The Ohio Valley Mall opened on October 4, 1978. The mall opened with five anchor stores, which were JCPenney, Kaufmann's, L.S. Good, Montgomery Ward, and Sears. Cinemette Theatres opened in July 1979. L.S. Good closed in March 1982 and Stone & Thomas opened in its space that summer. Montgomery Ward closed in April 1983 and was replaced by Kmart, which opened that November. Cinemette Theatres was converted to Cinema World in January 1988.
Cinema World was converted to Carmike Cinemas in April 1994. Stone & Thomas moved in 1996 into a larger location within the mall. Burlington Coat Factory opened in 1997 in the space which Stone & Thomas occupied before moving. Stone & Thomas was converted to Elder-Beerman in October 1998. Burlington Coat Factory closed in 2000 and Steve & Barry's opened in its space in 2005. Kaufmann's was converted to Macy's in September 2006.
JCPenney moved to Triadelphia, West Virginia, in 2007,[2] and was replaced by Levin Furniture, which opened in 2009. In September 2008, it was announced that Steve & Barry's would be closing in November due to bankruptcy. Crafts 2000 opened in the former Steve & Barry's in 2009.[3] In 2012, it was announced that the Cafaro Company planned to renovate the mall's interior to add a new anchor store.[3] Levin Furniture closed in 2012[3] and in February 2013, it was announced that Boscov's would be opening in its space that October.[4]
Crafts 2000 closed in 2015 and was replaced by Pat Catan's, which opened later that year. In January 2017, it was announced that Elder-Beerman and Kmart would be closing in March. Carmike Cinemas was converted to AMC Theatres in March 2017. Also in March 2017, it was announced that the former Elder-Beerman would be subdivided and renovated to add Marshalls, which opened that September. It was announced in January 2019 that Pat Catan's would be closing in June due to Michaels announcing that it would be converting the store in August.
In March 2019, it was announced that half of the former Kmart would be subdivided and renovated to add Dunham's Sports, which opened that October, while the other half of the former Kmart would be demolished to add Hampton by Hilton, which opened in April 2021. It was announced in April 2019 that Sears would be closing in July. The former Sears was used by Spirit Halloween on a seasonal basis from 2019 to 2024.
In January 2020, it was announced that Macy's would be closing in March as part of a plan to close 125 stores nationwide.[5] It was announced in February 2020 that the remaining exterior-facing portion of the former Kmart would be renovated to add Five Below, which opened that June. The former Sears was used as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic from February to May 2021. The former Sears was also used by Hickory Farms during the Christmas and holiday season in 2021.
AMC Theatres closed in September 2024 and in April 2025, it was announced that Golden Ticket Cinemas would be opening in its space that November.[6] In September 2025, it was announced that an exterior-facing portion of the former Macy's would be renovated to add Boot Barn, which opened in March 2026. It was also announced that the former Sears would be subdivided and renovated to add Burlington, which will most likely open in May 2026, and Academy Sports + Outdoors, which will most likely open by late spring/early summer 2026.
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