have any teams had any luck approaching local malls for spaces to practice?

[Kims Robot]

Last year we had an offer from a company that helps rent out the strip malls in the area.... they were going to give us an old clothing store since the owner wouldnt be able to rent it. Unfortunately the timing didnt work out all that well for us, but they were going to give us the old store.

Just to think about though, you may have to have a HUGE chunk of liability insurance... Harris was set to cover this for us since they have extended building insurance or something like that, and you may also have to pay for utilities... but its worth looking into!