West Town Mall
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". West Town Mall is a shopping mall located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Opened in August 1972, this one-level mall is located in the western portion of Knoxville in the West Hills community. West Town Mall is located along Interstates 40/75 and Kingston Pike. The mall has Script error: No such module "convert". of gross leasable area, making it the largest of any enclosed shopping mall in Tennessee.[1]Template:Better source needed The anchor stores are Dillard's, Dick's House of Sport, 2 Belk stores, JCPenney, and Cinebarre.
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There is a food court in the center of the mall. This was the original location of a junior anchor Frankenbergers Department Store. This food court was the first mall location for Knoxville-based Petro's Chili & Chips.[2]
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. The store closed on January 6, 2019,[3] and demolition began on January 9, 2020[4] Subsequent to the demolition, it was replaced by Dick's House of Sport, a new concept by Dick's Sporting Goods.[5]
Movie theaters
In 1998, Knoxville based Regal Entertainment Group opened a Funscape entertainment complex in the mall.[6] In 2018, the Regal Cinemas was rebranded to Cinebarre.
Anchors
- JCPenney (current location) (opened in 1994 as part of an expansion)
- Dillard's (opened in 1972 as Miller's, became Hess's in 1987 and closed in 1992 and expanded and became Dillard's in 1993)
- Belk (opened in 1972 as Proffitt's, expanded in 1995 and became Belk in 2006)
- Belk Men's, Children's and Home (opened in 1994 as Parisian in a pad originally slated to be Parks-Belk as part of an expansion, became Belk Men's, Children's and Home in 2007)
- Dick's House of Sport (opened in 1972 as Sears, demolished in 2020 and then rebuilt as Dick's House of Sport which opened in 2020 as well.
Former anchors
- JCPenney (original location) (opened in 1972, relocated in 1994, lower level became more mall space, while the upper level became Regal Cinemas in 1998, became Cinebarre in 2018)
- Frankenbergers (now the food court)
- Sears (opened in 1972, closed in 2019, demolished in 2020)
References
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- ↑ Factual Information on West Town Mall
- ↑ Petro's moves to malls after the World's Fair
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- ↑ Deconstructing the Mall
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External links
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