Sector 8

Sector 8 is one of the 8 Sectors that divide up the city of Midgar in Final Fantasy VII. Sector 8 is the main entertainment area in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-. LOVELESS Avenue is it's main area of business and art, where the Genesis fanclub meets and performances of the ancient Epic, LOVELESS are performed. Being the only Sector that can be explored above the Plate, it gives the only glimpse of the life in Midgar that those who escape the poverty of the Slums can enjoy.

Crisis Core
Sector 8 is the Sector just outside of the Shin-Ra Building in Crisis Core. It leads to the Sector 1 Station, where travelers can go down into the Slums of Sector 5. Zack Fair can join the Genesis Fanclub here on his first visit.

The Genesis Army attacks Midgar later on in the game, and Zack must fight them through Sector 8. Along the way he runs into Reno and Cissnei of the Turks. Though Reno acts rude and territorial, Cissnei is thankful to Zack for saving her life.

Later on, Zack goes through Sector 8 on a hunt for parts for a flower wagon for his girlfriend, Aerith Gainsborough. He gets wheels from a man's car on LOVELESS Avenue, in exchange for a piece of the profits from the flower venture. When Zack is sent to his mission in Nibelheim, he never can return to Midgar or Sector 8.

Final Fantasy VII
Four years later, Aeris can be seen selling flowers in Sector 8 in the opening FMV of Final Fantasy VII.

Cloud Strife, a freind of Zack's who is working for the eco-terrorist group, AVALANCHE runs through Sector 8 while fleeing from the forces of Shin-Ra after blowing up the Sector 5 Reactor. Along the way, Cloud first runs into Aeris who offers him some flowers. But then the Shin-Ra guards chase after him, so Cloud has to cut the meeting short. Just when the Shin-Ra forces surround him, Cloud jumps off the side of a bridge onto an oncoming train. He joins the rest of AVELANCHE on their way to their secret base in the Sector 7 Slums.

Sector 8 is completely destroyed along with most of Midgar when Meteor falls onto the city. No remnant of it survived the calamity.