Millcreek Mall
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| Millcreek Mall | |
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| Location | Millcreek Twp., Pa. |
| Opening date | 1974 |
| Management | Cafaro Company |
| Owner | Cafaro Company |
| No. of stores and services | 171 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | 2,139,244 |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | Millcreek Mall |
The Millcreek Mall is a one-level shopping mall located about five miles south of downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, between Peach Street and Interstate 79, in Millcreek Twp. The complex opened in 1974. Due to Pennsylvania's lack of sales tax on clothing, the Millcreek Mall attracts many visitors from Ohio, New York and Canada. The mall features over 80 stores and restaurants and is owned by Cafaro Company.
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[edit] Outside the Millcreek Mall
The Millcreek Mall Pavilion consists of stores including Borders, Old Navy, Michaels Arts & Crafts, Linens 'n Things, Gander Mountain, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Dick's Sporting Goods, Starbucks and Cold Stone Creamery.
The mall property is also home to several restaurants including Max & Erma's, Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill, Outback Steakhouse, The Fox and Hound Pub, Red Lobster, Ponderosa Steakhouse, Arby's and Aoyama Japanese Steakhouse, which is located in a former Chi-Chi's.
Two hotels and many empty buildings also sit on the property. Former Blair and Ames department store also sit empty. Also on the property is Cinemark 6, a discount movie theater.
A Men's Wearhouse, Pier 1 Imports, PETCO, OfficeMax, GameStop, David's Bridal, Toys "R" Us and many smaller stores also occupy land on the site of the Millcreek Mall.
[edit] The mall in popular culture
In 2005, a student at Mercyhurst College created a song titled "Erie, Pa.," which contained the lyrics "Plus the Millcreek Mall is so much fun / It's kind of funny how it's shaped like a gun." This refers to a long-running, but unconfirmed, rumor that the mall was purposely built by the Mafia, in the shape of a gun pointed at Erie's municipal building.
[edit] Anchors
- A.C. Moore (27,000 sq. ft.) (part of former Carlisle's/HomePlace)
- The Bon-Ton (119,815 sq. ft.) (opened as Boston Store [not related to the Boston Store in Wisconsin], later became Horne's then Lazarus then Elder-Beerman)
- Burlington Coat Factory (90,102 sq. ft.) (opened as Halle's, later Dahlkemper's)
- JCPenney (162,266 sq. ft.)
- Macy's (160,203 sq. ft.) (opened as Kaufmann's)
- Sears (180,989 sq. ft.)
- Steve & Barry's (26,000 sq. ft.) (part of former Carlisle's/HomePlace)
[edit] Stores
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