OT: My disgust with the sports store in the Holyoke Mall

[TripleOption]

You from Holyoke, TripleOption?

No, but close enough to know it's about an hour from Central mass...

 

[OtisCampbell]

My daughter went to Mount Holyoke College which is not in Holyoke. And on the eastern side of the CT. river. So, I was always confused if I was in Western Mass or Central Mass when I went there.

This has nothing to do with the Holyoke Mall or if they stock SB championship stuff from a couple of years ago.

Wait, maybe the thread starter was looking for SB 42 Patriots Championship stuff and they didn't have any.

Just a thought.

Good school, you must be proud. It's in S. Hadley, which is Western MA. The Connecticut River is not any kind of dividing line, it is entirely in Western MA. Generally anything west of Worcester County is considered Western MA.

I grew up in Springfield and lived there for 30 years. I still go back occasionally. It has seen better days, but its not all bad.

 

[TripleOption]

My daughter went to Mount Holyoke College which is not in Holyoke. And on the eastern side of the CT. river. So, I was always confused if I was in Western Mass or Central Mass when I went there.

This has nothing to do with the Holyoke Mall or if they stock SB championship stuff from a couple of years ago.

Wait, maybe the thread starter was looking for SB 42 Patriots Championship stuff and they didn't have any.

Just a thought.

South Hadley, and definitely Western Mass. I don't think you can even claim Central until you hit Holland/Wales/Charlton.

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

South Hadley, and definitely Western Mass. I don't think you can even claim Central until you hit Holland/Wales/Charlton.

Sturbridge is close to the line too

Charlton = Central
Holland/Wales = western

Grew up in Central Mass (Grafton)
College at UMAss (Western)
Worked Pittsfield ( Western)
Wife is from Palmer (western)

 

[TripleOption]

Sturbridge is close to the line too

Charlton = Central
Holland/Wales = western

Grew up in Central Mass (Grafton)
College at UMAss (Western)
Worked Pittsfield ( Western)
Wife is from Palmer (western)

Sturbridge is definitely Central...Holland/Wales are a tossup. Most people from Western Mass have never even heard of Holland or Wales.

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

Sturbridge is definitely Central...Holland/Wales are a tossup. Most people from Western Mass have never even heard of Holland or Wales.

Most people from Central haven't heard of them either

 

[emeyesi]

Must have been one of the two independent stores there

There is one by Macy's on the upper level and another on lower level across from the Disney Store. I haven't been in either in ages. I always see a bunch of autographed memorabilia in both of those stores. I think the upper level store had some Pats BMX bikes in the window a couple weeks ago.

I've always picked up my Pats gear from Sportstuff on Sumner Ave. in Springfield.

 

[bresna]

To anyone who knows the area and the mall,that was all farm land at one time, and where i played as a kid. Now it looks like a blight on the land. Theres talk of turning the mall into a casino, can't picture that though.

Farm? I grew up about 2 miles away and I used to ride my dirt bike where the mall is now. It was a swamp. To this day, I am amazed that they were able to make that place into a mall. I remember shortly after it was built, it developed a huge crack - almost a fault line - that had people worried if it was structurally sound. Well duh, you build something on a SWAMP, it's gonna take a while to settle.

And BTW, Holyoke is nowhere near Central Mass.

 

[eom]

So, I went xmas shopping yesterday at the Holyoke mall (Western MA). I went into the (i forget the name.. who can be bothered with the mall anyways) sports store there. Here is a list of things I saw

1. NOT A SINGLE "SB CHAMP" ITEM FOR SALE (The patriots have won 3 super bowl items. Does it occur to the idiots running the store that super bowl items MIGHT sell?!?!)
2. Multiple "AFC Champ Patriots" items. What is this, 1997?
3. No Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, or KG jerseys on display.
4. An Antione Walker jersey on display (I stood staring at it for a good 15 seconds in disbelief before my girlfriend goes "Man, that's old")
5. A "Red Sox Suck" pencil.
6. Coffee Mugs for about 31 NFL Teams (Jaguars, Colts, Chargers, Steelers, Niners, etc)
7. No Patriot Coffee mugs.
8. Derek Jeter cardboard cutout in the doorway/entrance

Suffice to say; I am disgusted.

this is the funniest post I've seen in about a month.

 

[bobgeorge]

Don't forget it's borderline Yankee country out here.

Hey, I'm from that part of Massachusetts. I've been to the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside many times. HOLYOKE AND GREATER SPRINGFIELD IS NOT YANKEE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, Connecticut, that's another story. Hartford may be AC/DC on which team they root for.

