Its interesting to see this cycle in the Mall of America. The upper fourth floor was non-stop through the late 90's and into 2001 or so. Then the whole floor di

Its interesting to see this cycle in the Mall of America. The upper fourth floor was non-stop through the late 90's and into 2001 or so. Then the whole floor died, suddenly. Of the seven or so bars, they all went under within a few years of 2000 and the whole floor has been more or less completely dead for almost a decade now. Planet Hollywood pulling out in 2003 was the last death knell for the floor. Only Hooters survived the mass extinction. These days, more bars are opening, but its not the same. There's a Corona Catina which took over the vacated Fat Tuesday's (which was shut down after repeated warnings from the city went unheeded) and Knuckleheads Comedy club. There's a smaller comedy club which took over the Gator's nightclub spot, but it's half the size of the original club. There's some new restaurant where Planet Hollywood used to be. Hooters is still kickin, but the rest of the bars (still 3-4 spots) are completely vacant. It's an interesting dichotomy since the majority of the rest of the mall is still doing very well. Camp Snoopy has been renamed twice now, but is still super busy on the weekends. The rest of the floors during the holidays are flooded with eager shoppers. And yet, the fourth floor is like an attic nobody wants to go to anymore. I think its partly due to the newer, hipster bars opening in other parts of town which have drawn a lot of the suburbanites away. Also, a lot of the college kids who used to live in the area, are now moving to second and third ring suburbs now.