America's malls are dying. Owners are hoping virtual reality and fitness centers will save them

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Faced with the highest vacancy rates in years, many shopping malls across the U.S. are closing or struggling to survive. Others, like the Irvine Spectrum Center, are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into innovative ideas, determined to survive the shift to online retail.

 

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Overfed, overentertained, undereducated, underachieving Americans.

I remember arcades at the malls as a kid and they died as home game consoles got better. So this will probably be a quick cycle

Weird cause they have Amazon oversees too but overseas shopping does not seem to be declining. Promenades, Arcades are packed full of shoppers walking, strolling, spending, shopping...

Hey, LAT editor. Holding this unsuspecting kid up for Twitter ridicule is despicable.

FrasierSein That kid went in the wrong door ?? he’s probably shooting broccoli

Mall rents have always been insanely high. For the smaller stores the a "Anchors" drawing in people was worth the extra cost as compared to a "main Street" storefront. In the last decade or so i have noticed that every mall has the same mix of chain stores. Why bother going.

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Kill them all. Make them housing, farms and public spaces. Rip up the concrete and plant greenery.

Or like those music bars where you dance around with headsets on? Maybe just like haul them away and add more park space or something

Now they need to combine the popularity of spending money looking great killing people in Fortnite with running around their parks finding dead bodies like in Pokémon Go. I'll be busy setting lures in front of the homes of level three pocket monsters.

He picked the wrong one.

He needs a fitness center.

Great photo choice lmfao

Oh my what a great photo. I am crying.

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