Built right into the main Sears entrance, Aladdin’s Castle, Burnsville Center began raking in Minnesota quarters from opening day in 1977. Contemporary newspaper ads even listed the arcade among the mall’s inaugural tenants—a signal honor in a region obsessed with hockey rinks, not joysticks.
Long‑time patrons on forums recall the space relocating to the food‑court mezzanine during a 1990s remodel, replacing its faux‑Moorish arches with brighter Namco “sunburst” signage. By the early 2000s the castle was gone, but its legacy lives on: collectors still trade a silver “Special Value” token stamped BURNSVILLE CENTER that surfaced from a 1990s birthday‑party haul.