Inside the Largest Abandoned Mall in the World | Abandoned in 2019 for Bankruptcy 

I spent weekends in jr high and high school and summers here with my best friends. So much of my life from 10 yrs old when it opened in 1980 until I graduated. It hurts my heart and turns my stomach to see it like this. It was amazing in it's heyday, especially at Christmastime, it was really just magical. Moonbeam Capitol bought and killed it. Drove it into the ground, now it is rotting. I can tell you what most of those stores were at one time - the place with the green chair was Old Navy, the place with the cool entrance and stars on the walls and floor was The Disney Store. The 'home goods store' was Bath & Body Works. The pink store was Victoria's Secret. There were kiosks with jewelery, little stuff like that in the middle. While you were showing it, I was seeing it how it was when I was a kid. Great, if not heartbreaking, tour

This mall was always my favorite, it's still crazy to wrap my head around the fact that it's now this. I remember every store, the feeling it gave around the holidays. It's so heartbreaking.

Abandoned malls just give me an odd sad feeling. I see my mall and remember all the great times and could never imagine it being Abandoned.

The store with wood outside and red and white checkered wall with mirrors was a bath and body works

I use to go here a lot. It was a very popular mall in the 80's more so. The place with the comic book posters was New Dimension Comic (NDC). It started on the 3rd floor and moved to the bottom floor. I had a subscription here since 2003. The ceiling collapsed injuring an employee. Which is a major reason this mall closed down. My favorite store would be Cash 'n' Culture. It was a place to buy Pre-owned movies and videogames and music CDs. They also sold older action figures there as well. I remember they had older Star Wars from the 70's and 80's. Older G.I. Joe Masters of the Universe Thundercats and much more. I miss it.

Such a awesome mall! But so sad to see that this mall has net it's fate. Malls were the places to go to when I was younger, now a lot of them are closing down. Thanks to the pandemic and internet shopping for that. Sad to see this place gone. It looks like a big, huge maze. Thanks for sharing BigBankz! love your explores. Keep up the great work. Be safe.😢💔❤︎

I worked there as a teenager. This makes me so sad. Even driving by makes me sad. 🥺

The sad thing is by the time these malls close so many of the stores are off brand small stores. The anchor stores are long gone.

Abandoned malls would be AWESOME medical centers for every kind of doctor there is, all in one place!!! Abandoned malls would be AWESOME for "mansion apartments"!!!! Abandoned malls would be AWESOME for converting to "garage sale boutiques"........where you can hold your garage sale and/or thrift/discount stores!!!! Abandoned malls would be AWESOME to convert into indoor theme parks/gaming centers!!! Abandoned malls would be AWESOME for the city to convert into a city safety shelter!!! There are literally THOUSANDS of uses for abandoned malls!!!!! I don't understand why they are left empty!!!

The store with the star carpet was probably a Disney store 😁

Keep up the great work, Bankz!

Nice.... I could listen to you talk all day. Very quiet and calm... Matched the tone of the video...

This mall and the TJHS 1.0 are both abandoned buildings (that are about 10 minutes from each other) that look so sad because back in it's hayday it was full of people. I always hear my mother and stories about the mall. I remember going in that mall in 2016-2017. I haven't been in there since spirit Halloween moved out in 2019 since Halloween ended.

Why do these abandoned malls make me so depressed 😕

Really enjoyed watching this one its in my hometown. I used to always go there as a kid. Sad to see such a nice mall go abandoned.

Thank you for doing this video. Nice to see it hasn’t been trashed like other empty malls.

12:05 was actually a Babbages before becoming gamestop - and they never updated the interior. The GameStop I used to work at *still* has the original Babbages carpet - about 20 years old.

There are HUGE malls in MIchigan that should be abandoned very soon. Business is extinct around the Detroit area. Ever since Amazon and online ordering became popular, malls have been dropping dead like flies! Excellent video!! Liked and subscribed.

Loved this mall. Remember when it opened. It was the place to be. The food court was huge. I remember how packed it used to get. You could not get a seat. Used to go out there with my friends on Friday evenings when I was in high school. Fun times.

I heard on the news a few months ago that you got in trouble by police for entering the mall. I'm hoping that's not the case because I love your videos. I was last in that mall when 2 stores were left. Anyway, Keep uploading! You rock!

It was the early 80's and I was a teenager working in this mall at DR. Pet.".......Oh, memories of Century 3 Mall.

So many memories at this mall! It's honestly so sad to see what its become...

It got shut down by the city in 2019 for fire code violations. The sprinkler system and heat were non-functional. That 3rd floor closed in about 2017 or 18. JCP closed in late 2020.

The stars store was The Disney Store originally. The one with the big green chair (Santa's chair btw) that you thought was Kirkland was actually old navy and Cash in Culture is a comic book, video game, buy back type of store

I just think about all the manpower it took to build that mall and all the activity in it over the years...just a damn shame that it all went into ruins...A lot of money lost.

