YouTuber Takes Over Annapolis Mall For Massive Game Of Hide-And-Seek

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A popular YouTuber recently took over the Westfield Annapolis mall for an overnight game of hide-and-seek.

The winning team in the kids-versus-parents challenge earned a share of $100,000.

Online personalities Preston and Brianna Arsement visited the mall on March 18 for a meet-and-greet. During their visit, the married couple with a combined 32 million subscribers shut down the mall to record separate YouTube videos.

Preston posted his video this past Saturday. It has more than 1 million views, 21,000 likes and 1,700 comments.

Brianna's will go live on her channel this upcoming Saturday.

Preston's challenge pitted 50 children against 50 of their parents. The teams split up and hid in the mall for 5 hours as Preston and his friends searched for them.

Players hid in trash cans, snuck underneath counters and even dressed up like mannequins. As Preston found contestants, they were sent to "jail" in the open court outside Macy's.

Preston gradually shut down sections of the mall, forcing players to leave their hiding spots and find new ones. He also unlocked power-ups like an electric scooter to zoom through the concourse and spot hiders.

The nearly 19-minute video is posted here.

In the end, only a few contestants remained. One team was the clear winner.

We don't want to give away spoilers though. Look under the related links below if you want to see who won.

"Westfield Annapolis is reenvisioning ways to use our center to bring together the surrounding community in fun and unique ways," mall Marketing Director Morgan McLoud said in a press release. "We were thrilled to welcome Preston, his wife Brianna and his crew, as we knew they would create an unforgettable experience for our shoppers. They are currently one of YouTube's most famous creators and we couldn't be happier with how this partnership and this video featuring Westfield Annapolis turned out."

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Winning Team: Two parents and one child remained, so the adults split the prize money.