A third anchor department store was dedicated in April 1976. J.C. Penney (in light gray) presided over the east side of the mall. SIOUX EMPIRE PLAZA now encompassed approximately 650,000 leasable square feet and housed fifty-seven tenants. There was free parking for 3,500 autos.
THE EMPIRE TENANTS 1978:
YOUNKERS (with Beauty Salon and Younkers Restaurant) / J.C. PENNEY (with Beauty Salon, restaurant and freestanding Auto Center) / DAYTON'S / HERBERGER'S / OSCO DRUG / A & W Root Beer / The Art Store / All American Sub / Baker's Shoes / Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream / Bostwick's / Brook's Fashions / Burke's / Buttrey's ladies' wear / Candles 'N Things / Coach House Gifts / The County Seat / Cover To Cover / Crazy Top Shop / dg pac's / Dick Haler's Clocks / Eastwold Smoke Shop / Extra Touch / Fanny Farmer Candies / First Sioux Falls National Bank / Foxmoor Casuals / Flowerama / Gallenkamp Shoes / Gatsby's / GNC / Golden Hanger / Harold's Camera / Hickory Farms of Ohio / Home Federal Savings & Loan / Horwitz Jewelers / Hy Vee supermarket (outparcel) / JB's Big Boy Restaurant / Jay Vee ladies' wear / Jeans West / Jeanne's Fashion Fabrics / Karmelkorn / Kinney Shoes / Labelle's Catalog Showroom (outparcel) / LaVergne's Red Cross Shoes / Linda Lee's Cards & Gifts / The Living Room / Maurices ladies' wear / Michael's / Michael's Footnote / Nina Boutique / Orange Julius / Osborn's men's wear / Plaza Twin Theaters / Radio Shack / Record Shop / Regis Hairstylists / Riddle's Keepsake Jewelry Center / Scheel's Sporting Goods / Schmitt Music Centers / So-Fro Fabrics / Stuarts ladies' ready-to-wear / Susie's Casuals / Spencer Gifts / Taco Bandito / Team Electronics / The Athlete's Foot / The Bottom Half / The Land of Oz Family Amusement Center / Toy Fair / Two Plus Two / Vanity Shop / Waldenbooks / The Westerner / Wiener King / Wilson's Leather / Westmoor Music / Women's Corner / Young America / Zales Jewelers
