Celebrating the opening of the Myer Centre Adelaide in 1991. Features news reports, past commercials and footage of Dazzeland. Enjoy!
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@melissacoad51115 жыл бұрын
Dazzleland was my childhood . We couldn’t get up the lifts quick enough. The lifts were all part of the excitement. When you finally reached level 5 you couldn’t contain your excitement. The roller coaster scary yet so much fun. My brother and I would spend hours there. I remember getting my first strawberry lip gloss at the body shop. Still makes me incredibly sad to look up and not hear and see the roller coaster
@therealarien4 жыл бұрын
Ahh the feels! I don't think I ever went on a ride. I'm a bit sad about that.
@serenequeen89733 жыл бұрын
Aww I remember sitting up the back of the roller coaster with my brothers and pretending they were superman and Batman and I was Supergirl 😂
@AussieGirl2353 жыл бұрын
Yes! I was there opening night. I was 10
@nostalgiainjection88672 жыл бұрын
Omg I moss this place that shooting range was so cool omg nostalgia
@AlonsoRules7 жыл бұрын
fast forward 25 years and the top 2 floors are just about empty
@thomashninan38253 жыл бұрын
Sadly yes
@ematisions3 жыл бұрын
A shadow of what it once was , back when it had plenty of stores to go to now hardly a reason to shop there
@sharyndavidson45172 жыл бұрын
Moving forward another 2 years and there gonna open it again because there building something up there
@mochikoiya2849 Жыл бұрын
There a university on the 4th floor with over 400 students and it’s been there since 2010 called CDW studios
@James-kv6kb5 ай бұрын
The council is run by blonde women now they don't have any understanding of how a shopping precinct works and they don't get enough people in there
@ThatEccentricguy12 жыл бұрын
Look at all the colour, it's like emerald freaking city, if only they could have maintained this wonderful building
@Prieze8683 жыл бұрын
We wouldn't have so-called progress then it's about demolition and creation of jobs for the unions and the building magnates and foreign entities businesses that they can glamour except run the show
@lachiebrown184211 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Dazzleland (1991-1998)
@subwoofer0611 жыл бұрын
The fountain on level 4 used to have funky musical instruments like a sax etc in it, which was part of the whole theme for Dazzeland. Level 4 had all the arcade type games, lego land and cafes. Level 5 had all the amusement rides and the Jazz Junction Roller Coaster
@iamjoestafford3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Adelaide until 1992, so was lucky enough to go when the centre was at its height - as a 7 year old, it was the most awesome place in the world! Very fond memories of the rollercoaster and the Lego pirates :) I live in England now, and am sad to see the centre has suffered in recent years - but the same thing is happening here. Our latest high street casualty is Debenhams, which is/was the biggest department store in the country with huge buildings in most major towns and cities that all now lie empty. I guess that's what the internet has done - places like this will have to be more about experiences than retail in the future.
@johnsergei2 жыл бұрын
It's what debt has done!
@James-kv6kb5 ай бұрын
Exactly the internet is trying to close down all small business so everybody stays at home buying phone credit and Chinese toys and gives all their money to people overseas
@Diode56 жыл бұрын
Got to love the hilariously corny insinuation (in 2 of the ads) that you'll hook up at the Myre Centre.
@kerriboyle26825 жыл бұрын
I laughed at this too 😂
@pajer10clicks647 жыл бұрын
just remember it was loans to the myer center that sent the State Bank of SA broke and the State Bank of SA that sent the State of SA broke. And it has never recovered since.
@AlonsoRules5 жыл бұрын
we're still paying for it - Marcus Clark and Bannon left us with 3.5 billion of debt in 1991
@golfmother31413 жыл бұрын
Yep rorted big time $350 mill ended up $680mill , workers rorted workcover big time , sent a lot of contractors broke .
@kgrantster13 жыл бұрын
The workers union rorted the construction and sent the state broke
@nhilltiger3 жыл бұрын
Should never have been built. Uneconomic from day one. The financing of it is described in the SBSA Royal Commission report (whole chapter), huge write-offs all financed by the SA taxpayer
@AlonsoRules3 жыл бұрын
no surprise it was unions that rorted the system and they got away with it there was an allowance for not whistling at female pedestrians!!
