The Eagle centre is streets ahead of either of the Nottingham centres.
Broadmarsh was about to start it's redevelopment when the pandemic hit, stopped the whole thing and precipitated the collapse of Intu in June.
I enjoy visiting a town centre to shop and get a bite to eat, and so do millions of others. Just because you don't isn't reason to abandon a large part of the economy
Broadmarsh was being redeveloped years ago, and that fell through well before Covid. BHS , Alders etc shut years ago. No expert on shopping centres, but my wife will head for the Victoria centre every time, despite the fact she comes from Derbyshire. Nottingham is probably not big enough for two shopping centres, but once you get outside the Eagle Centre my wife tells me there is nothing to see in Derby, whereas Nottingham has Hockley and numerous shops in the City Centre too.