Abandoned Walmart - Elkin, NC

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Abandoned Walmart - Elkin, NC. This location has been closed since at least 2008. A newer and larger supercenter was built and opened a couple of miles away. Since this store closed, it has deteriorated to the point that it is raining inside of the building. Still has power.
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@zeelledge Год назад

I live out in Dobson NC and grew up around Traphill to Elkin. I remember being taken to this walmart as a child its such a shame to see something so big go to waste. But that other building up the hill from the old walmart is a closed Taco Bell they also tried having a few other things there but they didn't work out. Have a great day and thank you if you read this.

@mergettheborgerhrunter3386 Год назад

Aye lmao I live in dobson

@jamesutley1352 Год назад

I used to work for BSA on Rockford Rd

@crystalscan2002 Год назад

Its fun seeing old walmart like this

@eztv1656 Год назад

I live here in Elkin. It has been closed over 16 years. Walmart wont sell it or lease it because they dont want Target to come to town. They did rent it to the lawn mower place across the street for a while. Yes It was a Taco Bell that moved with Walmart. Quiznos Sign light still comes on at night lol. The Damage from that fire was small.

@ofclshn 9 месяцев назад

Target would not be interested in this space if they were coming to Elkin. Elkin does not have the population for a Target store.

@Thetspot6555 3 месяца назад

Ronda resident here-I hear it’s going to be a rural king. Which is great news lol

@TeknBolt Год назад

The way the rain is pouring in through the broken ceiling and the faint glow of the still-on lights make for a eerie scene.

@Barabyproductions Год назад

Wow I honestly appreciate you Wallie! My 7yr old son watches this with me he love your channel.

@anthonygregory7557 Год назад

My mom used work at this Walmart. It's been abandoned for 14 year

@CommodoreFan64 Год назад

My area in North Augusta SC still has a 90's Walmart store that was turned into a Steve, and Berry's, then 1/2 of it turned into a Rose's department store, and the other side is now a Tractor Supply location, so it's nice that's being used again, but the rest of the area right around is fairly run down.

@jmlo8263 Год назад

Hey Wallie, this Walmart opened in 1989 and relocated to the new store around Summer 2008

@jasonhopson7280 Год назад

I moved to Elkin just over 3 yrs ago , this building has been untouched since long before that.

@slackingpacking Год назад

That’s in bad shape! The fact the power is still on too, that’s a disaster waiting to happen. Also there is an abandoned McDonald’s in front of that former Kmart down the street, looks like it been closed for over 10 years.

@fletchbg Год назад

Try 30 years!

@Thetspot6555 3 месяца назад

lol Ollie’s is going in that plaza next to Harbor Freight.

@JoshCraver9000 Год назад

I remember Hagerstown, MD having a Walmart like this, it was demolished back in 2004-2005 and a Martin's Food Market stands in its place.

@carlavision6143 Год назад

WallieB26 really enjoyed your awesome abandoned Walmart! My niece was byin 2008. That couch looked so comfortable! I just love your awesome videos! YOU ROCK!!!!!

@amberbryant8141 Год назад

It’s very sad abandoned in Walmart. 😢 Thank you sharing your video. 🫶🏻❤️

@brandonb.6099 Год назад

That couch in the doorway is something I've never seen before at an abandoned big box retailer. Usually people dump off stuff like that outside the abandoned stores.

@david94085 Год назад

We have 2 Quiznos left in Vegas. That Walmart was trashed. No saving that water damage.

@CommodoreFan64 Год назад

Agreed it's better if it's torn down, and turned into a large community park, or another new store.

@lindamikel7913 Год назад

Thanks for Awesome as Always Wallie Hope You Enjoyed of the Weekend

@zachmcewen4048 Год назад

They don't have the smaller discount stores anymore these days. They only have supercenters and neighborhood markets, but not the older department stores.

@shanereichsr2382 Год назад

Hey wallie there is still a long abandoned 90s era walmart in lewisburg pa. Its right beside weis on 11/15

@jodyrayvictor Год назад

I miss the old Walmart's, I hate the supercenters and the neighborhood markets. Fun fact Walmart doesn't own the building's

@dianakotchounian257 Год назад

I haven’t seen a Quiznos for the longest time. Do people even shop at that Bath and Body? I can’t Imagine to many who would. Thank You So Much For Sharing This Video.

@VWK1970 Год назад

I live 3 miles from Bath and Body Works. It is a busy store. I shop there often as well. This Walmart has been gone for at least 12 years.

