Hamburg, N.Y. (WBEN) - A recent attempt to sell McKinley Mall to Benderson Development fell through. Now with a stadium being built nearby, there are concerns about the mall and properties nearby.

Mall reinvention is not a new phenomenon. Locally, as new malls such as the Galleria and McKinley malls were constructed and anchor stores were lured away, the cannibalization process began.

Today marks the grand opening of Food Court Skatepark, located inside the McKinley Mall. The highly anticipated climate controlled indoor facility is the brainchild of Weldon Jones, who set out to ...