@AussieGirl23512 жыл бұрын
The old David Jones was absolutely beautiful. So classy. I wanna find a video of it!
@AussieGirl2353 жыл бұрын
Don dunstan - What’s the link
@AussieGirl2353 жыл бұрын
Don dunstan - Nope, still here 🙂. I’m Checking it out, assuming I found the right one
@AussieGirl2353 жыл бұрын
Don dunstan - Yeah that’s the one. I’m checking out his Facebook page
@krisbrand3543 жыл бұрын
We worked on Myer centre redevelopment around 2013. Dazzleland was long closed , but we had to break into it via the service lift the staff use in Myers. The wall was bricked up and we had to knock the bricks out to get in. No one had been in for years. All the things were still in there, the creepy bit was seeing the laughing clowns all covered in dust. It was used as our storage for building materials but no one would go in there at night alone. Definitely haunted.
@paranormalgamesstudios3 жыл бұрын
Nice a want to go in there and check it out.
@krisbrand3543 жыл бұрын
@@paranormalgamesstudios the only way in is the Myer staff lifts now.
@MrGeocidal7 жыл бұрын
4:28 I remember going to the Lego expo when I was a kid!! I entered into the building contest. Didn't win though :P
@kaineleggett34013 жыл бұрын
Haha, I also went to see that expo. Fun times back in the day.
@Dodge7613 жыл бұрын
This is fabulous. "Australia's biggest selling ROCKSTAR Daryl Braithwaite!"
@suave-rider2 жыл бұрын
John Farnham was the biggest selling at that point with 2 mega albums
@tessnm4 жыл бұрын
it’s so sad to see how much it’s gone down, this video just makes you feel so sad because of how many ships used to be there 😞
@James-kv6kb5 ай бұрын
The stupid council had no idea about bringing people to the city and killed off Rundle Mall completely
@lawrencer63286 жыл бұрын
an iconic destination. even without dazzeland its still a formidable presence. no one has been able to outdo her since 1991!
@HaloFlemz8611 ай бұрын
We used to go to the Myer center on the weekend and I remember seeing the roller coaster but didn't get to try it due to being closed down. They had really good Chinese food.
@LovebirdLaneMakes10 жыл бұрын
Gosh! I remember so many of those ads! It's a pity it's half empty now...
@C21L019 жыл бұрын
anneofjulie The place is a mere shadow of what it once was. Could've moved with the times and still been something special in the city... but thanks to a greedy business model and greedy state govt the place is dying a painful horrible death. Shame really.
@KGBeast.3 жыл бұрын
Roller coaster on the top floor known as "the shopping complex of the future." and now 30 years later the top floors are completely empty and they just have an abandoned feel to them. Rundle mall started off being a big grand place now it is slowly dying how sad
@FunFindervids11 жыл бұрын
What a shame such an impressive and fun centre has been allowed to become the half empty, boring shell that it is today.
@FaerieKitteh13 жыл бұрын
I remember this! This is brilliant, to have a look at what it was.
@Ozjoker420.2 жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember sitting around the Lego tables assembling all kinds of things... Great memories 💯
@user-oo9vi1uw3c8 ай бұрын
Better Than What You Think
@Andres33AU Жыл бұрын
Dazzleland looked incredible! As a Melbournian, I had no idea this existed, and kid me would have definitely loved to go there!
@James-kv6kb5 ай бұрын
Adelaide was an amazing place but you wouldn't hear about that in Melbourne because they hate us so much and pretend that we're a little country town . I tell people Adelaide is Melbourne without the immigration lol
@alexball981212 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Remember the Ground Floor with its marble floor. It was one of the best looking department stores in Rundle Mall at that time. I don't find the current one very exciting.
@IanL13 жыл бұрын
Ah good ol Dazzleland! A few Saturdays spent there.
@myercentreadelaide13 жыл бұрын
The lady at the beginning of the video was a news reporter for Channel 9 back in 1991!
