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Originally Posted by Smyth94

Never an Ikea in West Ed.

You probably weren't born, but there was one. Don't take my word for it, how about the Supreme Court of Canada's website.

http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/199...8rcs1-196.html

The appellant, Ikea Limited (“Ikea”), is a furniture retailer which carries on its business through retail outlets which it owns or leases throughout Canada. In 1985, Ikea entered into a 10-year lease of premises at the West Edmonton Mall (the “Mall”), with an option to extend the lease for a further 10 years. The lease provided for a base rent, payable in monthly instalments, plus a percentage rent based on sales. In an agreement dated six days after the original lease, Ikea became entitled to receive a TIP of $2,650,000 from the Mall.

There were 2 Bay's, one closed down in favour of SilverCity Famous theaters.

There you go...Silver City didn't need to expand, they could walk into Canada's biggest revenue retia store, who felt it not profitable to run two locations anymore.

There still are major dept stores in there. No less than the ones before.

See Bay, above. Also, a Candian Tire was once there, and pulled out, too.

Chinatown wing was added recently.

At the expense of what? The Canadian Tire was around that area back in the day..but pulled out.

Name these chains that pulled out

Since 2003, the mall has attracted an increasing number of retailers including American Eagle Outfitters, Abercrombie & Fitch (2006), French Connection UK, Hollister Co., Old Navy, Tommy Hilfiger, Swarovski, bebe, BCBG, Lacoste, and Zara.

Go to European boulovard, and you have all these upper class stores (Urban, etc.)

As I said, quality factors in too. The old West Ed didn't have a payday loan,/bail bond place before, either. Or, for that matter, a big bingo hall. Where did that Playdium go?

Yes, dolphins have gone - for good reason. They were replaced with more ''mall-friendly'' sea lions, which have regular full shows.

Well, yes, for good reason the Dolphins got "replaced" because they died.

Of course if you go once a year, you'll eventually get bored of it. That's not what it's for - it's a tourist mall

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The number of visitors has increased significantly

Since when? My links above show exactly the opposite.

What happened is, over the last 10 years, with the Oilers and Eskimos success and the Flames missing the playoffs, Stampeders as for the most part, celler dwellers, changed your viewpoint on Edmonton. It made you jealous, just like many Flames fans, and thus, try to put a negative spin to everything Edmonton.

Admit it - almost every one of your posts re: Edmonton are negative.

As soon as you start bringing in useless arguments like that, it pretty much shows you maturity.
Main point being, the mall was a whole lot better 20 years ago then it is now. Its turned into a white elephant that many residents of Edmonton that I know, have no use for, other then to go once a month when some cousin comes in and wants to go to the water park.