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What is now the Anderson Towne Centre, Old School Shirts remembers the Beechmont Mall. Opened in 1969, it was originally anchored by??Shillito's, Mabley & Carew, and later??Gold Circle.??In 2003 it was redeveloped into an outdoor shopping center with the old Shilito's, now Macy's, the...

Opened in 1969, the??Beechmont Mall??in Anderson received a facelift in the 1990s. However, even new design features couldn't reverse its fortunes and it closed in 2002, making way for the outdoor shopping destination known as Anderson Towne Center.

This shopping center near Avondale Estates in eastern Atlanta opened as the Columbia Mall in 1964. Shortly after being purchased by new owners in the mid-80s, it was renamed the Avondale Mall. It closed in 2001 and was demolished in 2007.

The Outlaws were members of the original XFL in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished with 4 wins and 6 losses while averaging 22,000 fans a game at Sam Boyd Stadium. The Outlaws hosted the first nationally televised XFL game on...

The Grand Rapids Rampage played in??the Arena Football League??from 1998 to 2001. Their home field was the Van Andel Arena. They won the league's championship, the Arena Bowl, in 2001 but folded with the rest of the original league in 2009.??

The Toronto Phantoms played in the Arena Football League??from 2001 to 2002. The team started in 1997 as the New York CityHawks. In 1999, the team moved to Hartford and became the New England SeaWolves, before moving to Ontario in 2001.

The Chicago Enforcers??represented the Windy City in the short-lived XFL. The league was a joint venture between NBC and the World Wrestling Federation (now the WWE) but disbanded after its one and only season in 2001.

The Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League, not be confused with the XFL (2001) team of the same name, played one season in Sin City. They were owned by rocker Vince Neil and folded after the 2015 season.

Firehawk opened as X-Flight on May 6, 2001 at??Geauga Lake??south of Cleveland. In 2006, the ride was relocated to Kings island. Rebranded Firehawk, it opened on May 26, 2007. It has since been removed with it's footprint now occupied by Orion.??

Metropolis opened in the??Forest Fair Mall??in the spring of 2000. For 11 years patrons danced the night away. In 2011, the club declined to renew the lease with what was by then Cincinnati Mills.??

The Rhein Fire played in the World League of American Football (WLAF), later called NFL Europe, from 1995 until the league folded in 2007. Based in Dusseldorf, they won World Bowl titles in 1998 and 2000. OS16115

Before major league hockey arrived in Columbus, the city had many minor league teams. None were more popular than the Columbus Chill. In 1991, the team debuted as an expansion franchise in the East Coast Hockey League (now just the ECHL, thank you). Their...

Wizard Records, CDs, and Tapes was located in Corryville on Short Vine in Cincinnati. In 1985, John James became the store manager and eventually the owner. In 2000, James moved the store to Oxford but closed up shop for good about a year later.

Cleveland City Stars played in the United Soccer League (USL) from 2007 through 2009. Their home field was Bedford High School's football stadium.

It;s 11:58 EST on a tuesday in 1987, these words echoed across the nation. RIP OS18225

Marty Brennaman began doing Reds play-by-play in 1972. He retired at the end of the 2019 season. For most of his time in the broadcast booth he was teamed with former Reds pitching great Joe "The Ole Lefthander" Nuxhall and provided the soundtrack to...

The Ballpark in Arlington opened in 1994 as the new home of baseball's Rangers, who formerly played in Arlington Stadium. The team played there until 2020 when it moved into a new facility next door. Today, the reconfigured stadium is home to soccer, football,...

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

The Mentor Ice Breakers joined the Federal Hockey League (now the Federal Prospects Hockey League) in 2018. Their home ice was the Mentor Civic Arena. The team drew well, but the shortening of the 2019-2020 season due to COVID-19, and an uncertain future following...

Cheer on your country in this design from Old School Shirts. Designed and printed in the USA!

On June 19, 1865 the Federal Government's final execution and fulfillment of the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation. The people to whom this order was addressed were the last group of Americans to be informed that all formerly enslaved persons were now free. And...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Located in Titusville, 80 miles from Palm Coast, this business employs Kim. The real building is a soft drink warehouse located in an industrial park in Albuquerque. As of February 2022, the building retains the fictitious name.   OS9791

Trader Dick's was a tiki bar located inside a casino in Sparks, Nevada, just outside of Reno. It opened in 1958 and closed in 2014. The spot became Gilley's for a few years, but that has now also closed.

??WPTY, Channel 24, began broadcasting on September 10, 1978. It was the first independent TV station in Memphis. In 2013, the station changed its call letters.????

The Six Flags Mall opened in 1970 in Arlington and took it's name from the nearby amusement park. After the Parks at Arlington shopping center opened in the late 1980s, Six Flags Mall went into a steady decline.?? It closed in 2012, reopened under...

The California Redwoods were established in 2009 as charter members of the United Football League. They split home games between San Francisco and San Jose, before relocating to California's capital and becoming the Sacramento Mountain Lions. The team and league folded in 2012.

The Las Vegas Locomotives, or Locos for short, were charter members of the United Football League (UFL) and began play in 2009. They won the 2009 and 2010 championship games and also appeared in the 2011 contest. The team folded, along with the rest...

The Virginia Beach Mariners played in the United Soccer League (USL) from 1994 until 2007. Their home pitch was the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. During their first season they were known as the Hampton Roads Hurricanes.

The Corpus Christi Sharks joined af2, a minor league run by the Arena Football League (AFL), in 2007. Their homefield was the American Bank Center. Their head coach was San Antonio native, and AFL veteran Michael Trigg. The team folded in 2009.