@chisel83 Жыл бұрын
I met my first serious girlfriend just a few months after the Myer opened in 1991. We used to to dazzle land every Friday night before hitting hindley street. Good times. Also a girl I went to high school with worked there, in dazzle land, she ended up dying later in the year in car accident RIP G
@adelaideautowashes2 жыл бұрын
This was so long ago that a significant portion of cars on the road were burning leaded petrol. Time flies.
@bobbollard2 жыл бұрын
Cost $1 billion dollars to build and was sold 5 years later for $155 million.
@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Жыл бұрын
There it is. So the SA taxpayer still liable forever.
@FieryFlamingFajitas3 жыл бұрын
I remember one of my friends telling me someone fell off the rollercoaster and died, which is why they removed it. I used to love going to Dazzle Land :(
@man.i.literally.failed67723 жыл бұрын
I heard a school kid with a heavy back pack full of books fell from the 5th or 7th floor, from leaning on the glass balastrade
@FieryFlamingFajitas3 жыл бұрын
@@man.i.literally.failed6772 😮
@BelindaCoad3 жыл бұрын
People were jumping to their deaths. It was a hot suicide spot. Sorry to say. That's why they've huge rope nets third floor and so. They had to do something and close it down. . Just sad, it looks shocking now.
@FieryFlamingFajitas3 жыл бұрын
@@BelindaCoad ☹
@gatic3313 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this.
@TheSwamynathan10 жыл бұрын
I once had a beautiful Red & Grey Check shirt bought at Myers by my aunt in Adelaide and sent to me in Madras back in the 80s.
@TheSwamynathan10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing me Myers Dep.stores in Adelade. Is it a chain of stores like Maceys in NY?
@myercentreadelaide10 жыл бұрын
Hi Swamynathaniyer Iyer, The Myer Centre Adelaide is a unique shopping centre that is home to a variety of different retail stores including MYER department store. MYER is a chain store with many located throughout the country.
@ezrabanks805 Жыл бұрын
Good times come back 😢😢😢2024
@user-rs19907 жыл бұрын
0:41 - That prop now resides at DeYoung's Salvage.
@maikeliRAIWALUI4 жыл бұрын
Adelaide's myer center had the same architecture as the myer center here in Brisbane
@boomzzilla11 жыл бұрын
Pity it's a ghost town now, what is on the upper levels of the Myer center these days?, apart from the ghosts.
@M22OHIO7 жыл бұрын
I'm from the United States and it seems the fate of shopping malls is the same all over the world. I saw a commercial for this Myer center and I thought, oh gee I already know how this ends....
@leighdavis95223 жыл бұрын
the McDonald's in the video with the crowd on it's balcony, opposite the Myer centre is just a vacant shop now. And it's had a "For Lease" billboard displayed on it since the previous tenants: "Travel Money OZ" vacated the store ages ago
@dtec302 жыл бұрын
sadly i will remember the myer center for all the wrong reasons as I came close to not being around if memory serves around 1994 luckily thoughts of my 2yr old nephew saved me from doing anything silly apologies if this upsets anyone but it's just a reminder that it can happen to anyone at any time and without warning (in the long run it signalled the end of my love for the city of Adelaide and my frequent visits to the city as I used to do as a child and adolescent)
@timtam2029213 жыл бұрын
so good to come across this video!
@azanterose65263 жыл бұрын
I forgot about the Wacko shop. The video arcade & Virgin Mega store was my favourite hangouts. The Virgin Megastore had a great layout in the shop. Got to see some great performances too. The basement level had those vending machines where you could get hard plastic collectors cards. There was a really good sports store that sold American merchandise.
@StillGotShit4Brains8 жыл бұрын
WHY WOULD YOU GET RID OF THE FUCKING ROLLERCOASTER?!?!!
@jackbollingmoore75544 жыл бұрын
The Myer Centre Adelaide's 30th Anniversary (June 3, 1991-June 3, 2021)
@transtech84783 жыл бұрын
wonderful comment thank you
@LostCourage7 жыл бұрын
Really wish there was more footage inside of the shops I loved going up the escalators at 3:54 as a kid.