Bob G (another case of someone not thinking that Springfield and the 413 area code is actually part of Massachusetts)

 

[bobgeorge]

Sturbridge is definitely Central...Holland/Wales are a tossup. Most people from Western Mass have never even heard of Holland or Wales.

This is idiotic. I grew up near Holland and Wales. Tiny towns they may be, believe me, we've heard of them.

We've also heard of Sandisfield, Egremont, Chesterfield, Becket, Great Barrington, Florida, Rowe, Han****, Monterey, Hampden and Stockbridge.

I grew up in Wilbraham and I wear Western Mass like a badge of honor. I wish all this bashing would stop. The Boston area may have more appeal and more fun places to go/things to do, but for those of us who hail from Western Mass, we call it home and it is a beautiful part of the state, all of it quintessential New England at its finest.

Bob G

 

[bobgeorge]

LOL.

I don't think we given the Holyoke Mall nearly enough time to call it a bust yet... It has so much potential.

Potential? It was built in 1979. Today it is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, mall in New England. According to Wikipedia, when it was renovated in 1995, "it was billed as the third largest mall in America."

Now, can we please stop bashing the Holyoke Mall?

Bob G

 

[AtivanPatsFan]

Here's to a cheer for us W. Mass people!

EDIT: I go to school in Boston. Born in Springfield, lived in Ludlow all my life.

 

[BbRrUeSwCsHkIe]

I take exception to this! We are not CT.

Got that right. The Trumbull Mall is 50 miles from NYC and that's where I got my Sox 2007 WS mug last Saturday. Plenty of Pat's stuff too, c'mon down.

 

[RayClay]

Hey, I'm from that part of Massachusetts. I've been to the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside many times. HOLYOKE AND GREATER SPRINGFIELD IS NOT YANKEE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, Connecticut, that's another story. Hartford may be AC/DC on which team they root for.

Bob G (another case of someone not thinking that Springfield and the 413 area code is actually part of Massachusetts)[/QUOTE

I think Mr. Kraft lost some fans in Hartford a few years ago.

I guess you can get away with threatening to move out of the Boston area as long as your last name isn't Sullivan.

 

[Water Boy]

Sturbridge is definitely Central...Holland/Wales are a tossup. Most people from Western Mass have never even heard of Holland or Wales.

I'd say that the Quabbin Reservoir is the dividing line for western/central Mass. Palmer and Ware are border towns in Western Mass.

 

[Tommysgirl]

I'd say that the Quabbin Reservoir is the dividing line for western/central Mass. Palmer and Ware are border towns in Western Mass.

Hmm.. I live in Oxford, not far from Plamer and Ware and I don't think of that as Western MA at all. My younger brother lives in Greenfield, that is Western MA. I always think anything past Springfield.

 

[WTE]

I stopped by the Christmas Tree Shop in the Holyoke Mall and it's filled with nothing but future Garage Sale Fodder.

People were picking through the Chinese crap like it was some type of treasure.

Really, I don't get why people think the Christmas Tree Shop is so great. Bunch of useless junk that nobody needs.

 

[bobgeorge]

I'd say that the Quabbin Reservoir is the dividing line for western/central Mass. Palmer and Ware are border towns in Western Mass.

Western Mass = all of the 413 area code (Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties)

Central Mass = all of Worcester County and any part of Middlesex County not inside I-495

Eastern Mass = everything else

Bob G

 

[Bigdogx]

Ok here are some facts about Holyoke/Springfield

#1 They are both western mass always have been and always will be, they are both no where even close to being considered central mass.

#2 Yes we have our fair share of lazy a@@hats who inhabit our city and surrounding towns adding nothing but spent welfair checks, no worse then boston or any central parts of the state though. I have been through plenty of other towns such as lowel (Crack/Herion city) which makes Springfield look like Longmeadow so i dont get why Springfield is always some but end of someone's joke in this state.

#3 The hall of fame is about a 5 minute drive down 91 from the holyoke mall.

#4 I have been to pretty much every mall in this state and not one of them comes even close to the amount of stores and space the holyoke mall has, the place is always packed with people and is one of the best kept and run malls in this country.

#5 This state basicly gives the city of Boston everything it needs times ten then distributes the scraps to every other town and city in this state leaving them basicly with nothing to work with. I love paying my taxes to see it go to the eastern side of the state only and wasted on Bull#@$# like the big dig!