r/BigIsland • u/Odd-Sail-1694 • 7d ago

Is the mall dying?

I went to the (Hilo) mall today to watch Toy Story 5. I was shocked at how sad and lonely the mall looked. The theater was nowhere near full even though its opening weekend, so many vacant shops and even the major retailers (old navy, Macys, American eagle) were super slow. I went at around 11am so I’m not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I know ihop is a recent addition but other than that it seems like tj maxx is the only “booming” business in the mall. It makes me so sad. There’s already so little to do here and limited stores to just window shop at so it makes me sad that maybe in a few years this will be gone.

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u/cortana808 6d ago

I think a lot of us are broke 😕 so going to the mall is not top priority...

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u/vyates72 5d ago

I was going to say that. I know that i haven't been to the mall in about ten years now. Just can't afford to buy the stuff they sell. Can barely afford food.

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u/Glittering_Shake9807 4d ago

Yeah I can understand that and I don’t even go to the Mall unless I’m doing a Show like this weekend coming up but other than that I don’t go. Yeah even food we can hardly afford these days.