@GTA401207 жыл бұрын
I remember a couple of years back whilst on a school trip some crazy ass woman pulled out a hammer and smacked some guy on the back of the leg with it by the entrance to the Myer centre
@unstablewun27335 жыл бұрын
Prob my mum
@subwoofer0611 жыл бұрын
And just to think that the Myer Centre was meant to be the shopping centre of the future...
@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha. Shit is always shit - no matter whose head it’s in, and that’s it!
@Moo011009 жыл бұрын
Ah the glutinous heady days of Australia's 'retail revolution' - what a sham. Now look at Myer - what a train wreck. A dystopia of malfunction, greed and an inate inability to roll with the times.
@zonic269 жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe it's been over 24 years now since it opened and the fact that it's no longer the same as it once was, it seems to be more of a clothing and fashion focused, and many people agree that it's not for us and I don't see anything decent happening any time soon, not even for levels 4 and 5, if they could just include more entertainment type of complexes, and more stores like we have in Rundle Mall Plaza and City Cross it would bring more people in, and being fashion focused and still having a food court just doesn't make any sense, surely it could use more, if they understood what we wanted like the above mentioned for example they'd do it
@AlonsoRules5 жыл бұрын
Myer is dead
@sassychickybabe7 жыл бұрын
For all the people saying that a guy jumped off the escalator is utter crap my cousin lost his balance on the escalator and fell over the side to his death so please get your facts right before spurting utter crap...there was also other people that fell off them aswell who didn't commit suicide please have some respect for the families
@unstablewun27335 жыл бұрын
Lol
@zonic265 жыл бұрын
That was your cousin? I'm aware of that that incident and that is the truth, it would make more sense because I also heard stories from people saying someone fell out the roller coaster or just jumped from the top floor
@kyyah23 жыл бұрын
there was also a deliberate jumper
@kaineleggett34013 жыл бұрын
I still have some "Dazzleland" tokens in a draw somewhere.
@piepods8 жыл бұрын
This opened a few months after I was born, I never got to go on the roller-coaster. Some stupid idiot fell off and died I think, ruining it for everyone else...the top two floors are haunted.
@marcopolo30017 жыл бұрын
As they say, only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch.
@RTYalex7 жыл бұрын
They closed Dazzeland due to the fact that the Myer Centre administration thought that the added noise of the amusements drove prospective customers away, this is added to the fact that the attendance for Dazzeland was dropping. The death of a child on the rollercoaster is an urban legend.
@piepods7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a cover story if you ask me, why abandon the top for 15 years?
@craigparham79927 жыл бұрын
A chap committed suicide from Dazzeland - throwing himself from the TOP floor - FactSoon after the railing where changed and a NET lower down was installed
@sassychickybabe7 жыл бұрын
That so called stupid idiot was my cousin who lost his balance and fell off the escalator but he wasn't the only one to do so...think before you say stupid shit
@dunebuggy23175 жыл бұрын
They Shld reopen it with all the original rides and more and have it open to midnight Thurs, Fri and sat nites. Nothing like shopping and a theme park after. Put new cafes in there.maybe a cinema. all the fast food chains. KFC, maccas etc
@georgiafarese71363 жыл бұрын
Time to knock it done
@Highbudget2 жыл бұрын
Why? the building at least looks good, better then any thing they’d build now anyway
@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Жыл бұрын
Concur. Garbage is garbage, no matter how much you dress it up. Why not a lovely multi storey car park with a macca’s on every floor, and dunnies right up the top? Be a typical Adelaide great idea!
@ewatfred10 жыл бұрын
George Donikian @ 2:42 !!!
@zonic2610 жыл бұрын
I remember him, he used to be the newsreader for Channel 10 in Adelaide and this was actually the year he started
@C21L019 жыл бұрын
fredmackay He looks young there. He's been off Channel Ten for ages now.
