Granite Run Mall site. Tear down the Mall and rebuild the same stores with their own parking areas separate from each other. We used to "camp" out by the entrance close to the old Ticket-Tron outlet. It was the only place to purchase tickets in most of Chester County at the time. They had a Space Port Arcade that I'd go to on my lunch break and I think this was the first place my mother and I had a Chik-Fil-A sandwich. Although that may have happened at the Concord Mall in Delaware. Captain, you should go down to the Concord Mall and do a video there, as a bunch of us who grew up in Southern Chester County and Western Delaware County would hang out at the Concord Mall back in the 1980s.

7:07 They took down the trees last year. Those gave the food court the atmosphere!

Wow! It kind of looks like a smaller version of the King of Prussia mall but empty, so sad to see this happening to a lot of malls !

The US has way too much retail space in places where people don't need it any more. On-line shopping and box stores (which are also losing to on-line shopping) killed malls. Urban malls also have safety issues and most malls have a retail theft problem. Merry Christmas all!

when I stopped into the food court last week all the venders were yelling hey you, free samples and half off. I figured the food was old and left. the outlets are much better.

Wow, I haven’t been to this mall in about 15 years. I am sure Santa is getting most of his supplies through Amazon!

KOP killed it

Merry Christmas Captain !!!! Thanks for all the great videos this year !!!!

Merry Christmas Captain and family

Merry Christmas to you and the family Captain 🎄🎅

Loving this mall exploring serious

Merry Christmas from Australia captain. I can’t believe how empty your shopping centre is just before Christmas it’s unbelievable. I was out yesterday on the beautiful Sunshine Coast Qld and the crowds were huge here out and about on Christmas Eve we even had a huge thunderstorm yesterday which is the norm this time of year here and that couldn’t even change peoples energy . I’m assuming in the USA everything is online shopping home delivery? Is that why your shopping centres are dead ? All the best Captain and Philly followers 🤘

I lived here and will in the future again. Cool area but I remember going to that mall all the time. Now Whole Foods is the main attraction there lol

Thanks Captain. I’m enjoying the dead mall series. Merry Christmas

The Round 1 is a huge draw! On the weekends it is crowded...but at night (after 7) the place is mega busy for the adult crowd drinking and playing games!!!!! I live 4 miles away from this mall and my T-Mo' store and Lens Crafters both moved out to Main Street at Exton shopping area where the movie tavern is. I love to have the Boscov's and Macy's there because they have great Amazing sales!!!! It is dead as malls go!!!

its so sad to see the malls like this...I am originally from northeast Philly and spent many hours at the Roosevelt Mall, glad its still somewhat ok, but now i live south of Dover, Delaware and the Dover mall is so sad now also..Its not as bad as the exton mall, but its deff down in attendance..Merry Christmas Captain!!

Oh dear, that's one sad and depressing mall. Merry Christmas Captain and all your family. 🇬🇧🎄🙏

Well, at least there's no.... _undesirables_ around 😐

5:55 That store was a JC Penny. It closed down in 2014.

Excellent video. Enjoyed it.

The old Sears is now used for high school and college wrestling.

"Brother Darkness" Rick James nickname for Eddie and Charlie RIP

The Macy's used to be a Strawbridge and Clothier, and being a 2000's kid, I remembered seeing the logo. I also miss the KB Toys and Disney Store.

I used to work in the food court there in the early 2000s when i went to school down there. It's sad to see how much malls are going under now. I was thinking of taking my kids to see the area and where I worked and went to school after high school. Starting to think I might just look like an old lady if I do that now. My school's not there anymore or my work. It'll just be me saying "Back when I was younger this was like this. And this was there." I might just wait till I'm an "actual" old lady for that trip 😅

Suncoast video was next to the food court has been going for at least 12 years.

The Mexican place was 5 Guys. Sad to see this mall so empty.

The mall I grew up with in my childhood. Was a mall rat here in middle school, great memories. Was hoping you’d cover this one. Gonna hurt real bad when it closes its doors

I went there 3 weeks ago

The last time I was in this mall back in 2012, it was dead then.

I work as a tile layer there a few times. It was in the middle of nowhere. I hated that ride.

I remember the Burlington Center Mall. They had everything. It’s a shame these malls are doing so poorly. The only successful malls you showed were King of Prussia and the Cherry Hill Mall. The Moorestown Mall did have a fire in the early 90’s and they rebuilt it.

A few stores that were here moved to Main Street Exton.

Huge fan of your work. I do love the King of Prussia mall and am glad that mall is not dying!

Love the channel!

Exton is one of my local malls in my area. It's really sad to see it in this state, it was at one point a great awesome mall to visit. Now really there is nothing. The only reason why I go anymore is Round One and Boscovs

I noticed that most all these dead malls have a Boscov’s. It is sad that malls are in such decline. But love your videos showcasing them all.

The Sears store in a mall here closed in 2017 and the lights were all on until last year.

That happen at Berkshire mall a lady fell in the fountain she was on her cell phone Berkshire mall reading pennsylvania Ps that was a jcpenny

Dear Jeff bezos.

10:34 They still leave those lights on for security reasons.

The Christiana mall is probably the only mall that's booming

Was at willow grove today it was bumping made me happy

Happy Holidays

Like these kind malls though. Not busy In and out

I live 20 mins away. dont know what is keeping it open

JC penneys is the one missing the sign

This is heartbreaking. I used to go here on my lunch breaks all the time

Suncoast used to be 1 or 2 stores from food court. Even before food court was upgraded. I'm a grown up 90s kid, frequented this place a ton haha. I live up road a couple miles. Main St at Exton up road is really cool, Cyclebar, Hakata, Movie Tavern, a lot of good ones. Stolen Sun is cool place as well, right up 100 a block or two

where is the WOO?

Merry Christmas Captain! Internet is killing these malls. The rent is so high the tenants can’t make a profit. Maybe a blend of mall and something else combined might work?

Wow till 11 i havent been to this mall in a long time i live near it was a nice mall but King of Pressia mall is popping.

5:00 I don't know if that was the only reason. They closed down the fountain during the COVID pandemic.

It was a JCPenney's🎉🎉

It’s unusual to see a PREIT mall empty and dead. Their malls are full of life and busy. 🤔

PREIT?! Ugh!!!! They are on their second BK!!! VS has had a lot of store closures over the past 10 to 15 yrs.

The Monmouth mall is in its last few days

Sad to see the major decline of my childhood mall, there was a time where this was the place to be!

When the roof goes the mall goes????

I like listening to him. He sounds like he "knows a guy"

That mall been deballed ✂️🌰🌰

that Big Box store used to be a Bon- ton and Suncoast to the left of the food court.

Disagree, Charley's is awesome!! Have tried at least 6 different kinds and at least 4 different locations, no complaints here.

A nice mall that needs alot of love again to be a success again. Just soo soothing to watch your videos. P love it. Educational too , Judy a joy yo hear your voice handsome sweet soul man ❤❤❤

Yes, mall interiors now resemble hospitals : (

Wow, that’s crazy how empty it was before Xmas. Merry Christmas, Captain. 🎄🦘🎄🦘🎄🦘🎄🦘

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Sad

In the end like with most of these failed malls the land is worth much more than the actual structure. It will be demolished and developed as housing.

They need to ban the shjt out of those cheap azz chinese electric scooters and bikes. They are the #1 fire hazard in the US right now with no regulation