September 17, 1987. Opening day for Portage Place shopping centre. Nine men cut a ribbon, a catchy theme song blasts from the public address system, and thousands of Winnipeggers descend on the downtown mall and its nearly 150 new stores to see what all the excitement was about.   The $80 million complex was built to revitalize Winnipeg's then-declining downtown, and confidence in its ability to do so was high at the time. Manitoba's prominent politicians and developers sealed a time capsule filled with '80s memorabilia under the Edmonton Court clock.

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