@zonic269 жыл бұрын
C21L01 He spent 20 years as the newsreader for Ten and spent his last number of years as newsreader with Rebecca Morse, he moved to Melbourne broadcasting in early 2011 when there was changes to the Ten news brought in at that time shortly after 11 was launched, but this didn't last for long and now Bec now presents the news alone
@C21L019 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks. I wondered what became of him after he left Channel Ten Adelaide.
@peterkarras85233 жыл бұрын
Fast forward into 2021 the Myers centre looks sad after the mismanagement of the dreaded state bank disaster
@transtech84783 жыл бұрын
Thank you for updating the state you are in, I was wondering how you would find so much magic, greetings from Mexico
@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Жыл бұрын
Wonder if that yank style shop mall loan was one of the Bank’s dud loans?
@Kidis8213 жыл бұрын
fantastic. great memories.
@supergeek0177 Жыл бұрын
Need to reopen Dazzleland for all us Adults again to relive our childhood haha!
@PamMartinez-vd1hr2 ай бұрын
That was 33 years ago
@WombatusMaximus12 жыл бұрын
it wasnt long after this that the suicides from the top of the atrium began, and they had to put the sails up to divert the falling bodies!
@vanessaabbas23093 жыл бұрын
When Dazzleland died, so did the shopping centre.
@AussieGirl23512 жыл бұрын
Haha, I don't remember him being "Australia's biggest selling Rockstar" but then again I was 10 at the time. Why'd they close Virgin?! Love the Memories!
@felicitygordon28558 жыл бұрын
holy crap im feeling old
@elliotshaw9453 Жыл бұрын
Cool video
@Leaptab3 жыл бұрын
Who remembers the netting they put up for the jumpers.
@subwoofer0611 жыл бұрын
I would say it is all about to go now if it hasn't already as the top 2 levels are being converted into offices atm from what I've heard
@VuPhamMusic13 жыл бұрын
wow! This has brought back so many memories! But this building has not aged very well at all
@BlowmeRoger3 жыл бұрын
Jeez the difference between australia pre 2000 and now is like night and day!! What a travesty its become.
@jaredmk48973 жыл бұрын
I miss razzle dazzle land.
@Ourumov17 жыл бұрын
The Build music used to depress me also so i would switch from Buy back to Build so that the Buy song still played out as i quickly did some building.
@nathanielpillar80126 жыл бұрын
what?
@MarkWhich3 жыл бұрын
What a massive waste of money for an idea that would only fail, meanwhile all the bottlenecked intersections, narrow roads, train-line extensions all had to remain just like that for much longer.
@Northisbest6 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. Bannon 😓
@ableadelaide58933 жыл бұрын
Oh your comment just made my day! Didnt realise he was dead. At least he's no longer bleeding the taxpayer still. YAY
@kyyah23 жыл бұрын
@@ableadelaide5893 you twat
@golfmother31414 жыл бұрын
WACKO costed at $350million ended up closer to $600 million , rorted by the unions while the Labor govt just closed its eyes , many sub contractors went bust , complete failure as a shopping centre .
@PADLUIGI3812 жыл бұрын
@WombatusMaximus i actually saw it happen when a man jumped all those years ago
@Northisbest6 жыл бұрын
LOL. I did rode roll coaster it was fun and I remember go to order crispy chicken chips nearby roll coaster there taste great. It sad close not longer after this
@brutechurchill2 жыл бұрын
Bannon was one the last Premiers to act in the states best interests.
@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Жыл бұрын
Yeah? Has the state paid off the ‘bad bank’ debts yet? The screwed taxpayers I mean. Yeah, Bannon was a clown in shoes far to big for his gentleman feet. Tim Marcus Clarke had him fooled. Brute, your speaking nonsense about stuff you know NOTHING about.
@paranormalgamesstudios3 жыл бұрын
Wow so nostalgic and cringe but brings back memories. Online business is shutting down all the retail stores everywhere, its not the fault of the commercial properties its just the way it is now and will be.
@ICECHAMP9 жыл бұрын
I rember dazzleland i had & birthday party there when i was little & i still have some dazzleland tokens. does any one know why dazzleland shut down because i would like to know why ?
