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Apple Retail Store Opening on Chestnut Street in San Francisco, CA
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that's my question. will we get extra super black friday AND grand opening specials????
They generally don't have grand opening specials...just the free T-shirts. So I'd expect that plus the standard Black Friday deals.
I'll be there. I was saving up for a new mac but they didn't release anything interesting with Leopard so I've got all this cash for Apple burning a hole in my pocket.
Not to say I can doubt everyone's bitterness over SF getting Apple Store, but it is a capital of advertising and desktop publishing in the States. Chestnut street, which is in the Marina District, is a very wealthy area.
It makes perfect sense to me. Move on out to Cali, I'll buy you guys a beer.
(and I agree that an Apple store on Valencia or Mission would probably be ill received.)
It makes perfect sense to me. Move on out to Cali, I'll buy you guys a beer.
(and I agree that an Apple store on Valencia or Mission would probably be ill received.)
I thought it was the norm for them to hand out goody bags at grand openings. Is that not the case?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha. This is the BEST description I've ever heard of the Marina. I lived there around 10 years ago before all of this, and it was alright. But now, yeah, frat boy nightmare, no doubt.
Why another store in SF...
For another perspective on why Apple would choose to open another store in San Francisco instead the many other locations suggested by others...
Consider that MacWorld and WWDC are held in San Francisco. There's also probably a higher concentration of tech workers in the bay area than any other major metropolitan area in the country. So anything that Apple can do to drive adoption in this area is likely to bring more developers to the Mac platform and more attendees to the conferences they hold here.
So perhaps Apple is looking somewhat beyond the retail sales that this new store is likely to generate. Of course, as others have mentioned, there's a lot of disposable income in the marina area as well, so the store will no doubt do quite well regardless.
For another perspective on why Apple would choose to open another store in San Francisco instead the many other locations suggested by others...
Consider that MacWorld and WWDC are held in San Francisco. There's also probably a higher concentration of tech workers in the bay area than any other major metropolitan area in the country. So anything that Apple can do to drive adoption in this area is likely to bring more developers to the Mac platform and more attendees to the conferences they hold here.
So perhaps Apple is looking somewhat beyond the retail sales that this new store is likely to generate. Of course, as others have mentioned, there's a lot of disposable income in the marina area as well, so the store will no doubt do quite well regardless.
LMAO For a second there, I thought there would be an Apple Store opening on Chestnut Street in downtown Philadelphia, PA.
Another California store and still no Santa Barbara store at all.
We could easily support a store.
We could easily support a store.
I swung by Chestnut Street late this evening - and the light from the Apple store was blinding.
Seriously, you could see the light from several blocks away.
I parked my cab in front, and took some pictures with the iPhone...
There were a couple of security guards inside standing around, presumably
to remain until the 9:00 am Friday opening.
Here's a view looking inside from the right...
And from the left (SF tends to lean a wee bit to the left)...
The light from the store was so bright that it lit up my cab nicely for this shot
(not to mention the buildings across the street)...
I'm debating whether it's worth a free T-shirt to drag myself out of bed and
get down there in time to be among the first 1000 people in the door...
Seriously, you could see the light from several blocks away.
I parked my cab in front, and took some pictures with the iPhone...
There were a couple of security guards inside standing around, presumably
to remain until the 9:00 am Friday opening.
Here's a view looking inside from the right...
And from the left (SF tends to lean a wee bit to the left)...
The light from the store was so bright that it lit up my cab nicely for this shot
(not to mention the buildings across the street)...
I'm debating whether it's worth a free T-shirt to drag myself out of bed and
get down there in time to be among the first 1000 people in the door...
Link For Stores Opening?
That is a sweet ride..
Is there a link for new
stores opening sometime in the future?
Thanks,
B&T
That is a sweet ride..
Is there a link for new
stores opening sometime in the future?Thanks,
B&T
ifo Apple Store does an awfully good job of keeping on top of the Apple retail store scene. In particular, this page keeps track of store openings as they happen, including officially announced opening dates and future stores revealed through observed construction and job postings.
Well, I managed to drag myself out of bed and made it down there at 0845.
The line was already around the block. I got in line, and heard cheering as
the line began to move at 0900. Here's a shot looking down Chestnut street
after rounding the corner:
The line moved surprisingly quickly, and by around 0920 found myself close to the door:
There were still plenty of free t-shirts to be had...
With surgical precision, I snatched up $100 worth of on-sale items, and headed out,
but not before getting a shot of the awesome, unique Apple logo:
I then headed to Peet's (a few doors left of Starbucks in above photo - with vastly
better coffee, BTW) to take inventory of the booty. Here's the view from there:
At 1000, the last people in line made it inside the store. Later that night, long after closing,
I drove by and saw that there was a security guard using an iMac in the back of the store.
The store was lit up, bright as ever. I suspect there will be someone stationed
at the store 24/7, as this could be the ultimate Smash 'n Grab opportunity otherwise...
The line was already around the block. I got in line, and heard cheering as
the line began to move at 0900. Here's a shot looking down Chestnut street
after rounding the corner:
The line moved surprisingly quickly, and by around 0920 found myself close to the door:
There were still plenty of free t-shirts to be had...
With surgical precision, I snatched up $100 worth of on-sale items, and headed out,
but not before getting a shot of the awesome, unique Apple logo:
I then headed to Peet's (a few doors left of Starbucks in above photo - with vastly
better coffee, BTW) to take inventory of the booty. Here's the view from there:
At 1000, the last people in line made it inside the store. Later that night, long after closing,
I drove by and saw that there was a security guard using an iMac in the back of the store.
The store was lit up, bright as ever. I suspect there will be someone stationed
at the store 24/7, as this could be the ultimate Smash 'n Grab opportunity otherwise...
I wish there were as many Apple Stores on the East Coast as in California... Philadelphia, the fifth largest city in the US, the number of Apple Stores = 0
I would like to mention one thing to all the people complaining that there are so many stores in CA and none in other places...Apple's HQ is located in the Bay Area about an hour away from San Francisco...You would have to imagine they would make sure that there home turf is covered before going to other places especiallly other places in the world. Thats like the San Jose Sharks putting This is Sharks territory signs in Anaheim before they put them in San Jose.
Other examples which are similar are starbucks and the Seattle area. and then the NHL store only has a store in NY because thts where the league is operated from.
Other examples which are similar are starbucks and the Seattle area. and then the NHL store only has a store in NY because thts where the league is operated from.
FYI: You cannot walk two blocks in the cities on the East Coast without bumping into Starbucks. Plus the parallel you drew between Apple and sports does not seem logical to me.
Interesting links, although the information for Louisville's Oxmoor Center store (very close to me, yay!) on the chronology is slightly inaccurate. "Just east of downtown" is an understatement. There's about 5 miles between downtown and Oxmoor as the crow flies, and even with I-64 linking downtown and the I-264 interchange just south of Oxmoor, it's still a fifteen-minute drive from downtown to Oxmoor, and longer under heavy traffic conditions.
Not that I'm complaining. At least Louisville now has one!
I do think there are too many Apple stores around me (4 within a 20 minute drive -- Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo)... but there are also 2-3 Bloomingdales within a 20 minute drive, and many other high-end "rare" stores (H&M, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Lacoste, etc.) around.
Plus all the Apple stores I've been to are usually kind of packed, and do very good business. Might be a California thing, with the good weather and all our malls.
Plus all the Apple stores I've been to are usually kind of packed, and do very good business. Might be a California thing, with the good weather and all our malls.