Went down a rabbit hole about the old Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights and learned it had a full-sized indoor carousel until 2004

I saw a picture of it on a local history blog, and apparently they removed it because the maintenance costs were over $15k a year. Anyone know of other malls that had weird, expensive attractions like that?

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avery_nelson3mo ago

Remember the giant aquarium in the Mall of America? That always seemed like a huge money pit to me. They had sharks and everything. I read they got rid of it because, surprise, it cost a fortune to run. Malls used to try anything to get people in the door, even stuff that made no financial sense. Now they can't even keep the lights on in a Sears.

lilyfisher3mo ago

Honestly, the sharks probably hated it too.

the_nancy1mo ago

Yeah, @avery_nelson that aquarium plan was such a bad idea from the start.