The checkered kiosk thing is basically a safety point for the employees to evacuate to in the event of an emergency where they have to evacuate the store

Wallie, I used to work Walmart and those little kiosks by TLE(tire, lube express) was supposed to be for checking in your vehicle, but TLEs never employed enough associates, so they just used those for customers to smoke while waiting for their vehicles if they didn't want to shop.

This was a very nice walmart and they stocked the largest selection of hunting and fishing out of all the walmarts in the area. I filmed this walmart while it was closing in 2 parts on my yt channel if you want to see what it used to look like

That little striped shack was supposed to be a little check-in station for the auto center. Most Walmarts I know stopped using them a year or two after they were open. They would have an attendant out there with a scanner to get your VIN and mileage and junk and ask what kind of service you needed. Think they realized pretty quickly it was rarely busy enough to justify and inefficient (and uncomfortable) to have someone manning those shacks very often.

My daughter worked at this Walmart. The theft was a very large issue.

Thanks for Your Awesome Support Videos Wallie.

Would be splendid to see this reverted back to a retro mall.

Hello friend Wallie , that little carport like thing in the back of the former Walmart auto center , I feel like it's an old city bus stop pick up and someone removed the bench from inside , love you so much like family and may God bless you always my friend and happy memorial day to you and hope to hear back from you soon thanks

Just subscribed about an hour ago! Absolutely loving the channel.

When Wal- Mart started closing stores, I knew we were in trouble!

Good video rare to see a abandoned Walmart there’s a Walmart in homewood Illinois that closed recently that used to be a superkmart center that closed in 2013 and was one of the last Illinois superks to close.

Awesome cool big Walmart see you are with mary enjoy the weekend

You should do an update video of the Garfield Hieghts location

People rob them blind and think it's ok because they are a big company then call them racist for closing.

I have never seen a Walmart this big.

WALLIE WHEN WILL WE GET TO MEET YOUR NEW BO MARY?? TKS FOR THE VIDIOS RON

That Walmart looks like it’s the size of an airport. Welcome to Mary.

I visited my family from MO about 7 years ago and I believe I went to that very Walmart. My family lived in Columbia for many years, but either died off, or moved away due to the crime. I remember the big mall on Decker blvd. And my step dad used to work at Kmart there for 19 years!

A quick search shows the building was sold 6 months ago and is going to be converted to a computer company's warehouse and distribution center as reported by a local TV station.

Great video as always love the opening scene with you in the bee friend. Thanks for sharing hope you guys are having a great week.

that's a very beautiful walmart tbh. most Walmarts nowadays look the same, very bland with like 2 colors here and there. it's a shame it's closed now due to high levels of theft 😕

This was my favorite one. This is the one off Bush River. I loved that store.

I would assume that they closed the store before the bank's lease was up. They would still have to honor that lease or the bank could pursue legal remedies.

👍👍👍 I don't like Walmart either, but it's a shame to see any business close. This Walmart was a really big store.

Hello Wallie and Mary♥️ That's one huge building!!

As always great video. 👍

WallieB26 , really enjoyed your awesome abandoned Walmart video! That's a huge store and never seen one that big! Can't wait till your next awesome abandoned video!

I wish wallie would put the names of the songs on the video or comments. I love his taste in music 😊

hey wallie, if you ever pass through Boone, NC, there’s an abandoned Krispy Kreme just sitting out!

A company out of Texas has bought the Walmart and will turning into a computer storage and recycling center. I see work trucks out there from time to time but not much is going on. I am starting to wonder if that company has changed its mind. The property was rezoned for this company to come in.

I also heard that Chicago is closing 4 Walmarts because the same reason for this one

Our Walmart has the grocery department is on the left, another is on the right. I'm not a fan of Walmart, attracts the lowest common denominator. I am becoming less of a fan of Target, neither seems to have products that I am used to purchasing. Since I live rurally without a vehicle I purchase most of what I need either online or, in most cases, on apps on my Android mobile phone. While it is pouring down south, it has been clear and very sunny, and it is going to get even warmer towards the end of the week! Nice video!

