Forum 303 Mall Explained
| Forum 303 |
| Location: | Arlington, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates: | 32.711°N -97.057°W |
| Opening Date: | 1970[1] |
| Closing Date: | 2006
(demolished September 2007) |
| Developer: | Triyar Co. |
| Owner: | Triyar Co. |
| Floors: | 1 |
Forum 303 Mall was a shopping mall built at Pioneer Parkway (Spur 303) and SH 360 in Arlington, Texas in the Mid-Cities between Fort Worth and Dallas. The 800000square feet complex was dedicated September 19, 1970. Interesting features of it was that it included a public ice skating rink, and a public amphitheater in the lower level. During the 1970s many local and national acts, such as Roy Clark, performed there.
It was converted to an indoor bazaar/flea market venue and renamed Festival Marketplace in 1998,[2] but that concept failed to increase mall traffic. Air-conditioner problems[3] and competition with Six Flags Mall, The Parks at Arlington, and Traders Village contributed to its 2006 demise.[4]
Demolition of it started in September 2007.[5] [6] The site has been rebuilt as a business park called Pioneer 360 Business Center.[7] [8]
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- http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/03/20/story7.html Forum 303 Mall could face wrecking ball
- News: Dallas Business Journal . Arlington mall goes 'bazaar' . February 19, 1999 . Ronni . Sayewitz.
- Web site: Forum 303 Mall could face wrecking ball - Dallas Business Journal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805120941/http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/03/20/story7.html. 2011-08-05.
- News: Fort Worth Star-Telegram . RIP, Forum 303 . July 28, 2006 . B12.
- News: Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Making way for change, Ex-Forum 303 Mall is being reduced to rubble . October 6, 2007 . B1.
- Bob Moore Construction, Inc. . Demolition Begins on Festival Marketplace Mall in Arlington, Texas . October 7, 2007.
- http://www.texasedc.org/node/213 Demolition of Festival Marketplace paves way for $66 million in new development
- News: O.K. . Carter . Fort Worth Business Press . Former mall site makes way for industrial space . July 14, 2008 . January 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711062135/http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7951 . July 11, 2011 . dead .
