Mesa Mall opened in 1982 on U.S. Highway 6 & 50 in Grand Junction, Colorado. By the mid-1980s, an Aladdin’s Castle arcade occupied a storefront just off the food-court loop, advertised in mall directories as “Family Amusements.” Shoppers recall lines for Pac-Man, Out Run, and the four-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cabinet.
Local newspaper ads from the *Grand Junction Daily Sentinel* (26 Nov 1987) promoted holiday “Token Bonus” events at the arcade—drawing crowds of ski-season visitors heading to Colorado’s western slopes. The AC remained active into the early 2000s before the space was converted to retail kiosks.
