ROLLING ACRES MALL : EXCLUSIVE FULL TOUR!
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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I like urban exploring, but I prefer to do it, by watching videos on UA-cam.
Same, urban exploring scares me irl
I'm with you two, rather watch on UA-cam.
Haha same
That mall is in even worse condition than when Dan Bell was there. How incredibly sad...
"Review of Rolling Acres Mall: There's no free WiFi, and the customer service is pretty much non-existant. Items in all the stores are overpriced, and they don't even accept Mastercard. The food court is also terrible. None of the food is fresh, definitely not prepared in a sanitary manner that would meet health codes, and you wouldn't want to feed any of it to a rapid caterpillar. The restrooms are out of paper, smell bad, and the toilets don't flush. There is running water.. running down the walls and on the floor. The decor is modern with that old timey vandlized feeling. The janitors should be fired as they are not doing a very good job! Disappointed. 1*, will not return."
So that was my attempt at humor. On a serious note, great video and explore. I enjoyed watching this! Thumbs up/liked!
thanks so much, i agree, shitty food selection lol
Well the mall is closed why would they keep transmitting wifi.?
A very limited selection of stores as well
@SublimeHawk6 o I see they were picking up a Wi-Fi signal from somewhere else. I have found wifi signals that didn't need a password.
it's funny! successful attempt!
the red fountain was my favorite spot in the whole mall i would sit for hours chatting with friends and listening to the happy sounds of people roaming in and out of the stores..good bye old friend......
Even though he already said don't go to the mall in the intro, I should note that this place is HEAVILY secured; meaning cops watch and patrol this mall all the time and might arrest you for trespassing if you are caught. A guy on another video of the mall I watched said "They aren't as friendly as the cops in Dan Bell's video."
So, as tempting as it may be to explore, STAY AWAY FROM ROLLING ACRES.
YVNG RVT I haven’t come across that video yet
this was a great video. you and Dan Bell nailed it. the theater was a neat addition. I must say you have bigger balls than I do to go into that death trap.
I'm surprised he didn't get caught by the cops like Dan Bell did.
Yeah. Got lucky I guess. I want to get in there and I have someone who would be game to go along but the cops stop me. Well that and the fact that place isn't secure by any definition of that word.
+GrnArrow092 i didnt get caught because I didn't park in the mall lot like Dan did lol, plus the cops dont even care anymore sadly
+Ace's Adventures interesting. the city of Akron owns it and they say they are patrolling it. ace you have balls of steel to go in there. I was happy to see the inside if Euclid Square was not trashed.
You're right, they don't care. There were a bunch of sports bikes and dirtbikes out in the parking lot yesterday and we were watching them do a bunch of wheelies and stunts for at least a good hour. Not one cop, nothing.
Anyways, it's not in a bad area of Akron, haha. It's not great, but it's definitely not bad.
One of the more fascinating things about dead mall videos, I find, is the very human habit of not wanting to disturb the silence. Whispering has tactical advantage, in case you come across a slumbering meth head. But more a force of habit, silence breeds silence. There seems to be areverence for what WAS. What it represented... what it promised.
Cigol Zëlev 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I worked in RA mall for 3 years back in the mid 80's. Some of my best stories are about that place. It's really strange to watch this.
Cried through the whole thing. First this, now my high school. The city of Akron erasing my teenhood a little at a time.
Lisa Insana wow thats really moving, hope i brought some perspective
That notice made me laugh! They really expect me to believe there is a functioning security camera anywhere in that mall? 🤣
Structures do have spirit. I get very intrigued and creeped out all at the same time. Id never enter an abandoned structure,but love watching on here.so anyway, SUPER GR8 Video,thanks for making them.
the plants seem to be doing well, at least.
Great video man, subscribed. While there are certainly bigger malls than Rolling Acres, I think it is creepily surreal how Rolling Acres went from such a busy mall to such a dangerous place
ThePodCastDojo thank you!!!
