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Re: News article about Imagination Centers
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 14 Mar 2000 16:38:15 GMT
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Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:38CE2E44.8F339485@mediaone.net...
> Mark Herzberg wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Rob Doucette writes:
> > > I would add Boston to the mix because of the demographics and the MIT • tie
> > > in.
> > Yes, Boston would make very much sense.
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> Ya know...I kinda want that (especially after heading about the old sets
> the LICs sometimes get) but I kinda don't, because we've already got the
> Construction Site, which is practically an LIC anyway, and I wouldn't want
> them to have their business threatened, or even for them to lose the • 'special'
> status they have with LEGO (they get many sets that are "Not Available in
> Stores"), either of which might happen if an LIC opened up in Boston...
CS is a great place but Waltham isn't exactly a tourist hotspot. An LIC in
Fanuel Hall or next to the Museum of Science would be directly on the beaten
path. I think the faithful local residents would continue to patronize CS.
I think Mark pointed out the need for the tourism tie-in, which I missed at
first.
-Rob.
(formerly from the South Shore)
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