Southlake Mall in Merrillville, Indiana opened in 1974. By the late ’80s, it featured an Aladdin’s Castle arcade just off the central atrium—advertised in local flyers for its “new Pac-Man and Galaga cabinets.”
Promotional photos from 1990 show neon signage and crowds flocking to its nearest token machine, making it one of the busiest mall arcades in the Chicago suburbs.
The arcade closed in 2003 when the mall added new entertainment chains; today, a coffee shop occupies its former corner, but high‐score legends still circulate on Northwest Indiana gaming boards.