The element of sound in there is downright spooky.Just the echo of broken glass and footsteps was creepy enough.The singing frogs in Dan Bell's vid must have been hiding.I thought I heard some wind or light light howling at 11:31.Maybe I just wanted to.Great video!
I was driving through Ohio this summer and stopped there to check it out for about half an hour, while the mall was demolished it was a really cool sight to see the shadow of where the mall used to be. Also it's quite odd how three of the anchor stores still stand and they actually are occupied with random businesses.
I went into this mall late last year. Went during the day the around 2am. We ended up getting caught but my god was it an amazing experience
you mean pm right if you went during the am you are a fuckin savage
krlm2280 We went around 2pm to see everything while it was light out the went again around 2am to get the dark experience
You are a savage then lol
3am est and I'm watching this lol but I love being creeped out by stuff like this..
The flashing shots of what it was before it became Rotting Acres is nice. And at least you didn't get busted.
Very good video! Especially liked the flashback effects! Keep up the great work and be safe!
vandalism is a misdemeanor in most cases, not a felony. something they should know before posting a sign like that
i agree, i think it was just to scare people off lol
Favorite part of the note
Luke Jameson “which is a FELONY
i am glad you have taken the final look of rolling acres it was well deserved my childhood memory will always be there with these videos when the bricks fall it will all be gone forever.....
Thanks for wandering into the movie theater....Of all the video's on this mall no one has checked them out ! Keep it up....
my one complaint about the video is the flashing images. other than that I loved it!
Same
I always thought that it would be really cool to have a Li-ion battery, and inverter, and a suicide cable in these kinds of places. Would be neat to apply power and see if you could get lights to operate in discrete locations. Most inverters have short circuit protection, as well as other safety features that would shut it off if there were faults. It would be a safe way to see something possibly come back to life for at least a littl time. Make that place live for a brief instant, a pulse of life just once more...
Really nice. I love "bare bones" exploration videos without tacky music and I loved hearing your reactions to things as you saw them.
This is so much more interesting than malls that are still open
That is a true statement! 😅
Reminds me of that abandoned mall in the Last Of Us
pretty sure it is
Henry Robles rolling acres is the mall in last of us
17:37 The mall's logo used from 1986-1999...
Rolling Acres mall is currently in the process of being demolished.
thanks for the vid tho, nice to see a really in depth look at the place. where the stride rite sign was found was the 'main entrance' to the mall. you guys also found the old Denny's restaurant around the 20 minute mark I think. back in 2001 I had to have a key to get in there and it was still a cool stuck in time kinda place to look around in for 15 minutes. cool vid guys.
I don’t think internet killed malls as much as the recession. I think even though the media says we’ve recovered from the recession of 2008, the middle class still doesn’t have the disposable income that kept these malls busy.
Malls were already on the decline before 2008 though.
its more then just the internet that has killed these places. the middle class is dead or dying. the jobs no longer pay a living wage. manufacturing is dead. households have two people working and just to pay the bills. one of the things pushing people to the internet sales, they barely have enough money to live anymore so if they do have an extra purchase they are making every effort buy stuff as cheap as possible. they have no choice. the internet has existed for 20+ years now with online sales not being anything really that new. i remember my mom dragging me to the mall as a kid. used to walk around for 4 or 5 hours in these places, its what women did. they have no money to do that anymore. who goes to the mall with NO money?
I do not understand why people go into these places and vandalize them. What are they even getting out of that?
I am so glad the both of you made it out of the mall safe. This mall looks very dangerous and very unsafe. I am happy that all of you are still alive.
The method that you used for this shoot is amazing, and I completely agree with you that this is NOT a Mall to explore on your own and unprepared! When a Mall is left to this much vandalism and the mould(!) one would expect to see this to be razed to the ground. So much destruction and perilous potentials. It’s showing it’s age, as the corridors are claustrophobic.
They placed that warning sign up far too late! I never saw that red fountain functioning. Did your friend say that this was closed only a year ago? If so this had some destructive guests! I would recommend better torches to navigate and make your exploring far less perilous. Those four photos where someone spray-painted “You Can’t Hide”, “I Will Find You”, “I Will Hurt You” and “I Will Kill You” felt authentic in that person’s intentions!
