Galleria at Sunset; Henderson, Nevada
Opened in 1996 in the far-flung southeastern Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, The Galleria at Sunset was constructed to capitalize on the growth spurt of the Las Vegas area, and was an attempt to move more retail out to where people were moving. The area around the mall today is one of the largest retail districts in all of suburban Las Vegas, and serves a relatively affluent corner of the metropolitan area. The mall is owned and managed by Forest City Enterprises.
The Galleria at Sunset is a two-level, “Y” shaped mall with just over a million square feet of floor space, including 110 stores and 5 anchors: JCPenney, Mervyn’s, Dillard’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Robinsons-May (soon to be Macy’s). Unlike its twin mall, Meadows Mall, located on the city’s northwest side, The Galleria at Sunset sports a bright and airy decor complete with pastels and tropical plantlife. Its architectural highlight is a large series of fountains in the center court, which is something of a rarity in newer malls.
Of course, being only ten years old, there isn’t a ton of drama to the Galleria at Sunset either, which makes my job pretty boring. However, if you want more, there’s a good photo set of the Galleria, including a page devoted entirely to the mall’s grand opening ceremony. Enjoy the pictures!
Steven Swain
September 5th, 2006 at 2:51 am
Pretty typical, but nice mall.
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Prangeway
September 5th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Boring
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Amanda
September 5th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Okay… shouldn’t Robinsons-May be trying to hide the Macy’s sign a little better?
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Caldor
September 5th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Interestingly, a standalone Filene’s store along my morning commute in Belmont, MA had its Macy’s signs completely uncovered this morning. Isn’t the changeover not until the 9th? I guess those flimsy banners are giving out prematurely.
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Prangeway
September 6th, 2006 at 3:48 am
I saw a few Marshall Fields this weekend and last week and the signs were completely changed over on the outside. Only the employees’ name tags and the store’s bags still read Marshall Fields.
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Scott
September 6th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
I love the overuse of “at.” The Galleria AT Sunset. The Shops AT blah blah. They could have used the timeless “Sunset Galleria.” When the “at” phase passes, the malls will be dated again.
Scott
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Eric
December 25th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
They actually call it that because there is another Galleria over on Rancho and Charleston. It is called the Galleria Mini-Mall and is known as the Asian Galleria. That is why it is called the Galleria at Sunset so there is no confusion.
I live not too far from it, in my opinion the mall is pretty shitty, not much parking, too many rules (can’t sit on a bench for more than 10 minutes, no groups of 4 or more, etc), security is known for kicking people out.
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Eric
January 7th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
The mall also has been losing stores recently, such as KB Toys, Franklin Covey, and The Game Keeper (which has now turned into a store with tables for Yu-Gi-Oh battles, lol).
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Greg
January 21st, 2007 at 6:31 pm
The closing of KB Toys and Franklin Covey is not a sign of decline at a mall. Both chains are financially troubled.
After Fashion Show, this is the next best mall in Vegas. The one advantage of this mall over Fashion Show is that the tourist factor is MUCH lower. The disadvantage is that it is all the way over in Henderson and I live in Centennial Hills.
The new Centennial Hills Mall is being built across the street from me. They need to get on that. Meadows doesn’t have the stores I like and Boulevard is frightening at best.
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Eric
February 9th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Yesterday I went to the Galleria, it was deserted. A place in the food court is now a cigarette store. A lot of off-the-wall stores are starting to open up and it is so dirty inside. The Boulevard is not frightening, it is beautiful and now it has a Circuit City. The Boulevard actually has stores that sell normal things, maybe I like it because it reminds me of the NJ malls. The Meadows has nice shopping surrounding it and soon it will be redone into an upscale shopping village.
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Eric
March 4th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Now I work at the Galleria, Macy’s is always empty and Spencer’s has closed.
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Ben
July 14th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I work for a retail chain that has locations at both Galleria and Meadows. Out Galleria store is actually the higher volume store. It is also our higher shrink store. Our store at Boulevard was actually doing so badly that we decided not to renew our lease there when it expired about two years ago. The truth is that Boulevard at one time many years ago was in the best part of town. This is no longer true. Galleria and Meadows can draw from wealthier areas of town, mostly because they are right off the freeway.
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Service Merchandise (Jonah N.)
July 14th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
“Off-the-Wall” stores? Like what?
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SEAN
August 29th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Locals have worned me to stay away from boulevard mall more than once.
I have been there twice and i understand why.
Galleria @ Sunset sort of reminds me of either Danbury fair or Freehold raceway, i just don’t know why.
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