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<\/p>\nThe Crayola Experience in Plano was closed on Monday at The Shops at Willow Bend amid challenges at the mall and speculation about the Dallas Stars considering the site.<\/p>\n
The crayon-themed event center for kids who love to color had lockout notices on its doors that said the landlord, Centennial Waterfall Willow Bend, had changed the locks on Feb. 7. <\/p>\n
\u201cProvided tenant pays the entire amount of delinquent rent, a new key to the premises may be obtained,\u201d the lockout notice said. <\/p>\n
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The Crayola Experience wasn’t open and had a lockout notice on Monday.<\/p>\n
Brian Womack<\/p>\n
On the Crayola website, it said the Plano center was \u201ctemporarily closed\u201d while apologizing for any inconvenience that it might have caused guests. The site, which covers about 60,000 square feet<\/a>, is one of a handful of sites in the U.S. <\/p>\n D-FW Retail News<\/p>\n By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n Crayola Experience at the Shops at Willow Bend on Friday, March 18, 2022 in Plano, TX.<\/p>\n Shafkat Anowar \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n The move comes amid challenges at the retail hub as speculation surrounds the Dallas Stars<\/a> eyeing a move to the site of a Plano shopping mall<\/a>. After Neiman Marcus said it would leave the shopping center, Dillard\u2019s revealed late last year<\/a> that it was shuttering its store there and is now closed. <\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n The Crayola Experience opened in 2018 as the mall, like others, looks to draw in visitors beyond the traditional retail offerings. <\/p>\n The retail chain, part of JCPenney\u2019s parent, came under pressure amid inflation and tariffs, may be sold.<\/p>\n Southwest Airlines, Toyota are also among D-FW companies airing commercials for the big game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Crayola Experience in Plano was closed on Monday at The Shops at Willow Bend amid challenges at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[196,147,5278,14065,5,41065,4,3129,3333,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-452685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-stars","10":"tag-dallasstars","11":"tag-fun-places-and-events","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-malls","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-retail","16":"tag-shopping","17":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116043268623403505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Crayola](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ERCUC5I7K5E65L2AK5L4Q33TUE.jpg\")
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