Park City Center

History

The mall originally opened in 1971. The shape of the mall resembles a snowflake, with its stores occupying 8 corridors extending from the center. The roof in the center of the mall is a large white tent, and encloses the octagonal Center Court. The mall underwent a major renovation in 2008, which took 18 months and included updates to every part of the mall. During its early years Park City was also called "Mall of Four Seasons" because of the seasonal names given to the original four corridors leading to each anchor. Going clockwise from west to east was JCPenney in the two-story Winter quadrant, Sears in Spring, Gimbel's (later Pomeroy's then Boscov's) in Summer, and Watt & Shand (later Bon-Ton) in Autumn. The state of the art mall located in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country was one of the first to have its own closed-circuit television. Studios for Park City Communications and Lancaster/York/Harrisburg CBS affiliate WLYH-TV 15 were located on the first floor in the Winter wing alongside an ice skating rink.

The mall is a major shopping destination for shoppers in the south-central Pennsylvania area due to its assortment of over 170 stores, all of which are newly renovated and most of which are not offered at the nearby Berkshire Mall and York Galleria.

The mall had only the second location of Lancaster department store Watt & Shand. The lifestyle center portion of the mall, Fountain Shoppes, is accessible from the main level. The mall's only fountain can be found here. The mall has had no indoor fountains for over 25 years. The mall is located approximately 35 mi east of Harrisburg and 85 mi west of Philadelphia.

In April 2018, The Bon-Ton store closed when the entire chain went out of business. In 2019, the mall announced plans to demolish The Bon-Ton anchor store and construct an open air entryway with two freestanding restaurants, a courtyard, and a new enclosed mall entrance. The plans were put on hold and eventually cancelled due to the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In December 2018, Sears announced that it would close its anchor store. In August 2019, it was announced that the Sears anchor building would be remodeled to house a Round One Entertainment venue, which opened in 2020.

On November 6, 2024, Raymour & Flanigan Furniture and Mattress Store opened on both floors of the former The Bon-Ton space.

References

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