Thank you!
I would imagine with any Mall GM. It,s very sad to see what was a thriving success turned to a desolate place. Heartbreaking. Yes. Sometimes it is what it is. Every mall needs 2 things to stay alive. 1st. is people. 2nd Sales. Without those two. It,s very hard to keep any doors remaining open.
I heard your warning twice and will accept with honor. if this mall was a iceberg, then I would do will to stay away.
A small knife? how about a gun, dude?
If youre going into a place were you think theres a high chance youll be attacked bringing a knife is a loss from the start.
I agree but if you end up like Dan Bell having a loaded firearm on top of trespassing would seem to make the situation worse. but yeah if you have your CCW permit carry in that place. that part of Akron is not the high rent district for sure.
Remember the video with Dan bell at that mall in ohio? He just told them what he was doing, they said ok, and escorted him out of the building. The police knew that he wasnt there to steal copper or murder people, he was probably able to prove on his phone his youtube credentials as a documentary maker and they knew he wasnt worth the time to mess with. I suspect if he had a legal CCW with him they would of had no problem with it, after all they also have guns on them for the same reason.
discodench true. Interestingly this is the same place Dan got caught in.
+discodench i know some people wont agree with me doing this, but no one else will be getting in there, they are welding the doors shut and covering them with metal and dirt, after we found young 13 year old subruban kids in there in sandals, i knew it was time for that place to go, too dangerous
I said the same thing about bringing a firearm too!
I do not believe that a security camera was watching that sign on Macy's since there has been no power to the structure since 2008
Skelemor I don't believe it either
This mall was the mall that started me down the rabbit hole of dead malls.
I worked there from 99 to 07 on and off, first as a security guard outta highschool, one of the funnest jobs I've ever had. I know every nook and cranny and back hallway to the mall area. sad it's gone.
This is amazing!! Subbed
Thank you!
The person who wrote potato OuO should get a most funny person of the year award
I've never been to this mall but it's so depressing to see. Malls were a huge part of life and they are turning into this.
I'm happy I found out about this channel!!
Great video, Anthony. My Cousin used to live in that area and frequented this mall during its heyday. I shared your video with her over at the "Face Space." Keep up the great work.
Thank you Ace. Now I have no reason to go and poke around. I wish I could get me some of those theater seat, but I hear none are worth saving?
There actually is someone who saved one of the seats
Nearly 8 years between the mall closing and this video being taken, I’m surprised that the building was in as good a shape as it was.
Looking at Google Maps, this place wasn't far from the junction of not one but TWO interstate highways! I-76 and I-77 split not far from the mall. Amazing. But looking at Romig Rd (in street view) that this mall is located on, lots of places look closed.
A large structure on its last legs. Your video is enough for me. This is the sad state of this whole retail category.
thank you for this video. it's great!
Video killed the radio star, in my mind and in my heart we can't rewind we've come to far
Thanks for posting this great video. I think I discovered a new hobby: urban exploring. Can I tag along on your next mall tour?? 😂😅
Videos like this make me want to gonand check out Charlestown Mall while we still have it.......even with how depressing the recent video of it that you guys posted was.
Just curious, when the mall closed in 2008 was it still in good condition and then days or years later trespassers, theifs, and vandals completely destroyed everything inside the mall?
Mall from what I've read already had issues prior to closing with lack of maintenance. From what I understand, I don't even know if the building was locked on the last day when the power was cut off.
@@esw01407 there was video from the last day of the mall being open (Oct 31, 2008)
Y4123 I would love to see that video
@@poohbare8o5o the person made it private because people kept using it without permission :(
Y4123 I wondered.
I grew up in Vallco Shopping Mall. It wasn't abandoned but it was dead. My mother used to work as a photographer there. She had a portrait of her husband who graduated from the University of San Luis Obispo. The Mall was demolished in November 2019.