Century 3 Mall is being demolished, this looks like Century 3 Mall!

I remember once I had my license and a car that was the big place to go shop and feel like an adult. It was gorgeous during Christmas. And packed not one spot to be found to park.

Amazon has so much to answer for

The store with the stars was a Disney store. Hope that help you.

That was a awesome find. You did great thank you 👍🏽

Sad but our world has changed

I love Abandoned malls and movie locations and Abandoned homes

Keep up the good work! By the time you see this comment you’ll be at 100k subs 😮

I just read that Amazon is thinking about using it.

11:32 Bath and Body Works 13:12 possibly Hot Topic (they moved it to that area from the mushy carpet end towards the end) 19:37 Old Navy 20:36 Disney Store 24:05 Victoria Secret 27:20 there used to be a full amusement park size Carousel

I love bandos but just curious how they got inside 🤔 tunneled through an air duct? a broken door? I always wonder 🤓

The one you called a home goods store at 11:50 I think was a Bath & Body Works, you can tell by the checkers and the lamps it ,use have been a dated one

That mall was massive wow

Looks like they could make places like these into homeless shelters with medical help and education to help them to get back on their feet.

the big mall where i live also went bankrupt. every store is gone except for target which is just a matter of time before they relocate

It's such a shame and sadness that the world has come to this living life it just seems like life is over of what we knew of it but I want to thank you for showing us this I got a request and that's only if you ever go to Ireland go to Old castles I would love to see one

Damn that mall is huge! I thought Woodfield mall or North Rivers Mall was huge in Illinois but they ain’t got shit on this damn mall.

Love Santa Chair❤

I live in this state and didn't even know this place existed until I looked it up.

The one with the Starry Entrance and starry carpet was a DISNEY shop.

I mean what killed it is being so huge, there's only so many stores you can have in a mall

Can I ask why you always whisper? Is it because you’re not allowed to be there?

Damn I guess the devs finally made the back rooms expansion pack

Online shopping and amazon killed these malls. The days of youth spent hanging out at the mall have passed. Is it really progression?....or has something greater been lost from society?

Come on the security guard let you in, why whisper. Tell folks where it is at, as it is easy to research 3rd biggest mall built. I wish you would give the State you are in as who would find the homes just by telling the State..

Our mall in Green Hills Nashville has a Gucci Store.

Hey go check out Cleveland ROTC high school in St. Louis, MO. I went to high school there freshman and sophomore year. It was abandoned due to asbestos and other shit lol. The school was moved to another high school building. It looks like a castle. It’s huge.

They can use/rent it as a filming area set in a mall.

Amazon & the pandemic are what killed most of the malls.

that was a Charlie's Philly Steaks.

Is this century III mall in Pittsburgh?

what was the name of this mall, im from canada but nice to know

Do each one of the stores have a private bathroom in the back?

that’s my childhood mall

Online shopping is the future now in america

Water all over the floor & the fountain is bone dry...

"Troop appreciation" Why are these people never honest about the problem. No one should appreciate the unnecessary war and violence Murica engages in, but that doesn't mean people hate the naive perpetrators of such violence. "Troop Sympathy" would be a better term, I can certainly sympathize with the poor naive people who get sucked into the military industrial complex.

Mall of America fact the windy city bubba miss them malls and killer instinct game at the arcade peace

Location? Because I thought Mall of America was the largest.

I don’t know where this largest abandoned mall, or claims of being one the largest in the world came from, but neither are true. Century III is (well, as of the last few weeks, was) a moderately large mall, at 1.3 million square feet of retail space. A large mall is over 2 million square feet; at the time Century III opened in ‘79, there were multiple much larger malls in the US.

What the fuck was the beginning all about I felt like I was Listening to a church service

Is this century 3 mall

Just like Cinderella city here in Colorado, it will most likely be torn down

Seeing the empty store of my favorite job I’ve ever had is so sad🥺 RIP Airtoofly, you were my childhood and will always be my fav job. You should have brought someone who grew up in that mall to show and tell you everything, I live a 5 minute walk away and spent every day of my childhood there.❤️ will be highly missed…..

I love your videos. A suggestion: hold the microphone a little further from your mouth so your breathing isn't so loud. Otherwise you do a great job.

I just read a story where they're going to arrest you for this video. I cannot express my frustration in the comment section. Good luck to you, bro. The piece said that you had counsel which is good.

remember going here with my grandpa when I was a kid to walk around. Such a shame that it went down hill and was basically living in purgatory for the last 10-15 years before finally closing.

It’s in west mifflin Pennsylvania. Very famous as the original owner used to own the Pittsburgh penguins and later the San Francisco 49ers. There is a documentary about it and the former owner Ed debartalo jr.

It’s honestly so cool but so sad at the same time seeing these places like this. Nice video man.

