SIX FLAGS MALL: ARLINGTON, TX
Chris Edwards' Commentary:
Posted April 24, 2011
Six Flags Mall is a circa 1970 mall that has a Dillard's clearance center, another few store in the mall interior, a movie theater and not much else.
Surrounded by a Union Pacific rail line, roads that were under construction when I visited in January 2011, and not much other retail, the mall is clearly alive just because of the Dillard's clearance center, which is one of the best I've been to. That store is huge and has tons of selection at amazingly good prices.
The in-line stores in the mall are mostly vacant, but due to the directories from the mall's better days, listing lots of stores, which were not updated as the mall shed tenants, and the easy-to-read labelscars (such as a Champs Sports and more), it is clear that this mall was at some point a typical A-grade mall, with plenty of mid-market tenants. They seem to have fled quickly; for example, the former Foley's still has the Foley's sign and various posters on its entrance.
The mall's architecture is interesting, with large brick arches spanning the interior corridors, and apparently un-updated 1970 architecture on much of the mall's exterior. The Dillard's looks like a standard 1990s-era store, however.
Arlington seems like a thriving area, with a new Dallas Cowboys stadium and higher-end retail (such as a Whole Foods) nearby, and so hopefully this center has a future.
Karen Holbrook Prawer’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2019Six Flags Mall has been totally demolished as of 2017. There now sits a humongous truck distrubution center. I have lots of fond memories of Six Flags Mall as a teenager. I drive by that corner of DFW twice a day now and it was sad to see the mall become just a memory.
Erin Davis’ Commentary:
User submitted in 2019I spent a lot of time at Six Flags Mall in the late 70s, when I was a kid. I remember the "spanish" style architecture and the fountains inside the mall. I also remember stores like the County Seat and Oshman's Sporting Goods.
Sarah Choate’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2019My mom always took us back-to-school shopping at that Dillard's clearance store!
Hoàng Bách’s Commentary:
User submittedAnyone?