I do hope the Rockingham Mall doesn't go out! That place is awesome! I love their Food Court, the stores. I feel the Computers that killed the malls will too be killed by another technological breakthrough as well! Great videos! Keep up the good work! Thankyou! Brings back old memories of when the malls we the place to go! The flashbacks made me cry! What am I saying? All of these videos make me cry! But I still watch them. They bring back many bittersweet memories!
We don't have Mall's even close to our little city, I've actually never been very fond of the mall-phenomenon anyway, it seems extremely stressful. That's why I like watching mall's and ex-malls in UA-cam 😂
Shopping malls are thriving here in Australia.
MsWaggydog it seems to be hit or miss here. Some malls are thriving and some are shutting down.
I think malls are thriving pretty much everywhere people live that have money to spend inside them, and with at least one or two anchor tenants. The problem (apart from Amazon, Walmart, and the decline of many retail outlets) with many malls in the U.S. was that they were overbuilt. Too many malls in too many areas. Many such malls struggled throughout their entire lifespan to attract and keep retailers. Other malls, like Rolling Acres, were healthy, older malls that fell victim to both the appeal of newer malls, and the declining living standards (rise in poverty and crime) that affected the area surrounding such a mall.
They just need to knock that mall down and put it out of it's misery.
They are soon
I agree 100%
Edit: they are now demolishing it. I've never even seen this place in person before, but it's sad to see a shopping complex like this.
No, there's always a chance that it can be saved. I believe it can. Please help me save this mall and make it better once again. www.ipetitions.com/petition/lets-save-rolling-arces-mall
Thank you! Tell your friends! : )
"It's dead, Jim."
Just found you this A.M....... Great Vids..... will be back..
Thanks so much!
Cool video other than the epileptic flashbacks
Joshua Papuga Legit
Joshua Papuga I feel the flashbacks bring a sort of haunting memory as to what the mall used to be.
I loved the before pictures, just wish I didn't have to see them in siezure mode
Interesting that anything green grows in that place... Has anyone been on the anchor stores? The double escalator seems so iconic now doesn't it?
What is it that was so disturbing that it would bother any seasoned urban exploring you spoke of?
my guess is just the absolute state of decay has made it a major health and safety hazard.
Spike18ism is it as bad as the mall itself?
Spike18ism ah. Makes sense. I would like to see that place in person.
Spike18ism yeah it seems sketch in there. It is right down the road for me so I could if I really wanted to.
I may. That place really fascinates me.
6:33 I'm not sure if it was a good idea to put your Instagram in an abandoned mall.
I'm from Akron.Ohio I use too go too that mall when I was a young kid I really don't know it closed now every gos too chaple hill mall now I still don't know why it closed the used too have a Target around back and they just built it too.I remember is a soon I walked threw the main entrance a fight broke out the closed at 7 o'clock some girl got stabbed in the eye Saturdays that's where we hang out at it was a beautiful mall in side of it the old people walk around the mall getting there excerise we hat a movie theater down stairs when that movie came out colors white people got beat up in side the movie theater it was a very nice place to go watch movies the word was lebron was going to buy it that was the rumor the place u at now use too Dillars wow I use too sit in that area that was a beautiful mall inside and out everybody came too Rolling acres mall even out of towners came too it people ruined it there always was fights there I seen people get beat up this only happed on week ends cuz it was the place too go.why u need a Rolling acres mall business card its closed....lol.now u inside the movie theater when they showed the movie colors they beat up white people for nothing
Crazy. I liked seeing what was up at the fountain end. I never thought of going in there until I saw some of these videos.... by then 1/3 of the mall was gone. It's just that you don't know if you'll wake up some crazy felon living in there.
You said that there are things in this mall that no one should experience. What things were you referring to?
Extreme levels of black mold, loads of glass and slippery surfaces, jagged edges, asbestos, and dangerous people wandering around
Ace's Adventures did you encounter any bad people inside or outside?
Awesome video, was there really a camera on the wall with the paper or is it just to scary people?
