A Visit to Diamond Run Mall - CLOSED
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2019
- Diamond Run Mall. A Zamias original. A Failed Mall. Dead & Stuck in a rut. Join me as we get a look at this mall in its final days.
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I loved shopping their as a kid that was during their booming period in the 90s
Excellent commentary; a clear concise history of this doomed property. Thanks for doing the research!
Just came here last April while at a college visit, and my dad thought it was closed because of how empty it was😂
I used to go here all the time as a kid. mainly k-mart and the shoe dept. its crazy to see a place I lived so close to be completely abandoned and left to rot.
I used to visit this mall as well. It’s a shame that after I moved to Vermont, it was abandoned. 😢
I got my ears pierced for the first time at the Claire’s there. I remember begging my mom to go to the in-mall arcade as we walked over to Sears. I remember going to Kmart for school supplies for my first day of school. I remember the Inflatable slides and play area. I remember the smell of the food court and how it felt to sit in those chairs.
I haven’t lived there in such a long time. But I wish I could’ve gone there before it closed.
Last time I was there (maybe 2015 or 2016) K mart was still open, but the rest of it was so empty, the main business was someone renting little animal scooters to ride around on.
I like the simple design of this mall, I never knew it existed. I am very surprised that Kmart was the last anchor standing. Good find on this place Doomie.
I stumbled across yoru channel today and I searched ur channel for this mall bc I used to live in that area and I went to that mall frequently when it was open. I actually moved back in October so I remember its closing. I even learned to drive in that mall parking lot after it was shutdown. Its crazy to see a youtube video of a mall I have many memories in!
The Dying Runt Mall...been there many times
I recall there was a crappy movie called diamond run, watching this made me realize that movie was filmed at this mall. Crazy that something like that so randomly would dawn on me out of the blue lol. Great video as always!!
How can I find that movie
It's sad Rutland use to be so full of life and busting during my early years growing up during the mid 80's to early 2000's.
I saw your channel under Sal's channels on his profile and decided to watch a few videos the other night. I can say I made the right decision to subscribe right there and then. I love your very informative, documentary style videos and the music in the background. Great job!
We were there at opening and there the last sat. night it was open, we even went to the fixture auction. It was a nice mall in it's day but was never supported by the local business community or shoppers. Zamias builder owner did not have the talent or drive to fill it as the mall was never much more the 60% of capacity. At the time malls in Glens Falls, Wilton, Clifton Park and Albany N.Y. were doing well and at 85% capacity while D.R. Mall floundered.
In my view the deal to keep out a movie theater and a $100,000 per impact fee to the city
of Rutland were all part of a bad deal upfront. This is the second Mall in Rutland fail in the past 40 years. I do not think there will ever be a "Mall" in Rutland again. The State hates business and the "old guard" of Rutland County have no vision for Rutland County growth. We have gone from being the 2nd largest city in VT. to the 4th! Most all retail growth is in Chittenden County where the dollars live. IF your a big box store your not coming to Rutland unless your Tractor Supply of Harbor Freaight....sad
That is what happens when liberals are in charge. You like??????????
I had long guessed this would become Castleton University Rutland Campus but the bottom fell out of the college market too.
Very good video hard to find a nice documentary where the audio is clear and there isn’t any shaky camera. I appreciate the knowledge you provided. I went to this mall in 2018 when I first moved to Rutland so sad it’s a shell of what it used to be
In 2023 this place is still sitting abandoned. And I’m watching this in the parking lot of what used to be Kmart
My mom and I just saw it briefly today when we accidentally ended up in the lane to in it. It is sad that it’s sitting abandoned like that.
In other news, I had no idea that Grand Union made a revival and has a location in Rutland. We stopped there as we hadn’t been to a Grand Union pretty much since it left Brattleboro.
4:40 yellow building was Kay jewelers and the stone entry way was the furniture store I went in once in my entire life
This is the first I'd heard of this mall. They sure didn't make it long. Great job on the history and filming. Really enjoy your videos.
October 1995 (when this mall opened) does not feel like it was that long ago.
Ah K-Mart/Sears/JC Penney the trifecta of dead mall anchors.
Great video. Erie and sad mall. Thanks for filming.
I was thinking about this mall so i rewatched the video
Parts of this remind me of Shoppingtown Mall.
That same day, I was able to visit Shoppingtown Mall. Although due to the time of day, it'll be a very different perspective from everyone else that has done a video on there.
Fantastic vlog
Hallmark store was in the Diamond Run Mall as was Victoria Secret, Christopher Banks, many other great stores were there in the beginning.
We would do our ‘mall’ shopping at Diamond Run. It was a great mall but Rutland residents said the mall should have never been built on the hill and away from being down in the city part of Rutland.
One of the malls in VT I actually never visited thanks for this footage or I would have never have even seen the inside.
Also Diamond Run is the BEST mall in VT!!!
You would be sad if you saw it now. All boarded up, windows smashed, homeless people moved in and trashed it. I live locally and would love to redevelop the space for indoor sports. Archery, football. Soccer etc.. its such a shame
I drove by yesterday. So much grafitti. Homeless people moved IN? police allowed that? I didn't see any way in. Very sad.
I used to love going to the arcade and the candy store at the Diamond Run Mall, I was really sad when I heard the mall was closing down. I have a lot of memories of me going there when I was younger, but all good things must come to an eventually I guess!