I saw Mary's arm, will this video be the reveal? 🤔

Wow awesome walmart

A lot of Walmart stores has been closing recently due to theft and the company won’t prosecute those thieves.

Awesome Wallie

😮😎great job and youtube all video

Cool find!

I bet that it was nice inside whenever it was opened! ❤💕 I am sure that it had a great deal of everything, food, clothing, sporting goods, art supplies etc. 😄😀

This part of town is busy and right by the interstate, but it USED to be the suburbs. Then the area went downhill. This site used to be a Target and movie theater etc back in the day. Walmart also closed their neighborhood market not far from here. I rarely went to this location, but I was still surprised to see it close. Was it even there for 10 years?

Good video. Enjoyed your other ones also. When we moved to Columbia from GA in 2008 (a few miles away from this Walmart) we shopped here exclusively and simply tolerated the increased presence of "seedy" clientele here. But soon they went from 24-7 to closing at 11pm; then they closed the pharmacy entrance at 9pm or 10pm to only allow entry and exit from the grocery side. We were disappointed to see this store's decline and subsequent closing, because it was better than where we have to go now, at the Harbison Walmart in Irmo. Traffic is sucky. The managers and Walmart execs responsible for the Bush River Walmart that closed are ultimately to blame for allowing this customer AND employee theft! But they may have simply given up on efforts due to the eventual closing of the I-126 exits to and from Bush River Rd because of the USDOT Carolina Crossroads $9 Billlion revamp of "malfunction junction." The construction over the next 10 years is going to reek havoc on that whole area. However current the Murphy USA gas station has the best prices in the city and a new UPS store opened up in the front corner!

Columbia native here, that Walmart is in a bad part of town, not surprised one bit

this just hit hard to me. i shopped there with my dad in there when i was little and i learned it shut down when it first did. My father passed before it shut down but the fact i grew up there is just sad…

I'm hyped to see this!

The buffering digamajig was on my screen, then Wallie wiped the screen, and it stopped buffering. Thank you Wallie.

I’m a Columbia native, though I haven’t lived there since my youth. I recall, years ago, when there was so much concern for the proliferation of new Wallmarts (RIP) & it’s effects on legacy mom & pop stores; that’s the circle of (retail) life, eh? Today, we’re nostalgic for those same small-business eating Wallmarts, no longer the apex predators. Amazon, w/a market cap over three times that of Wallmart, now sits at the top of the retail food chain. Where I live (Beijing), the players are different, but the process is identical.

That’s the one on Bush River, or Broad River.

Theft is an issue in most places why people need to steal idk

Love seeing Walmarts like this!

Nice Kreator shirt 🤘

That checkered kiosk is where workers would stand for vehicles entering the auto care center to take their work order. They don't use those anymore though as they have an appointment based it now

Awesome video!

I just read that it will become a warehouse for a computer company. Nice. In Connecticut, a WalMart was losed recently because the lease wasn't renewed. It was a Bradlee if im not mistaken.Two WalMarts were closed at least 15+ years ago both in the same town in Connecticut. The Walmart was an old Caldor that Walmart took over, it closed by 1995, it moved to a bigger space - an Ames, but it close around 2010.

thers a report on this

looked like smoke damage on the corner of the back of the building right by the TLE. Wall was all black.

Banks last longer because people still need to make loan payments, get cash and get changes and some boomers like doing it in person. I used to work at a bank and asked people and they said they would rather come in. Plus, people have transportation issues love having a bank within walking distance.

In Greensboro, North Carolina there was once Carolina Circle Mall. It closed down in the early 2000's. It was just of U. S. Highway 29. Back in 2005, it was demolished and a Walmart was put in it's place.

Good to see an abandoned Wal-Mart ... 😂 ...Lord knows they caused alot of stores to fold since their inception

Hey if you come back down we cam most definitely go and explore some haunted places down here in Columbia

The interior gate was probably there for additional security.

Thanks you Wallie

This appears to be the Bush River Rd Walmart. When it was originally built, the area was in an “okay” state, but it was simply bad timing. Over the course of several years, that area declined, and it just became a bad place to go. Interestingly, it was possibly the last Walmart built in the Columbia-Lexington area and the first one to close. It got pretty bad in a short period of time. Our oldest daughter lived in a condo complex that was right behind that Walmart, but she had to move because the area was becoming unfriendly.

