Sea-Tac Mall Television ad - August 1981

1981 TV spot for the former Sea-Tac Mall -
- now renamed as 'The Commons'
located in Federal Way, Washington
http://www.tcafw.com

Note the stores then:

-The Bon: *changed to Bon-Macy's in '03 - to Macy's in '05

-Sears: *merged with Kmart in holdings '04 -still located there

-Peoples: *closed '83 - Mervyn's opened '84/closed 2003 -currently Target

-Lamonts: *bought by Gottschalks in 2000/then closed in 2003

**and the mall's distinct/familiar jingle at the end

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Seattle-Tacoma
• Federal-Way
• Sea-Tac-Mall
• Malls
• Television-Commercial
• Bon-Marche
• Sears
• Peoples-stores
• Lamonts

[552mustang]

When I grew up going to Federal Way Schools (in the 80s/ 90s), the demographics of Star Lake/ Totem/ TJ were around 90-95% white. I remember you could count the minorities on one hand at all of Star Lake around 1987. Now it's like 40% white, and 60% minority, black and hispanic. The ghetto essentially moved to South King County and the middle class people moved north. It's a really sad thing when the places you remember have completely changed to trash.

[cochranexyz]

@kkeithhh Now? LOL.

[kkeithhh]

federal way blooooooooooows now

[GoblinPrincessFay]

I grew up with it being sea-tac I'm now 17 I wish they didn't change it

[mixstylee]

i used to play video games at the goldmine arcade there, then they closed and moved next to red robin and it was called tilt, but now tilt is in the mall for like the last ten years, funny, i still play video games there,hmmm i remember when the mall looked like this,wow,was that long ago

[katofgod]

I want my mall to have a theme song.

Did you notice how the giant lights matched the 80's tile?

That's Pure Federal Way Gold!

[LightHeaded18742]

Oh...My...Goodness.

That looks nothing like what it looks like now. Thats so crazy:)

[SuchAPrettyMess]

I can't believe this exists, I am dumb founded. Words can't even describe how thankful I am you posted this video, thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!!

Kind Regards, ~Emmy

[markofly76]

There's a Good Reason People Get Shot, er, Come Back........to Sea-Tac Mall! Brings back old memories of me as a kid and a teenager going to Sea-Tac Mall! I can't believe they call it "The Commons of Federal Way" now.

[hungryotaku]

Thank you for this! *thumbs up*