I know where you are, friend! That mall was THE place to go when I was in high school in the 1990s. I remember having a hard time finding a parking space there during the holidays. I cry every time a new video comes out about this place. 😢

That mall is about to be demolished but the name of the mall is century lll mall

Great explore,a shame but ,amazon and other online shopping will make them all close soon.Some are barely hanging on now. Take care.👍❤️

Awesome job on this video. I recognize where you are. I am glad you are not giving out location. Much respect for you not giving out location. Awesome job on this exploration! 🙏🙏

So sad, when i was a teenager in the 70's we lived at the mall on the weekends, my children were born in the 80's and they still were going to the same mall in the 90's, now our mall is mainly used as a walking place for older people, lots of empty store fronts, I miss it. I hate Wall Mart...

I came here from a new story. How is this a crime? Documenting history? Charging somebody with a crime over this is so petty.

Rainbow, Wet Seal, and Charlotte Russe are all clothing stores! I shopped there as a teen, lol. Great video!! Let me specify, I didn't shop at that particular mall, just the clothing stores in general.

It’s a shame that malls are slowly closing pretty soon they will just be a memory it’s sad nice video

It wasn’t abandoned due to bankruptcy, the owners, Moonbeam Capital let all their malls rot…

Should rent them out as apartments for low income people.

This mall looks like something i’ve seen in my dreams before

Damn! I didn’t know Century lll Mall was in the top 3 largest malls in the world. Been going to this mall since I was a kid. And now I’m close to 40 lol.. I’d love to go explore it, I know this place like the back of my hand. I just seen another youtuber recently explore here..

It is honestly sad watching this mall get valdalized and trashed.

So sad to see biggest mall in the world abandoned just like that

Was at this mall in it's hay day...was always packed...so many stores... Sad to see it now ....

Too many mouth breathers make these kind of videos . I guess he is talking close to the microphone so the security guard will not hear him !

Congrats on 100k bra!

This makes me so depressed. My local mall recently closed and it was a huge important part of my childhood. We never had alot of money growing up so it was a big deal to get to go to the mall. I miss it so much. Now in my 20's and I just feel like alot of what made my hometown great is just gone. No hangouts, no mall, no anything really. It is perpetually boring and I am financially trapped here. Depressing really.

People think it's amazon...but what about Outrageous prices at the mall?

For everyone suggesting that the ‘government’ should invest money in abandoned properties and ‘fix this up’ for the homeless or for those living in poverty, just a little food for thought on that ridiculous idea. First, that would be like repeating history…the government tried that brilliant idea already when they built the projects in the fifties, sixties and seventies, and all that achieved was to isolate the impoverished and minority populations and put them on their own little island of sorts, and that didnt work out too well now did it?. Most cities, if not all, have since ridded themselves of these atrocities, because they ultimately turned into havens for the criminal element, and the hard working people who were living in them became the victims of violence, i.e., mostly women and children. Secondly, to all suggesting that the ‘government’ should use facilities such as this to house the homeless, umm, again, horrible idea! Many homeless people are mentally ill, so lets focus on that segment of the homeless population…at least when the MI were locked up in mental institutions, they had supervision, medication, meals, etc, etc. So is the suggestion that again, ‘the government,’ provide the same services inside abandoned malls for the homeless…? Well, isnt that similar then to placing them in a mental health facility, many of which have been closed down and bulldozed? Again, been there tried that, didn’t work! Plus, are all the homeless people living together in tents on the streets of LA or San Francisco thriving…is it working out for them now? Umm, not so much. If not assaulting each other, they themselves are being victimized. So since many people think that its ‘the governments’ responsibility to provide for the under privileged or the poverty stricken [is that socialism, a democratic mentality, or both??], how about the government start with providing vocational training and job training programs…working with employers to create jobs, provide funding for on the job training and job placement, etc. Or how about the government start conducting studies [and I’m talking MAJOR studies] about what leads to homelessness in the first place, so that we as a society can start chipping away at the root of the problem? Or, if the government providing services is a ‘must,’ since substance abuse is rampant in the homeless and those living below the poverty level, instead, how about turning these abandoned facilities into substance abuse treatment programs and community-based training and programming centers, but not just using it as a dumping ground for the homeless and poor! And one last suggestion…how about we also stop thinking that ‘the government’ should bail everyone out all the time and solve people’s problems for them…what ever happened to people taking just a little bit of responsibility for their lives?

I always love your vlogs but this one takes the cake! It was so sad to see but so awesome at the same time. Can't wait to see what's next!

Santa’s chair! Inside the old PCX… I have photos from being a child with my dog with Santa sitting in that chair.. crazy how life goes onZ

You claimed it was the largest abandoned mall in the world. The largest abandoned mall is in China. I doubt you were in China. Every abandoned mall vlogger has no issue naming the mall and the city it's in. I don't see what the problem is in disclosing this information.

Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life no man comes to the father except by me John 14:6

Demoition has begun on this mall.

It was actually closed due to city code violations.