Comments on: Phoenix Village Mall; Fort Smith, Arkansas

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:01:29 +0000

Correcting my previous post to say the “would” in the last sentence shouldn’t be there, lol.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:14 +0000

I just discovered the website and have been reading through the archives, and I was thrilled to find this post, as I have a minor Venture obsession. It was great to see the pictures and also see other people who would were as excited about them as I was.

By: WANETA

WANETA — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:46:54 +0000

THE PHOENIX VILLAGE MALL WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT AND HAS SEEN SOME CHANGES. PART OF IT WAS COMPLETLY DEMO’ED AND THE MAJOR PART HAS BECOME INSIDE WAREHOUSE STORAGE.

By: TenPoundHammer (Bobby)

TenPoundHammer (Bobby) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:40:59 +0000

Just a footnote: The Woolco closed in 1979? That’s weird; literally every other Woolco I’ve ever found went under in 1982-1983 with the chain.

By: Thurman

Thurman — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:25:07 +0000

I haven’t been to the mall on an expedition in over a year but have read several articles in the Fort Smith paper about redevelopment of the area. I know that the construction crews have started to work but I don’t know what will be torn down and what will be remodelled. I really hope the main building remains standing because it is quite a relic of mall design with its arches and giant grid like box design. Long live the Phoenix Village Mall!!

By: evagail

evagail — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:21 +0000

i still live in Fort Smith.i love phoniex village mall i miss being little and trick or treating there.i miss furrs there and the movies.i hung out there with my friends.also my best friend greg used to work at ventures he loved that job and he misses it.i wished i was rich cause i would buy that place up in a heartbeat i hope no one is ever stupid enough to tear the place down.i dont understand why people do that to people take something away from them like that,its just wrong.i do know they are tearing up the parking lot in that area id like to know why.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:39:41 +0000

The Venture later became Atwood’s, which is probably what the labelscar is.

By: FSLive

FSLive — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:30:54 +0000

This is a pretty good write-up about this “mall”. Word has it that someone will be rebuilding Phoenix Village mall. I’ll be interested in seeing, and hearing, the progress on this.

By: Kevin D

Kevin D — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:41:35 +0000

I have lived in the Ft Smith area all of my life. I have many fond memories of going to the old mall. I remember the 2 screen “Phoenix Twin” theater that was in there. They stayed open up to near 2000 as a Dollar Movie. Also everyone is commenting about the Venture store.. lets not forget that after Venture closed it was used as an Atwoods farm store up until about 2006 or 07.

By: Pino4649

Pino4649 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:16:24 +0000

Oh, so this is why my Flickr site got so many views. =D

Very interesting article. I’ve tried to do some research on Phoenix Village Mall, but never came up with much.
I did return to the mall a few months ago and took some new pictures. I’ll try to upload them some time. I was shocked to find all the orange mesh just inside the entrances. I guess the interiour just became too unsafe. When I took my photos there were still some old people in there walking around and the people hanging around the few businesses that were still there.