Sbarro and orientaste with 90s logos really took me back. Not this mall but it looked the same. There was even a gap in between where DQ/Orange Julius used to be.
right?! it's bonkers! in this mall, that gap was occupied by Subway - further into the mall, on the left side there was a corridor just after the mall offices/bathrooms where there was a drink/snack OJ-type place - served iced drinks and bavarian pretzels, can't remember the name for the life of me tho. good times
I was here in 2017 and sarro was the only restaurant in the food court!!!🍕
I seem to remember that being the case when I was there in 2008 or 2009. Maybe there was one other? But it was basically like that then too!
The halls of this mall are where I pulled open my Charizard Pokemon card from a pack back in 1999. First time I ever visited this mall. I still remember running back to the card shop to show them and having my picture taken. They were in disbelief. I wish I had that picture. When I got back to school that Monday and word spread what I had, I was the talk of the school that day. That seems like yesterday to me. I went back with a girlfriend in 2008 or 2009 and the mall was already heavily in decline by that point. I remember the American Eagle had just gone out of business, it was the first time we had ever seen an AE go under. There was a womens clothing store that she liked though. I remember the abandoned Kay Bee Toys was still there at the time with the signage still up
Although my go-to mall is in MA, I did visit here once or twice during its later years. Bath and Body Works was still open at that point, I think.
I live in Rutland, I went to this mall before it closed with my parents. It was completely empty except for us and a single guy working a small restaurant.
Great video on this mall. When I visit here, Shoe Dept, Old Navy, Lenscrafters, and some other shops was still open.There is a Ground Round down the hill of the mall, which I ate at, it was pretty good.
Well.. there WAS a Ground Round.
@@pazzella4 Is that still temporary closed?
Ground Round is gone and it was never any good.
wow.. crazy only twenty plus years open. one of the shortest malls I've heard of. My local Mall Crystal mall in Waterford CT has been open ten years longer and only missing one anchor the old Sears tho the old filene's is half Bed Bath and Beyond and half Christmas Tree shop. one rumor is turning the old sears into a nursing home.
Its always sad to hear that numerous younger-aged indoor malls, born in 1995 and later, are dead or closing.
Dixie square mall in Illinois only made it 12 years. 1966-1978.
There is a new video online showing the mall now. Vandals have broken in countless times and smashed all the bass and anything else they can manage. It’s just a ruin now
I was a year old when this mall was built
It's terrible to see something so beautiful go to waste, they were pretty much made to fail though.
I live in rutland and I heard that the mall when it was being built went over budget and it was behind schedule and the reason the stores basically left was because the rent was high and the store had to charge more for their products and they were way out of town to get there you needed a car or take the bus
Grew up in Vermont shopped at that mall many times watched it slowly going out of business over the years I can tell you the one thing that put all malls out of business online retail why drive when you can just click to get the things you want at a cheaper price
I live in Glens Falls and we took a ride there this past weekend to see how Diamond Run looked. Sadly, it's all boarded up with graffiti and overgrown. Took some video for my channel that I'll be posting soon.
But the stores like disney store the gap and old navy surprised me to be in this mall
Today it sits abandoned, full of mold, decay and transients. Its next move will be the demolition crew. Its slated as unsaveable.
I remember when it was new.
When the lumber company burned down several years ago that was the almost final nail in the malls coffin. Rutland per say is a depressed city. Only OMYA is left now and they’re a major employer there.
GE is also a major employer . Employing 3 times of Omya. And it's right next to the mall.
So the mall is alive again?
Who remembers the little coin drop things? Lol
Anyone else remember the metal statues of flowers and stuff that used to be in the food court? Or the store called Boomers?
Do you mind of I ask when you filmed this? I went up to visit this mall on Halloween, and the doors were already locked. (Much to my disappointment). When did this place officially close for good?
I was there by October 24th. Although the doors were open, it was clear everything was getting packed up to go.
As for when the mall exactly closed, the date I am uncertain. Although it may have very well been before Halloween.
Its says closed in your title, but can you still go inside and walk around?
This mall closed within days of my original visit. Only opportunity after the official closure would've been during the fixture auction, and that's come & gone already.
@@DoomieGruntVentures feeeek!
What music is this?
I can see why this mall was made by Zamius this mall cause this mall looks like the Johnstown galleria
Didnt expect to hear Half Life music
Appears to be in pretty good shape?
It's nearly empty of shoppers, the anchors are gone, most of the stores are dark and shuttered in the middle of day, and it's officially slated to be closed by the owners.
"Dead mall" in this... uh... hobby of ours can refer to a mall that's clearly on its last legs or that will soon be closing, and doesn't necessarily mean it's been abandoned and decaying for years (though those are dead malls, too).
@@0SuicideBoy0 Perhaps he means the way of maintenance. Despite how empty the mall is, you'd be hard pressed to find buckets & wet floor signs.
It's way to large for a the city it is in Rutland VT only has like 15,000 people.
I've never seen a more obvious and mask off example of a city sabatoging its own mall.
This is why i moved out of Rutland
Theres nothing to do there
Sorry to the people living in Rutland still....
You should go film it now. So sad to see it go! People ruined it by skating in it, graffiti and punching holes in the wall. 😞 It's sad no one could convert it into something good for the community
Urban decay porn is a saturated market.
That's actually the same thing that happened to the original Rutland mall, where home depot is now. People broke into the building after it was boarded up and turned it into a party spot and skate park. The old theater in there was a drug den, littered with needles and gang graffiti.
Damn shame.