+Luke Jameson allegedly the place is secured and there are security cameras and sensors in place. allegedly.
8:40 Once upon a time, when the mall was still open, that Picnic Place sign lit up...
First 30 seconds of the vid instructs any explorers to wear all sorts of protective clothes and gear...at 19:20 our videographer is rocking shorts and a t-shirt!? 🤣 still a quality video though!
Where are the photos you two took? Great video. I didn’t realize how many people love abandoned malls like I do until today. Subscribing
Thanks a lot, POC!
I wouldn't go in there without a gun
20 years ago I might've had the courage to go inside this mall. Not anymore!! It looks way too creepy! :(
These malls when they do close will sometimes stay empty for decades if there is no money in the community to demolish them or re-purpose the space. This is the story of this mall as you know.
I just discovered your channel and this is my first video, so I don't know how many other videos you've done the flashbacks to what it looked like before, but could you maybe show a still shot of what it used to look like instead of the flashing image/video? I'm interested in your videos, but I find this one very hard to watch during the flashbacks because they give me headaches and it could be potentially seizure inducing to others. If I come off rude, I apologize. I would just like to be able to enjoy this video and future videos more so without the headache from the flashing.
Hello! And welcome! Yeah i kinda regret doing the flashing thing, i just wanted to show what it looked like before but next time will do it in a better way lol!
I used to always go to jcpenny and I saw like theescators and I was like what happen and my mom just says it was losing stores
And I thought Summit Place was in bad shape...The only reason I could think of wanting to explore Rolling Acres for is to experience what it feels like to be in a horror or Fallout game.
For some reason I was watching this video with the opening theme to Stranger Things playing on loop.
Wish you had taken that headed paper with rolling acres on it.
I’m not going to be able to watch this all at one time. It’s just gut-wrenching.
Straight out of a Zombie movie.
+ Ace's Adventures Did You See What The Sign On The Old Macys Said??
Ace's Adventures
apparently security ended between july of last year to know. last years videos on you tube had police escorts out of the building and didn't look this bad wow what a difference in one year....sad....
I have a picture of those escalators and mall in a game.
But creepier looking.
Wasnt there a Wendys in the Food Court?
That would be cool if some rich person can in and redid the mall and brought it back up
This place is beyond repair. all the money in the world will never estore the structure. its been exposed to the outdoors for over 3 years. the wood, and steel is brittle rusted and buckled and is weakened immensely. Its cheaper and safer to tear it down and rebuild
@@katieducky23 not to mention all of the mold and stuff
The same people (mostly blacks, not being racist) will come and destroy it like before. (Not being racist, just stating a demographic while making a point)
Retail is DEAD
334665eric 7788977 I couldn’t find parking at the mall today...
I can't imagine the shards of glass that you guys must have had in your shoes after this trip
i hear things about malls dyeing ect ect but all the malls by me thrive, online shopping is ok but it isn't as great at going to a store. i think areas with high crime and declining population are the reason malls die example this one lol
Exactly. No one wants to go to any mall near our outside of the hood.
the intro scared me shitless
It was in glorious condition
great videos, keep up the good work!
I miss being a mall rat kid at Randall Park Mall, Rolling Acres, Parmatown and Great Northern Mall. At least Great Northern Mall is still doing very well. I believe malls will make a come back.
CycleCruza great northern may be screwed. Sears and Penny's are closing. or so I have heard.
This post did not age well in 2020.
The security office was an old dental office and those timecards on the ground..... I'm sure my name's on some of them.
You should check out Schuylkill Mall in Frackville, PA according to Dan Bell he heard it has gone downhill since he did his video. I also heard St. Lawerence Centre Mall in Massena NY is pretty dead.
you guys didn't go into the dark hallways, some stuff I'd like to see like the mall office. that would take you to receiving 7 next to Penny's.
new subscriber and big fan keep it up and be safe
Thank you very much! Welcome!!
Anyone else see a ghost or just a shadow? 🏃 Terrifying
Congrats on 10K
Great video