@dianakotchounian257 Год назад

@@VWK1970 my mom and I always shopped at Bath and Body. It’s an awesome store to shop in. Thank you for sharing. 😊

@austinhowells20 Год назад

I miss the old Walmart

@bridgetraveler7700 Год назад

I had the same thought because I saw on Google Earth Street view and I said that's definitely a Taco Bell that is abandoned right across from the abandoned Walmart because it has the design of a Abandoned Taco Bell.

@ryanclifton7033 Год назад

Makes me think of my childhood Walmart

@jljtheraven Год назад

What's sad is that I remember when it was built and first opened. We had TG&Y first, then K-mart came in during the early 80s, followed by Walmart. We were moving up in the world! Elkin went through a down period for a while, but it's on its way back again. I was born there and live near there now. Great place to live!

@KeithWilliams-dx6pb Год назад

Dang u must be old old

@jljtheraven Год назад

@@KeithWilliams-dx6pb Yep. Gen X, baby!

@frankcarter7146 Год назад

I worked at the TG&Y on North Bridge Street when I was in high school. Graduated from Starmount class of 80. Can't believe how the time has flown past.

@fletchbg Год назад

Don't forget Brendle's

@Thetspot6555 3 месяца назад

Ronda resident here, moved here a few years ago and love elkin and Wilkesboro.

@MrIceman22 Год назад

Awesome Video Wallie :D thanks for sharing this one i really enjoy your video :D

@Graves-81_69 Год назад

I remember when that store was the spot. The only time I go to Elkin is to go to the Carhart store

@danestegman155 Год назад

Wow! Great video! This place has been closed a long, long time! Really in bad shape too!

@siltstridersftw Год назад

Got another one for you, there's a old school Walmart in Oak Hill, WV and I think it's abandoned right now because a church was using it but I don't think so anymore. Went by there the other day and nothing was there. I would like to do a video there as well but it would be cool if we did a video on it. The right side of it is taken over by a Tractor Supply but the left side has the Walmart styling from this one as well still up and you can see the old label scar on the sign on the road peeking through.

@siltstridersftw Год назад

Update: a Community Outreach Home Goods place is using it, I thought it was abandoned. But it's still a cool thing to find but there is a Long John Silvers there though and a Save a Lot up the road as well

@AidenSexsmith Год назад

Wow, the garden center was drier than the store. Maybe someone is converting it into an indoor swimming pool, indoor bass fishing pond or the world's largest aquarium! 🤓

@leslieschoenberg Год назад

In Marlow Oklahoma there is an old Walmart painted brown an signs that say keep out but things are going on inside it , and there is a new Walmart down the road south a bit

@modasher Год назад

The diagonal pillars were more of the early 90’s. Looking at the little boxes design on the top I’d guess that this was probably built in the 90’s. Seems like that was a common design on Supercenters back then.

@jamesgarasiun5082 Год назад

WallIEO how really good is Franks Pizza and Chicken??? I remember a video from YEARS ago you had the buffalo chicken pizza. Might try that, still recommend 1 ranch cup per 2 slices?? That pie looked damn good man

@kevinray6586 Год назад

Reminds me of all the water in Centry 3 Mall. Wondering if this is or was a Moonbeam property, hahaha!

@MrElectricTaco Год назад

Fun fact. I worked at Elkin Walmart from 2016-2021 and was there during the fire. We definitely wasn’t put out of jobs 😭😭 I thought we was going to but we worked the remodel along with a construction crew

@KeithWilliams-dx6pb Год назад

4:10 wym it’s like they just gave up they did give up when they heard abt the new supercenter being built

@craigdunlap3179 Год назад

With electricity that's real safe great video by the way

@NancyJo-dr6mj Год назад

Wallie, have you heard that someone is bringing Kmart back?

@keithatkins9783 Год назад

If you remember the old ads for Quiznos it's no wonder they didn't make it they use to use singing roadants or spider eggs or something int the ads

@Hodaggium Год назад

Why am I not surprised to see the Quizno's closed. I remember when Subway started offering to toast their subs, it was in response to the rise of Quizno's. Well, we all see what happened to Quizno's, I was never impressed by them to begin with.

@KK4KLI Год назад

I believe that Walmart closed around 08 or 09

@kimberlyontiveros9175 Год назад

I used to have a Quiznos down the street from me but they closed them down

@94karekorn Год назад

Love the kreator shirt!

@WallieB26 Год назад

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@patrickmcgoldrick8234 Год назад

In my perfect world,all the Wal Marts,Sams Clubs,McDonalds,Amazons ,and Starbucks,to name a few of thier ilk would be closed,and abandoned.

@DubiousReap Год назад

I grew up in Elkin. When Walmart left that building stayed closed. And yes on the other side of the parking lot was a taco bell that Alex's took over then a bank moved in to the building. That area of Elkin is slowly dying

@ElectroAtmos 4 месяца назад

Here in Gilroy CA they did the same they sold off the old building, like in 2004 for a bigger location. the good thing though is that a RV seller bought the building so it’s not abandoned.

