Colonial Mall Auburn Oplika was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. Long‑time Opelika residents still drop its name in Colonial Mall nostalgia threads— wedged between RadioShack and Chick‑fil‑A. By the 1990s, the site had become…
Colonial Mall Gadsden was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. A former attendant’s Facebook post recalls Friday‑night lines for Street Fighter II inside Gadsden Mall’s mid‑’80s build‑out. By the 1990s, the site had become a…
Countryside Mall was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. Tampa Bay arcade fans on Reddit swear it had the region’s first Virtuality VR pod before the 1993 holiday rush. By the 1990s, the site had…
Courtland Center was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. Flint‑area Facebook posts remember Courtland Center’s Castle as the ‘lock‑in’ venue that turned teens into night‑owl gamers. By the 1990s, the site had become a rite…
Cranberry Mall was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. ExploreVenango’s retro column puts Cranberry Mall’s Castle high on its ‘things we miss’ list, alongside Camelot Music. By the 1990s, the site had become a rite…
Crossroads Mall was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. Crossroads Mall patrons in Fort Dodge fondly call it ‘the token mine’—a Facebook post shows its striped carpet even after closure. By the 1990s, the site…
Dakota Square Mall was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. Minot locals joke that Dakota Square’s Castle taught them geometry—thanks to the hex‑stamped tokens still found in junk drawers today. By the 1990s, the site…
Eastdale Mall was one of the chain’s signature mall outposts, opening in the late 1970s / early ’80s boom when Bally was carpeting America’s shopping centers with blinking marquees. A Yelp entry (now flagged ‘closed’) confirms Eastdale Mall’s Castle sat opposite the merry‑go‑round and RadioShack. By the 1990s, the site had become a rite of…
Miller Hill Mall, opened in 1973 in Duluth as the city’s first enclosed shopping center, featured a vibrant Aladdin’s Castle arcade near its food court for decades. Vintage Facebook and Reddit recollections describe the arcade as a ‘wonderland’ of classic cabinets—Tempest, Asteroids, Centipede, and pinball—where Duluth teens lost hours after school. The arcade thrived through…
Mountain View Mall in Ardmore, Oklahoma opened in 1987 and long included an arcade operated by Namco under the Aladdin’s Castle banner. A 2006 Yelp References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_View_Mall_(Ardmore,_Oklahoma) https://www.yelp.com/biz/mountain-view-mall-ardmore
