Comments on: Meadows Mall; Las Vegas, Nevada

By: April C

April C — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:44:55 +0000

I grew up in Vegas, and at Meadows… it was always a very popular Christmas shopping destination when I was young! My years there were mostly 1981-1988 or so. Remember Hot Dog on a Stick (of course), only place in Vegas you could get one! I went to the Jr High located right behind the mall, and it was around that time, early 90’s, that the mall began its renovations. They seemed to last throughout the entire 90’s- I never have seen the newly revised mall. The pics were kind of depressing- it just looks totally generic now. But the Ghetto nickname really does stem from back in the day before Vegas became kid/family friendlier and this mall was the closest to the undesirable nieghborhoods close to the strip, when this WAS the least desirable of the malls. The reputation was greatly helped by several crime-laden apartment complexes nearby (one in which I lived), and the steady urban decay of the several small strip malls across from the mall (Al Phillips, anyone? Makin it easy for YOU!). It obviously doesn’t *look* ghetto inside. It never really did! Vegas has always been very, very careful to convert and maintain higher profile areas that could be tourist locations- the city would never allow a mall to look seedy. They save that for MLK and NLV Blvd!

By: hoover dam tours

hoover dam tours — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:30:44 +0000

The Sears and Penney’s were originals, like you said in the main post the Macy’s was a Broadway originally and until the early 90’s the Dillard’s was a Diamond’s department store, which were also in Arizona. The Meadows also has great shopping around it.

By: Lancer

Lancer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:27:18 +0000

I went to the Meadows Mall a few weeks ago. I had to spend forever in line to be checked out at American Eagle because I had to wait for the poor guy working there to explain 10 times over that the clearance signs say $9.95 and up. I would be so frustrated working at this mall because none of the customers speak English anymore. When the Summerlin Mall opens, which was pushed back to 2010, this place will go further down the crapper and turn into a huge flea market. It will fit the neighborhood.

By: brandon

brandon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:28:53 +0000

Just wanted to point out a couple of things…

While the mall opened in 1978 and had its last major renovation in the early 2000’s, there was also a previous renovation in the mid 90’s as well. This was when they changed the logo and added the faux grass theme to the entry signage. During this upgrade they added a carousel to the main court called “The Menagerie”. They went for a light, airy pastel theme with a lot of plant inspired trim on the support columns. They replaced the 80s inspired fountain in the Macy’s court with a smaller, springs/meadows inspired one (that only lasted a few years). I remember when they unveiled this new design, people didnt get it, but they said they were doing it for the women or something to that effect.

I find troubling with the most recent renovation was that they got rid of all character inside the mall…its nice, but plain. No more carousel, no fountain, no sit down restaurants in the mall – I miss the Ricardo’s as well as the restaurant inside Dillards…lots of memories in those places.

By: ?

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:46:48 +0000

yess meadows mall is GHETTO, they should have better stores.

By: slg

slg — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:20:39 +0000

I’d just point out that “Las Vegas” means “The Meadows” in Spanish, which is how the mall got its name. The site of Las Vegas spring lies just south of the mall and fed a bunch of (yes) meadows, which made it a stop on the Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe to LA. The LV Metropolitan Water District has owned the springs for decades, however, and they’ve fed tanks to hold LV’s drinking water ever since.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:12:39 +0000

Meadows has lost a couple big name interior tennants, name Forever 21 (which has been replaced by some offbeat store called House of Shoes) and Express.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:22:41 +0000

Hello I was born and raised in Las Vegas and had my very first job at the Meadows Mall way back when i just turned 16 I have never considered the meadows mall as ghetto it was a nice place to work except when it was time to take out the trash I washed dishes in the restaurant that was next door to the Radio Shack the last time i was there it was a clock shop i don’t know what it is now. But i did enjoy working there.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:22:23 +0000

The neighborhood is fine, a lot of ppl here in vegas have too much high standards, anyway, they are planning a whole urban-village redo of the Meadows and the Meadows is the only mall in Las Vegas with a Spencer’s, since its no longer at the Galleria. The Meadows also has great shopping around it.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:12:33 +0000

Meadows isn’t bad, but the neighborhood isn’t great. (Not awful, but not great.) The only reason it survivives is that it is the only mall west of the 15 in Vegas. Meadows will die a very quick death if the malls in Centennial Hills and Summerlin ever actually open.