These youtubers love doing these videos in the hour prior to the actual opening of the mall when the only folks inside are the store employees and the mall-walkers. They've done it in a couple of malls around here that are definitely not as dead as they make it seem.
(11-10-2019 10:06 PM)BlazerFromMD Wrote: These youtubers love doing these videos in the hour prior to the actual opening of the mall when the only folks inside are the store employees and the mall-walkers. They've done it in a couple of malls around here that are definitely not as dead as they make it seem.
From the clip it looks like a ok crowd in the afternoon. There's not much stores there I would visit for the time being.
(11-13-2019 06:15 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: It's not Blazer related. It's as simple as that.
Maybe 1/3 of Bartow Arena concession stands open against AL A&M. Sort of like Western Hills Mall.
The 2 guys working at one stand did a fabulous job. They busted it all night making sure everyone got what was needed. Job well done under tough circumstances.
(This post was last modified: 11-13-2019 10:22 PM by bigdunks.)
(11-12-2019 11:07 PM)rook360 Wrote: What does that have to do with anything on this board?
There is a general discussion board for this.
It’s not like this board is that busy but let’s try and run off those who are left
It has nothing to do with any of the sports or anything Blazer related. And it had nothing to do with Bartow. It's in the title "NBR- Birmingham's Western Hills Mall".
(11-12-2019 11:07 PM)rook360 Wrote: What does that have to do with anything on this board?
There is a general discussion board for this.
It’s not like this board is that busy but let’s try and run off those who are left
It has nothing to do with any of the sports or anything Blazer related. And it had nothing to do with Bartow. It's in the title "NBR- Birmingham's Western Hills Mall".
(11-13-2019 06:15 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: It's not Blazer related. It's as simple as that.
Maybe 1/3 of Bartow Arena concession stands open against AL A&M. Sort of like Western Hills Mall.
The 2 guys working at one stand did a fabulous job. They busted it all night making sure everyone got what was needed. Job well done under tough circumstances.
The Bartow Arena concessions were approx 2/3 closed on Monday night against A&M. Maybe this was not the correct thread to bring this up but it was quite disappointing. Did Bartow Arena folks do this on purpose or was it an error on folks responsible for staffing? It was opening night for UAB basketball and I was there even under the weather. What's the deal? The few folks they used to staff concessions really worked hard and I let them know I appreciated that too.
The last I heard, the concession stands at Bartow Arena (like the ones at Legion Field - except for Papa John's Pizza) are staffed by volunteers who come in to work to raise money for some sponsoring groups (like Band Boosters, ROTC, church fellowships, etc). If these groups don't show up, the concession doesn't open. It is likely that these VOLUNTEER workers are not experienced in food service skills, but they do want to help their group make some money and work hard to do that. What is the concessions plan for the new BJCC stadium?
(This post was last modified: 01-05-2020 05:58 PM by BAMANBLAZERFAN.)
RE: NBR- Birmingham's Dead (or barely there) Malls
Stores follow the migration of money possession consumers so malls lose the major anchor type stores and slip into irrelevance. Century Plaza and Eastwood Mall are completely vacant (Eastwood Mall was demolished in favor of a new Wal Mart with satellite strip mall stores and Sam's closed in Irondale and Wal Mart closed in Fairfield) and Western Hills, Five Points West, etc. are struggling with small local shops. Even the Riverchase Galleria has had difficulty finding a national brand anchor store to replace Macy's since Nordstrom turned them down and Belk's pulled out of Brookwood. Today's hot spots are south of town like The Summit, Riverchase, 280 / 31 and Trussville. The restaurant chains are struggling to survive on "take out window" business or close down.
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2020 04:17 PM by BAMANBLAZERFAN.)
RE: NBR- Birmingham's Dead (or barely there) Malls
The area called Artisian Wells was a park like space popular for picnics and such activities. The Waters family sold their several Drive-in movie theaters around the city and invested in building Eastwood Mall on that site. The water from the wells was used to furnish the building with cheaper water for its air conditioning. Its anchor stores were Pizitz, J.C. Penney, Colonial grocery, and Kresgys (which later set up the K-mart brand) Parisians built their own attached store later as did the theater. There was a B'ham public Library branch there at one time. The last family meal with my mother was at the Pioneer Cafeteria there before she died the next morning as they prepared to go to Bogue's for breakfast..
That Krispy Kreme site was replaced by the Olive Garden which is still there.
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2020 01:44 PM by BAMANBLAZERFAN.)
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