@kenw6361 Год назад

Cool video Wallie ! There is a Quiznos in New Albany in that is still open.

@rollio1678 Год назад

Pretty sure this whole shopping center used to be way more lively, there was the walmart, taco bell, a sonic right near by, and even a gamestop. I think things changed when they built the big one down the road and started moving things toward that part of town.

@fletchbg Год назад

When it first opened in the late 80s it even had a record store.

@fletchbg Год назад

The problem with towns like Elkin is that they have plenty of land to develop new shopping centers, but not enough population to support multiple centers. So by the time a center gets old, its property values have gotten so high that its cheaper to buy undeveloped land, build a brand new center, and abandon the old one. Elkin Village Shopping Center is an exception, mostly because its in a really good location at the N. Bridge/268 Bypass intersection. If the bypass hadnt been built, it probably would be in bad shape too.

@JustinColeYT1 Год назад

I still have my Walmart Discount Store open with this same exact entrance, although the back by the garden center and the garden center entrance is different since adding the Online Order Pickup section, typically where you'd have the Walmart Auto Center. Any Walmart store that is not a Supercenter is considered a Discount Store.

@modasher Год назад

The signs used to say Walmart Discount City back in the day. That was back when they had the 3 piece signs.

@RUFUSWIGGINS 6 месяцев назад

Hay Wallie if u want to film some more about Walmart stores & other locations down in my old stomping grounds of Camden Arkansas

@amandaclick3590 Год назад

Great video! ❤💕 Enjoying every minute of it! 😀😄 Thank you so much!

@user-bigpandarocks2007 Год назад

I bet smiley is smdily away to a another Walmart 😂

@jet34thehawk Год назад

Wow 👌 awesome walmart

@redbovine Год назад

Elkin use to be the cruising capitol of the country. They put an ordinance in to stop it because some business owners whined. Funny thing is those complaining businesses were closed because cruising was at night and it was after closing hours.

@kimberlygorcey4290 Год назад

Mostly that walmart was a DM store, most DM stores got renovated to supercenters

@b00ph Год назад

I'm 29 years old and this thing was abandoned when I was in ninth grade at least it's been abandoned for at least 15 years

@b00ph Год назад

we used to break into it and skateboard

@Bigboybusington2988 4 месяца назад

The video clip of you walking up to the front entrance was featured in a intro for a horror story about Walmart

@joeydersario2470 Год назад

Wow really raining inside almost 56 see next time

@joeysnyder7532 Год назад

The Wal-Mart stores in neighboring towns from me has been repurposed into Rural King and has been built in 1989. They have relocated and they built a Super Wal-Mart. The one in my town was built in 1998 and they built it behind the older one that was built in 1989 and they tore it down and it is now a parking lot to the Super Wal-Mart.

@r.b.animalsandmovies4186 Год назад

The old Walmart here in my town tractor supply, d***'s sporting goods and big lots went in there

@Mrcruisefever1 Год назад

Ingles is also in north Georgia area ( Ellijay Ga , Blue ridge Ga. / some other parts of north Georgia region area. I’ve been to north Georgia area on vacation , back in 2003 & 2005.

@j0sephhill Год назад

woah!I live very close to elkin

@RUFUSWIGGINS 6 месяцев назад

I live in Bryant Arkansas now

@shanepoteate Год назад

At one time, the Super Walmart there was one of the first and also, for a time, was the largest Super Walmart on the east coast.

@angelalinderman9985 Год назад

Sad they just let it fall apart instead of putting another business there 😮 what a total mess 😞

@Malick666 Год назад

I have been in that Ealmart many times before it's closure. And I worked at that Taco Bell 11 years ago. 😅

@ManhuaOtaku 11 месяцев назад

The elkin walmart was closed about 16 years ago, the Taco Bell i believe was abandoned shortly after as were the nail shop, karate place, hair salon, pizza shop, and many other places in that shopping center. I was a teenager when it all closed and business became too difficult to get there. Walmart is never going to sell that place again or let it open again, its to damaged internally at this point but i believe they also wanted to prevent a target from coming to elkin.

@joshf5341 11 месяцев назад

If target wants to come in. They will find a way.

@dustinleonsky4513 Год назад

There was a Walmart like this in Eden, North Carolina. Shortly after a Walmart Super Center was built, Tractor Supply took over the old building.

@frankcarter7146 Год назад

Coincidentally there is a Tractor Supply up the street from this abandoned Walmart. But it was built before the Walmart moved across town.