U do a rally good job on here

GReat video buddy keep it up :D i enjoy your videos alot :D

It's weird I got Walmarts ad's in this video......

I love your kreator shirt 🤘 I got the enemy of god tour shirt. I seen them in Raleigh in 08. I was wondering something. A lot of people sleep in the parking lots of Walmarts. Do you think anyone would care if people camped in they're car at this abandoned location? I was thinking in the parking lot really far from the store. I'm moving to Columbia soon and need a place to camp in my van when I'm not at work.

The funny thing is my sister and I live in the southeast part of pa we live in Chester County right on the border of Chester County and my sisters kids went to coatesville area school district and both coatesville area school district and pine richland are good in football there's been a few times coatesville area school district and pine richland school district have come close to playing each other in the football playoffs up in Hershey pa

Great video!

The checker box stand was for the automotive attendant. I dont think they use them anymore at the stores.

Good vid

It would of been cool to get inside

I use to work there. Its in a rough area and the managers were really rough also.

I live maybe 10 minutes from this location. I never actually shopped here, but I was shocked to see this abandoned Walmart while I was door dashing. Now ill explore it later.

Had to crack up on this one: Seeing it on the Tubage here and the very first ad was one for Walmart. PFFF!!!

There was a Walmart near me that closed because of theft so

Do you still have Topaz the corn snake? 🌽🐍

Awesome cool find👍

Grm adventures seen abandoned/closing Walmarts

If this walmart is off bush river road it was closed due to location and less customer, it was too big for that area, there is another walmart on harbison blvd

That was cool

Safe travels on your way back to Ohio.

Cool 🥰

Hey wallieb26 that place is going to be a Marshall's and kholes! Or fannings!👍

This Wal-Mart closed due to high rates of theft by both the public AND employees. They also has problems with loss prevention not showing up to court to prosecute shoplifters.

Thanks for showing us this WallieB does anyone know who sings the song at the end of the video? I’ve heard it played over quite a few dead malls and dead retail uploads

I can't believe there is actually an abandoned Walmart 😳😅👍 Adios, bring back Hills, Kmart, Ames anything else 😜

My ex husband was working there temporarily as a security guard as it was going out of business in 2021 it was a mess in there lol.

2:55 it looks like a nice one to

Did you know when he put the camera on that black fence? I saw something moving it was like security or something I don’t know what it was though it creeped me out.

like that shop and house I sor in spar in weils😮

Also wallie b there used to be a fuddruckers right up the road but it has since then turned into a church but you could maybe film it next time just to see the changes

Pretty sad my peoples got the way they are has grown so bad that they have to shut stores down. I used to love to be able to go to Walmart at 2 in the morning or whenever I needed to still glad we have the one we have and I live in a small town if it would leave it would devastate this town we're like 35,000 people I lived here for 23 years saw the old-fashioned Walmart call us before it had grocery stores. Them open a new store with everything you could possibly Ever Need. It's been there about 20 years now. I can't imagine if you're close to here Lottery Diaries live in this town and they wouldn't be able to make it at all. That's what you get when you start out with a government-created pandemic. Followed up by the government's new woke program. And people that would rather steal than work. Thanks for the video

i live in cola and reason why it closed is because nobody went there.... i lived here 35yrs and never shopped there. I even forgot it was there! We have 4 other stores everybody goes to...too many if u ask me

Also there is a closing bed bath and beyond location near there so you could check it out

There is a abandon Golden Corral In fairlawn Ohio

BUSH RIVER, I SHOPPED HERE OFTEN

What was the name of the mall that was here before? Was it like an enclosed mall or a strip mall

They are closing all 8 of their stores in Chicago and they closed 2 in Portland Oregon and one here in Washington up in Everett

You're only an hour and a half away from Charlotte North Carolina. I do have a South Carolina address though, ever heard of a city called Rock Hill South Carolina? We're only 20 minutes south from Charlotte.

Thanks to Google Maps the right side was the grocery section, the middle section was the home, and the section with the fences was the garden section.