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Re: News article about Imagination Centers
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Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:29:59 GMT
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Mark Herzberg wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
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> > Mark Herzberg wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.general, Adrian Egli writes:
> > > > There was an article in the business section of the San Diego Union-Tribune
> > > > today(March 10) about LEGO planning to open more Imagination Center stores
> > > > across the country(ONE NOTE: not where yet!).
> > >
> > > If they want to open 12-15 centres, these are the cities I would look for • them
> > > in (all guesses, though some have been previously confirmed). They are all
> > > attract quite a few tourist, and, for the most part, have the so-
> > > called "festival malls":
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> > > New York City, New York
> > > San Fransisco, California
> > > Los Angeles, California
> > > Miami, Florida
> > > Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
> > > Dallas, Texas
> > > Houston, Texas
> > > San Antonio, Texas
> > > Atlanta, Georgia
> > > Las Vegas, Nevada
> > > Seattle, Washington
> > > Denver, Colorado
> > > Chicago, Illinois
> > > New Orleans, Louisiana
> > > Toronto, Ontario, Canada (assuming they are planning store in Canada, which • I
> > > would guess so)
> >
> > Sounds good Mark, but you missed 4 of the 8 largest population centers in the
> > country, namely Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston and Washington/Baltimore (the • other
> > 4 are NewYork, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose). Not • sure
> > if all of them have Festival Marketplaces (Boston has Fanueil Hall/Quincy • Market,
> > Detroit has Trappers Alley Marketplace/Casino).
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> > Gary Istok
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> Yes, I meant to put Philly and Boston does make sense, but I don't think
> Washington/Baltimore would work well for a location. And I am not sure here,
> but I don't Detroit is one of the 8 largest, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale is (Miami-Ft.
> Lauderdale has about 4.2 million people, and I know Detroit in itself has 1.08
> million or so), and I also think Houston is larger than either.
Well, yes Detroit does have 1 million. But in the metro area (which now includes 5
counties and Ann Arbor), is about 4.9 million (in the top 8). If you include
Windsor, Ontario (which statisticians do not include), less than a mile across the
river from Detroit and that figure approaches 5.2 million. And with urban sprawl
continuing, pretty soon it will include Flint Michigan and Toledo Ohio making it
6.5 million. Someone did an analysis for the new (restored old theater) Detroit
Opera House, and they determined there are 9 million households within a 3 hour
drive of Detroit. One tends to forget how densly populated the Great Lakes region
of the Midwest really is.
Gary Istok
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| (...) Tribune (...) stores (...) all (...) which (...) the (...) Not (...) Ft. (...) 1.08 (...) includes 5 (...) Thats what I did not know. I am not very familiar with the metro area of Detroit. However, despite its huge population, I still don't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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