This image, and the one that follows, were taken at OMNI INTERNATIONAL MALL in 1980. In this view, a photo op couple have just exited the Emilio Pucci boutique, in the ritzy Plaza Versailles section.
Photo from www.floridamemory.com / State Library & Archives of Florida / Eric Tournay


Still in the Plaza Versailles area, our photo op couple now window shop at Mayor's II Jewelers. The original OMNI mall contained two Mayor's stores. Both were located on the Lower Mall level.
Photo from www.floridamemory.com / State Library & Archives of Florida / Eric Tournay


By 1989, the mall had two movie multiplexes; the original Omni 6 and the Omni 4. The two venues were often promoted -collectively- as the Omni 10. The Treats Food Court was installed in the old Treasure Island Shops section. The OMNI mall had peaked in the early 1980s, when it possessed 165 stores and services. By 1989, this number had fallen to 109. Within a few years, the complex would be in a downward spiral.