02/28/09

A nice place to get stampeeded

by nopking

Since Citysearch refuses to let me talk about the group violence witnessed at the place, let us just say search for Opry Mills Shootings. Then watch Paul Blart Mall Cop and you'll get an idea of what the kids there think of the mall security.

I tried linking articles about said violence, but it refuses to let me.

I've had 3 people I know in the mall at different times where they were afraid for their lives and potentially in danger in a little over a year. This is too much. Don't go there till security gets the place back under control.

• Pros: nice mall, decent varity, parking when it's not Christmas
• Cons: thugs with guns, scores of loitering teenagers, worst starbucks in town

02/17/09

Opry Mills is NOT SAFE!

by tymmer

This mall is horrible and has a serious lack of security. When we were there, the kids were running around the mall yelling and screaming, fighting, shooting and flashing g@ng signs. This mall does NOT take its security seriously. It was a nightmare. The theater employees acted like they could not even control their own theaters so we got our money back along with a bunch of others that could not put up with kids yelling, cussing, running around during movies. The mall security is horrible because it was obvious that g@ngs were there way before the violence happened. They were walking around in large groups with their identical colored outfits flashing g@ng signs at each other long before any shootings happened!!! It was a real nightmare there. It is NOT safe.

02/16/09

Beautiful Mall but Never ever ever again!

by JoseandSusy

This has got to be one of the most awesome malls that I have gone to in years. Stores, shops, and restaurants that we visited were full of great deals. Visiting for the first time all the way from Louisville with my wife and my 7 and 11 year olds we were impressed with the Ray Petting atraction, the aquarium restaurant and a host of other family type activities. However... we will never ever go back! Having been caught in the midst of the violence which sprung up there over this weekend by the pack of Animals (the only way to describe them) which roam the halls looking to prove themselves as thugs and gangbangers, we found that it is just not worth it. On our first visit to this mall, we found ourselves literally running for our lives with our children, being rushed by the terrified and concerned mall employees into the back of the store, and cringing in terror as not only a huge fight broke out in the food court, but also listening to what sounded like gunshots rang out both inside and outside the mall. I lost sight of my 11 year old son for a few seconds as shoppers and diners stampeded in every direction. I watched as my 7 year old daughter cried to employees hiding in the storage area of a store how she did not want to die. Watched my wife crying in disbelief. Lost in the madness some of the great deals which we had purchased earlier. Found ourselves terrified as we finally found the nerve to try and get our children to the car and as far away from that mall as possible and even then, had our children ducking with their head down until we were safely back on the freeway. Short of the three or four mall security officers which was helpless to control the packs of gangbanger wannabes which roamed the halls at every turn, there was no visible police presence. They walk, talk, and rush most of the mall without regard. But most importantly, they take it upon themselves to put the lives and safety of bystanders into their own hands.

• Pros: Beautiful and full of bargains
• Cons: Not worth risking my familiy's life or safety for!