Coliseum Mall is a medium size shopping mall, located in Hampton, Virginia with anchor stores JC Penney and Burlington Coat Factory. It is located in the middle of the peninsula in the "Coliseum Central" commercial district of Hampton, adjacent to highway Interstate 64. The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota — the third-largest in the world. ... On September 17, 1861, Mrs. ... J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ... Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation (BCF) is a national department store retailer focusing on clothing and shoes, with over 300 stores in 42 states (as of 2004). ... Interstate 64 (abbreviated I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. ...

The mall was built in 1973, as a commericial centerpiece of Hampton's Mercury Boulevard-Coliseum Central district. It was the largest and busiest shopping area on the Virginia Peninsula, aside from its rival at the time, which was Newmarket North Mall located in the northwest corner of Hampton but closely bordered neighboring Newport News. Newmarket North Mall opened in 1975, and Coliseum Mall was expanded in 1976. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. ... Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia from space, July 1996 (Newport News is seen in the lower left quadrant) Newport News is an independent city located in Virginia. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

During the mid-1980s, major tenant Montgomery Ward moved into Coliseum Mall, and replaced the defunct Korvettes department store, from the adjacent Mercury Mall which was converted into an open-air shopping center. Montgomery Ward (later known as Wards) was an American department store chain, founded as the worlds first mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward. ...

In 1989, Simon Properties, Inc. and the City of Newport News built and developed the competitive Patrick Henry Mall, and later surrounding "big-box" shopping centers sprouted around the mall during the 1990s. Since then the city's Oyster Point/Patrick Henry district has experienced substantial growth, making commercial retail challenging for the Coliseum Central district of Hampton. For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his stirring oratory. ...

According to the Hampton City Council's Coliseum Central Master Plan[1] (pdf file), most of the current Mall property will be converted to three or four blocks of a new urban setting with 1-2 story buildings of mixed use. The aim is to change the outdated suburban "parking lot desert" into a trendy pedestrian-friendly district of mixed-use and condominium buildings. As of this writing, JC Penney store will remain intact, because it owns the land it's built on. This plan is one of several similar plans that are being implemented throughout Hampton [2]. A condominium is a form of housing tenure. ... J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ...