{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = Pierre Bossier Mall | image = | image_width = 150 | caption = | location = [[Bossier City, Louisiana]], United States | coordinates = {{coord|32.5258|N|93.7056|W|source:wikidata|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = {{Start date and age|August 19, 1982}} | manager = [[Kohan Retail Investment Group]] | owner = [[Kohan Retail Investment Group]] | developer = General Growth Properties | number_of_stores = 80 | number_of_anchors = 5 (4 open, 1 vacant) | floor_area = {{convert|650000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | parking = 4,000 | floors = 1 (2 in Dillard's) | website = {{URL|pierrebossiermall.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Pierre Bossier Mall''' is an enclosed [[shopping mall]] located at the intersection of [[Interstate 20]] and Airline Drive (Louisiana Highway 3105) in [[Bossier City, Louisiana]], United States. The mall, as is the city in which it is located, is named after early settler [[Pierre Bossier]]. In October 1998, the mall was purchased by General Growth Properties, which built and sold it in the 1980s, for $26 million.<ref name="ct980905"/><ref name="rt981023"/> It is currently managed by The Woodmont Company. Its [[anchor store]]s are [[J. C. Penney]], [[Dillard's]], Surge Entertainment by [[Drew Brees]], and [[Forever 21]], formerly [[Stage Stores Inc.|Stage]], established with the sale in 1994 by Horace Ladymon of the [[Stage Stores Inc.|Beall-Ladymon Corporation]]. The mall had a theater, The Bossier 6. It was opened September 10, 1982 and was operated by AMC. It closed in 2000.
The mall banned smoking on June 1, 1994.<ref name="ta940602"/>
In 2005, Shreveport newspaper ''[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]]'' reported that Pierre Bossier Mall was one of two local malls to increase sales, bucking the national trends toward the decline of traditional enclosed malls.<ref name="st050109"/> The mall faced increased competition from newer outdoor shopping centers such as the [[Louisiana Boardwalk]] but the hot, humid Louisiana summers helped to drive shoppers to the air conditioned indoor mall.<ref name="st050714"/> In mid-2012, [[Virginia College]] moved into an anchor spot vacated by [[Service Merchandise]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bossierpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7305:virginia-college-comes-to-bossier-city&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=134 | title=Bossier Press-Tribune}}</ref>
For mall walkers, a lap around the Pierre Bossier Mall including all the niches is a half mile.
On June 6, 2018, it was announced that [[Sears]] would be closing in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/38364575/sears-closing-3-north-la-stores |title=Sears closing 3 North LA stores |work=Tucson News Now |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143912/http://m.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/38364575/sears-closing-3-north-la-stores |archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref>
On June 1, 2019, [[Virginia College]] closed its doors and the space sat vacant until May 2022, when Surge Entertainment by [[Drew Brees]] opened in the former space.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bossierpress.com/virginia-college-closure-leaves-void-opportunity-for-other-local-colleges/#:~:text=The%20educational%20community%20in%20Bossier%20will%20see%20a,new%20students%20and%20will%20close%20June%201%2C%202019. |title=Virginia College closure leaves void, opportunity for other local colleges |website=[[Bossier Press-Tribune]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919114216/http://bossierpress.com/virginia-college-closure-leaves-void-opportunity-for-other-local-colleges/ |archive-date=2018-09-19}}</ref>
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<ref name="ta940602">{{cite news |work=The Advocate |location=Baton Rouge, LA |title=Smoking ban takes effect at 3 malls |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4779428BA95DF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=June 2, 1994}}</ref> <ref name="ct980905">{{cite news |first=George |last=Gunset |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |title=General Growth Acquires Mall |page=B1 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/33667948.html?dids=33667948:33667948&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104182448/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/33667948.html?dids=33667948:33667948&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |date=September 5, 1998}}</ref> <ref name="rt981023">{{cite news |work=Realty Times |title=General Growth Properties Buys $26M Shreveport Mall |url=http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/19981023_rupgegrowth.htm |date=October 23, 1998}}</ref> <ref name="st050109">{{cite news |first=Michelle |last=Mahfoufi |work=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]] |location=Shreveport, LA |title=The pie is getting bigger |page=I1 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/shreveporttimes/access/1792307861.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104182505/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/shreveporttimes/access/1792307861.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |date=January 9, 2005}}</ref> <ref name="st050714">{{cite news |first=Angel |last=Jennings |work=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Times]] |location=Shreveport, LA |title=Boardwalk, mall compete for shoppers in Bossier City |page=B6 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/shreveporttimes/access/1784979551.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104182519/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/shreveporttimes/access/1784979551.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |date=July 14, 2005}}</ref>
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