Westland Mall opened in 1977 to serve southeast Iowa shoppers. By the mid-1980s, Space 406 near Sears hosted an Aladdin’s Castle arcade, advertised in a *Burlington Hawk Eye* back-to-school insert (Aug 1991) as “Westland’s Video Wonderland.” Locals recall lining up for NBA Jam, Skee-Ball lanes, and quarterly high-score contests that awarded plush hawks.
The arcade closed in the early 2000s as mall traffic shifted to nearby big-box centers. Today the suite holds seasonal vendors, but Burlington Facebook groups still post snapshots of the AC neon star shining across tiled floors.