Pierre Bossier Mall

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. The mall, as is the city it is located in, 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. It is currently owned and managed by Brookfield Properties Retail Group. Its anchor stores are J. C. Penney, Dillard's, Surge Entertainment, and Forever 21, formerly Stage, established with the sale in 1994 by Horace Ladymon of the 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.
In 2005, Shreveport newspaper 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. The mall faced increased competition from newer outdoor shopping centers such as the Louisiana Boardwalk but the hot, humid Louisiana summers helped to drive shopper to the air conditioned indoor mall. In mid-2012, Virginia College moved into an anchor spot vacated by Service Merchandise in 1999.
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.
The Pierre Bossier Mall began hosting different vender markets in the parking lot of the former Sears. The Bossier City Farmers Market and the Bossier City Night Market bring in thousands of visitors each market cycle.
After the Covid 19 pandemic of 2020, many retailers did not reopen inside of the Pierre Bossier Mall, choosing to reopen their Mall St. Vincent locations instead. Major names like Victoria’s Secret, Raising Canes, Chick-Fil-A, and American Eagle never returned to the mall. Once the pandemic started to wind down, the Farmers Market and Night Market restarted operations.
In 2022, Surge Entertainment by Drew Brees announced they would be opening a state of the art arcade and bowling alley with a multitude of other entertainment options inside of the former Virgina College space.
In 2024, half of the food court’s occupants were relocated to the neighboring Mall St. Vincent, reasons undisclosed. Zumiez and J&W Music announced their closures soon after.
Category:Enclosed Malls
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls in Louisiana
Category:Malls that opened in 1982