The Boulevard Mall is a large enclosed shopping center on Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas, about two miles east of the Strip. It opened in 1968 as Nevada’s first climate-controlled indoor mall and, for a period, was the largest in the city.
Today, the mall combines several distinct functions. It is part traditional mall with national chain stores, part family entertainment center, part community marketplace, and even part school campus.
A free public middle school opened inside the old Macy’s space in 2025. A marketplace with over 190 small businesses was started in 2020. The mall bought a failed aquarium for $42,500 and reopened it with a new name. Beneath the property, a time capsule buried in 1966 is sealed until 2066…