@melindadiamonds53748 жыл бұрын
someone fell out and died
@MarkWhich3 жыл бұрын
@@melindadiamonds5374 I heard someone when on the roller coater with their school bag strapped on their back and it got caught on a obstacle, ripping the rider out. And you can blame the irresponsible ride attendant for that, for allowing anyone with a school bag to ride at all.
@iamasmurf11222 жыл бұрын
looks like people were far wealthier per capita back then not like now everyones being financially screwed over
@user-oo9vi1uw3c8 ай бұрын
Cat Fish In Torrens River My Renter Caught A Few Months Ago!!!
@danzigvssartre3 жыл бұрын
Virgin Megastores. I'm predicting they will be around for many centuries to come.
@dirtypaws63284 жыл бұрын
I was really expecting better news...so sad😿
@SyncroScales3 жыл бұрын
The mall looks like some malls in Canada and America. It looks like some of the same people or actors.
@timtam2029213 жыл бұрын
may i ask who is the lady at the beginning of the video?
@greatape53057 жыл бұрын
I remember David cox used to regularly take days off school so he could be at dazzle land!!! he would ride that silly "roller coaster " all day long! & $tole money off his step dad's car yard business to fund his hazy lazy days!!!
@consec698 жыл бұрын
the place is a dump now
@cloudysbogblog53946 жыл бұрын
Fem Chick your a fuck Whit
@TheGamerWithMore3 жыл бұрын
your typical eshays and stuff.
@mia-mh5nj3 жыл бұрын
why’d they have to get rid of the roller coaster it looks so fun
@vanessaabbas23093 жыл бұрын
Because someone fell to their death. That's why there's nets there now.
@kyyah23 жыл бұрын
@@vanessaabbas2309 nets are because of suicide jumpers - there's been a couple
@BelindaCoad3 жыл бұрын
@@kyyah2 Correct.
@gavinkerslake Жыл бұрын
little did we know, at the time, that people would use the building to kill themselves, by jumping from the upper floors.
@DavidDavoDavidson8 жыл бұрын
fries girls?
@user-oo9vi1uw3c8 ай бұрын
Table Odds Change At Sky City My Train Pulls Up Under It So My Boys From Other Planets Are In!!!
@Hossak5 жыл бұрын
This cost a billion 1991 dollars to build. I don't think we got our money's worth but no doubt the building companies and unions did :)
@brotherdarkness41384 ай бұрын
The escalators would shut down due to, too many people on them.
@NoNopeAndNo3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the forever breakdowns of the roller-coaster and the shop by shop shutdowns🙄
@colinlatham79053 жыл бұрын
$570m is what it cost not what it was worth. Sold later for a fraction of that
@user-oo9vi1uw3c8 ай бұрын
Christie's Creek is Best Water Way on earth yeah yeah mouth good my dog drinks it and Nathan camps near...Feet Get Wet At Mouth Is Annoying!!!!!!! Seeya Adelaide.....
@crazyguy191311 жыл бұрын
Guy at 3:59 lol
@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc Жыл бұрын
Bet that 500 odd million never recovered. Why are such vast amounts spent on tat?
@user-oo9vi1uw3c8 ай бұрын
Church People Mini Stand With Magazines At Rundell Mall Hi.......
@marcopolo30017 жыл бұрын
What a cute little nerd this one.
@nathanielpillar80126 жыл бұрын
what?
@judee.caulfield63867 ай бұрын
5:47 the attempt at writing "Tempura" in Japanese is hilariously wrong, it should be "天ぷら" but it's somehow been copied as complete nonsense characters
@Hossak5 жыл бұрын
Not enough worker's poetry was read during the construction!
@dynomozzie8 жыл бұрын
Aa
@jamesb6080 Жыл бұрын
It looked really nice originally. It almost had a Victorian colour scheme. Now, as of 2023, it's all white and sterile inside and boring.
@dougieb7774 жыл бұрын
Sad to see what happened to this place, half empty, dazzleland shuts down within 10 years due to regulations and now ethnic gangs roam the mall.... Governments only ones to blame..