Great american outlet mall... UNDERNEATH DELAWARE AVE?

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Saw this on google maps… and went :wtf:???

googled it…

cazian
January 20, 2009 8:36 PM

I read the listing via the link provided, and I’m more interested in why Google maps has labeled that area as the “Great American Outlet Mall”

charger
January 20, 2009 10:38 PM

cazian, The Great American Outlet Mall is there alright. It was excavated and built under Delaware and the adjacent properties in the mid-1980s by the crews that had just finished the Metro Rail tunnels. Benderson, whose corporate offices were/are right there on Delaware was the developer.

Unfortunately a trademark/copyright infringement suit by the “Great American Outlet Mall” in Lincoln, Nebraska meant that they were/are precluded from doing any marketing for it. (The name can’t be changed because tax-exempt bonds issued under the “Great American” series of 1987 were used to finance it and the contracts for the bonds stipulated that the name be used in perpetuity.)

The Mall can be accessed through a stairway to the right of the Pharmacy counter at Walgreens, or through the basement, next to the game room, at the Holiday Inn. There used to be an entrance through Biacs, but after a couple of Tempo patrons were caught sneaking chicken wings up from the Mall Food Court a year or two ago to eat at the bar it was sealed up and is no longer available

A number of the vendors are still open and there’s a small H&M outlet store that opened recently. I also got some great deals at a furniture place, “EYE-KYA.”

ANYONE EVER HEARD OF THIS EVER???

especially if they have an H&M there…

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Read some other stuff that said it was a mistake… :gotme:

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haha, could you imagine if this was real and we NEVER knew about it? I’d shit my self

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wtf? wow.

Yeah, H&M in buffalo would be nice.

go there. Take pics. For some reason I imagine this being like a scene from bloodsport when they’re walking through the tunnels/alleys to get to the Kumite.

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This can’t be real.

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Its not real its a mistake… but an underground mall would be fucking awesome

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you should still go there and take pictures.

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I remember a lecture about this in one of my classes. I’ll see if I can find the notes. I think one of our groups had to go take pictures and do a presentation on it.

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What was the story with it?

Was it real?

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This is worse than believing chain emails.

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It does seem SUPER ridiculous… but who knows…

Could be an interesting adventure AT WORST.

But srsly… next to the pharmacy counter at walgreens… LOL

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I heard it got the name from the flagship store, the Great American News Company.

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You guys have never been there?

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LOL shut up james.

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I don’t remember anything about the back story. I’ll look for notes.

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^ Let me know what the guy at Walgreens says when you ask to go through the door next to the pharmacy counter.

Actually, I’ll just wait to see you on the news being arrested as, “some crazy druggy looking for a fix rambling about a secret undeground mall”.

The guy was almost believable until he said stores were still open in this mall that no one knows about that has no entrances.

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What if this could be used as inspiration to create other Buffalo Hoaxes. How fun could that be?

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I question the existence of STORES in it. But i wonder if there’s something cool there… LIKE a race of secret underground peoples.

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:eekdance:

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Well, lets think about the logistics of it for a minute. Your standard mall has a wide open area down the center and stores on each side. It’s WAY wider than Delaware Ave. It’s not like you can run under the buildings because I’m sure they all have basements and support pilings. Add in the existing sewer systems and power… yeah, this is BS.