Apple Store Opening at Massive American Dream Mall Outside New York City

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced it is opening a new retail store at the massive American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday, December 3, at 11 a.m. local time. The store is located around 10 miles outside Midtown Manhattan by car.

American Dream is the second-largest shopping mall in the U.S. behind the Mall of America in Minnesota. Opened in 2019, the three-million-square-foot shopping destination has several indoor attractions, including the Nickelodeon Universe amusement park, DreamWorks Water Park, a year-round indoor skiing and snowboarding resort, an NHL-sized ice skating rink, a burger restaurant owned by YouTube star MrBeast, and more.

The store features Apple's latest retail design, including a dedicated pickup area for orders placed on Apple's online store. Like other locations, the store will offer free Today at Apple creative sessions and Genius Bar appointments for hardware support.

Apple's grand opening date at American Dream was first spotted by Michael Steeber, who recently released an iPhone app tracking all of the company's retail locations.

Apple operates over 520 retail stores worldwide, including 11 other locations in New Jersey.

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[I7guy]

I can't get myself to go to the "dream" mall. But the Apple store does look nice.

 

[citysnaps]

Nice! Will check it out on a future to NY/NJ.

 

[1557750]

If you close your eyes and concentrate REALLY hard, any mall can be a “dream mall”

Never been there. Would like to visit at least once.

 

[HiVolt]

Kinda sad that the "American Dream" is dying a slow, painful death, purely of self-inflicted wounds...

 

[ThisIsMike]

Don't waste your time. The mall is a wasteland of overpriced garbage. Never should have opened in the first place.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

If you close your eyes and concentrate REALLY hard, any mall can be a “dream mall”

The best malls are the ones with a food court full of samples. I went to one in the past where 10 stores were giving out samples. I got 1 from each store and ended up being full. Free lunch!

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Don't waste your time. The mall is a wasteland of overpriced garbage. Never should have opened in the first place.

Aren't the Apple Store prices there going to be the same as any other Apple Store? Even if the mall has other stores charging high prices.

 

[1557750]

The best malls are the ones with a food court full of samples. I went to one in the past where 10 stores were giving out samples. I got 1 from each store and ended up being full. Free lunch!

Haha! That’s excellent.

I live my life one free sample at a time…

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I live my life one free sample at a time…

The bourbon chicken was so good there, I forgot the name of the place handing it out.

 

[Ukyank1]

This post should bring out the doomers & gloomers en masse 😂

 

[Blackstick]

Most malls here have died painful deaths. There's maybe 2 good ones left.

Cincy residents just order from Amazon.

When I lived in South Florida, malls prospered because it's mostly South American tourists buying for the year, with no US mailing address.

 

[Sammy in SoCal]

“It's Called the American Dream Because You Have To Be Asleep to Believe It" – George Carlin.

 

[Realityck]

I used to like malls, now I find them exceedingly wasteful on space utilized.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

This post should bring out the doomers & gloomers en masse 😂

Everything is controversial now.

 

[Realityck]

Most malls here have died painful deaths. There's maybe 2 good ones left.

Cincy residents just order from Amazon.

When I lived in South Florida, malls prospered because it's mostly South American tourists buying for the year, with no US mailing address.

I agree, Store chains usually avoid them because they cost too much to lease, along with location and foot traffic not as good. We had a large one locally that was bulldozed down and replaced with a network off streets and high-rise buildings. Looks a lot better than those mall monstrosities.

 

[.wojtek]

Don't waste your time. The mall is a wasteland of overpriced garbage. Never should have opened in the first place.

So... Apple Store will fit just perfect? ;-)

 

[compwiz1202]

I used to like malls, now I find them exceedingly wasteful on space utilized.

Yea the one by us it's just the anchors that are good and then the outside piece with Apple in it

 

[ILoveCalvinCool]

I'm surprised to hear a large new mall opened in the year 2019. Malls seem to be on the way out. All of the ones in my otherwise economically prosperous area are either closing down, repurposing, or struggling to operate.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I'm surprised to hear a large new mall opened in the year 2019. Malls seem to be on the way out. All of the ones in my otherwise economically prosperous area are either closing down, repurposing, or struggling to operate.

Post-covid yeah but this one snuck in before covid.

 

[Realityck]

Yea the one by us it's just the anchors that are good and then the outside piece with Apple in it

Most of the time Apple really selects a good mall location if they can, the very large Apple Valley Fair San Jose store is a good example, has two entrances one to the outside, and one inside allowing Mall foot traffic.

Couple of good images to show its size. This store is the one where most stuff gets delivered as well as main store for Apple Guru support. The bottom image is showing the store looking further into it, it's that large.

 

[dannyyankou]

I'm surprised Apple chose to associate themselves with this... thing. I can't even call it a mall. Are they even making a profit?

 

[DaveTheRave]

Aren't the Apple Store prices there going to be the same as any other Apple Store? Even if the mall has other stores charging high prices.

I feel like it might get some additional sales from New Yorkers across the river who can save a little bit (not much) on the sales tax differential.

 

[hansmoleman]

This "mall" has been a turd in the making for - literally - 20 years now.

Come visit NJ; but avoid this thing. Best Apple Store in the country is located here (It's the last one with wood floors as far as I know...) but I won't tell you which one, or it'd get crowded.

 

[SilenceBroken]

How the hell does NJ have ELEVEN Apple stores?