After 20 years of giving teens a safe place to have fun together, the Greece Festival for Youth has been cancelled for good.

The cancellations comes after a fight broke out between 300 teens Monday night.

Police broke up the fight before things got out of hand. Police said no arrests were made, but there was fallout from this incident.

"I was going to come with my friends and just have a good time," said Sabrina Vachetta, 14.

When these girls showed up, the carnival was already on the way out.

"So many kids haven't had the opportunity to do something like this. And now their chance is gone," Vachetta said.

Wilmorite, the company that owns and operates the mall, made the decision to cancel the event Tuesday afternoon.

"Well, I'm really kind of devastated. We've put a lot of heart and soul and work into this event and we really like to work with kids, and serve special need kids in particular and see family fun and a good time here early in the year when families can come out and just enjoy themselves. So it is a, it's disappointing," said Bill Selke, festival chairman.

The 11-day carnival benefits a lot of our local youth, and because of the cancellation, some special needs kids will miss out.

"Thursday, we were going to entertain over 500 special need kids and kids from surrounding schools that can walk here. And we were going to open up the rides for them and allow them, Wegmans would come in with a staff of four, and serve them food and lunch and they'd have a great time. A lot of laughing and a lot of happiness through that event," Selke added.

Selke met with Wilmorite and Greece Police Tuesday afternoon at the mall.

YNN asked Selke about rumors floating around that Monday's incident at the mall may have been connected to a possible fight at Seabreeze, as well as some incidents in Charlotte this weekend.

"Well I did ask about it and really nobody has any feelings or knowledge because you have to know the players that were there, potentially anywhere. It looked like there were probably 200 to 250 youth running around. It looked a little organized and like they were trying to create chaos and disturb the event. And the police did do a wonderful job. They came in here, they moved them out," Selke responded.

Selke said the most important thing about Monday night's incident was that no one got hurt. He credits the quick response of police for the prevention of more serious incidents.

"There's no guarantees here that we can protect and make sure nobody gets hurt or there's any problems, so after 20 years I do hate to see this thing be cancelled. We have certainly supported a lot of youth groups, we've given away over $200,000 through that event, we help a lot of special needs kids have some fun and so, the event, it's sadly not gonna take place the rest of the week," Selke added.

This isn't the first time youth violence has occurred on mall property. A youth curfew was even instituted to help change the mall's image.

"I don't go there a lot just because of the people that are there and the security that's around the mall. It's just not a fun place to be anymore," said Arieal Brown, 20.

Despite public opinion, police said this mall is a safe place to be.

"Obviously the event yesterday isn't going to help the perception, but the reality is the crime at the mall is very low," said Greece Police Captain Steve Chatterton.

That's little consolation for the kids who just wanted to have fun.

"It's extremely aggravating for me because I had nothing to do with it. A small group just had to ruin it for everyone," said Vacchetta.

Festival organizers said they are not sure if the fight that broke out Monday night is in any way connected to Seabreeze being closed Monday. The park closed for what the owner said was a "business decision."

Some, however, suspect that the threat of a big fight was the reason behind Seabreeze's closure, but police would not comment about that.

The Mall at Greece Ridge sent out a statement Tuesday saying the cancellation will not affect its decision to donate to charities in the area:

"The Mall at Greece Ridge will be donating $1,000 to the Greece Kiwanis Club to put towards the charities they give to at the end of each festival season."