@cindyjoyner1426 Год назад

Loving your videos!!!! It’s great hearing a fellow Pittsburgher!!!! Love it!!! I miss it!!! NC is great but Pittsburgh is home❤️ 🥰 when you mentioned Fiori’s during the Banksville Arby’s video I just about jumped up and down!!!! Best pizza 🍕 ever!!!!!! And my neighborhood that I’m from ❤️ !!! Love your videos!👍👍

@wormishot4559 Год назад

We used to have a Quiznos right by my grandma and grandpa’s, but it had changed Intel a wine shop

@shannonyoast6906 Год назад

As always great video. 👍

@wendyarroyo1797 5 месяцев назад

Go to the abandon Walmart, neighborhood market in Florida

@rosemarylozier4233 Год назад

It wasn't closed in 2008 because the sign you read said Grand Opening was 2008. They closed later and there is a new Wal-Mart there now.

@lynnsheppard6056 Год назад

That Walmart closed when the one on CC camp rd opened in 2008 (about a mile away)

@AnneBUZZTKO 7 месяцев назад

Its Rare To See An Abandoned Walmart. Well, In My Case, it is.

@jesusfreak201258 Год назад

Lol they abandoned it to move up the road from there it's bigger than that old store

@shelleywilliams8201 11 месяцев назад

When Walmart choises to abandon buildings for bigger ones. They should have to do something with the old one besides leave it empty. Crazy how all these pkaces are empty.

@pmc1000 Год назад

I remember the video on that Walmart in Arkansas you inside of. :)

@michaelcoffey7362 Год назад

Cool,I work 3 rd shift at an Ingle s in Asheville nc. 😀

@paultyler5313 10 месяцев назад

Walmart and target is the reason why K mart has closed. I'm not shopping at Walmart or target anymore. I'm only going to family dollar in dollar general

@jeffwhitmer7089 Год назад

Got a old abandoned burger King in Elkhart.,Indiana late 2018 nobody film it I know you get around and fill abandoned places

@TimothyRogersRailfanning Год назад

Surprised to see Ingles there, I've traveled I-40 to Asheville and there is several locations near the interstate, I do know that in Walnut Cove, NC on US-311 is a old school Ingles that reminds me of the old school theme Food Lion used to have before they updated in 2012-13 and on NC 65 in Summerfield, NC is a Bi-Rite which looks to only be open for about 2 years now but has a old school logo on it which is weird.

@aliciacleeland2257 3 месяца назад

I have a Walmart an hour away similar to this one that they closed after one was built across the street! 😂😂😂😂 The windows and doors are all boarded!

@bfdiboy7563 2 месяца назад

If you could get in there check to see if there is carts because I believe they go for 200 bucks each

@aliciacleeland2257 2 месяца назад

@@bfdiboy7563 can’t get in it’s closed up really tight!

@shawnkarg3794 Год назад

Walmart stores are subject to incredibly cheap construction.

@oldskoold22 Год назад

Just a waiting on Rural King!

@jaimienichols5649 Год назад

Awesome Wallie

@TheGothicKnightMare 5 месяцев назад

Fun Fact I Love Ingles as some have starbucks and really great deli restaurant inside so a must go also Our Roses is inside a 90s walmart (Not Supercentre) But how ashamed for An arson to do 2 million in damages so pittyful and shameful Then grafiti But Question would you have ate at that quiznos if it were to be open

@tommyscavetta3153 Год назад

For me it's kinda sad but I grew up in Kearns UT and there's a big area of stores that going up they were Kmart a pizza place Albertsons blockbuster now its all completely vacant just sad to think of what was and what is now

@rollio1678 Год назад

The taco bell has actually been multiple restaurants and all of them failed lol, it's been a cagneys kitchen and a pattys grill i think? And none of them seem to see any success so it's probably recently abandoned for the 20th time

@rollio1678 Год назад

Wait it wasn't Patty's it was Alexis grill or something similar to that name

@charlestonpinballarcade Год назад

It’s raining in the building!😂

@GregTheMan Год назад

That was cool

@gradymcclintock6160 Год назад

It makes me wonder if there getting ready to put something in there

@phillipkilner342 Год назад

on google earth it shows that they reopened this store

@lisafreeman4222 Год назад

Cool video

@markgiannino7811 Год назад

Hey wally do u still jave the Z24 never see it in your videos

@kennethdrown5217 Год назад

There's ingles in fla and Georgia as well wally

@ladytroutscoutnc4529 Год назад

That Walmart opened in 1985

@RitaJ738 Год назад

I live like 30 minutes from there

@claudespeed277 Год назад

Pretty cool find, can do you one better tho since theres 60s walmarts still open never renovated, u can find them in all the economicly depressed towns like Henrietta and Atoka oklahoma