The mall's first motion picture venue, the Midco
Gateway 3, opened in June 1985. It was eventually expanded with five screens; re-opening as the
Midco 8 in June 1994.
Drawing and graphic from Midcontinent Theatres
In a circa-1995 layout, the cinema is shown in variations of
gray. The original
Gateway 3 appears in
dark gray, with the
Midco 8 addition depicted in a lighter shade. By this time, two anchor stores have changed. Menards assumed a vacant White Mart in December 1987. Jacobs Trading Company has just moved into the Lucas spot. With these modifications, the mall encompasses around 346,500 leasable square feet.
Our GATEWAY logo montage features trademarks of stores that anchored the mall during the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
