Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail
Texas Apple Store opens this weekend
Apple plans to open a new retail store this Saturday, March 9th at 10:00 AM in Austin, Texas. Apple Store The Domain (now there's an official-sounding name) is located in northwest Austin, along the MoPac Expressway at 11410 Century Oaks Terrace, near Macy's. You can find complete travel directions here. As usual, the first 1000 visitors will be rewarded with commemorative t-shirts. Visitors can also enter to win a pile of Apple stuff, including a black 13-inch 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook, a one-year membership to ProCare, an iPod nano and more.
If you're going to attend this opening in Austin, please send us links to your photos and reports! Good luck and have fun.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Erik Ellison said 7:29AM on 3-06-2007
Oh thank god I can finally stop driving down to Barton Creek! Can anyone give me an idea of how early I should show up?
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chad said 8:36AM on 3-06-2007
CRAP CRAP CRAP. I'm moving to Austin later this month, and this place is about 2 minutes from both my new apartment and my new office. There goes my paycheck.
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Paul R. said 8:55AM on 3-06-2007
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this upcoming Saturday the 10th?
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Michael A. Lowry said 9:03AM on 3-06-2007
That's on part of what used to be an IBM site. In fact, the whole plot of land North of Braker lane, between MoPac and Burnet, used to be owned by IBM.
Michael L.
http://mlowry.blogspot.com
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Random said 10:03AM on 3-06-2007
It opens this Friday. Keep in mind that The Domain mall itself just opened, too, so expect there to be no parking and a ton of people in addition to the Apple Store crowd. Might want to get there early.
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Robert said 11:44AM on 3-06-2007
Nice! A store on the north side. Bet the CompUSA nearby isn't too happy, tho.
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TexRob said 4:49PM on 3-06-2007
Ha, CompUSA is the worst place to buy Macs, and they just announced this past week they are closing half their stores. I don't know why only half, that place is useless. Between Fry's and now two Apple stores in Austin, CompUSA has zero reason to exist there.
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dave said 8:36PM on 3-06-2007
I went out there during lunch today and took some pictures. You can find them here:
http://cutterpillow.com/news/apple_stuff/pictures_apple_store_the_domain
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david said 6:43PM on 3-07-2007
I'll just park at work and run under Mopac (the duval turnaround). Sweetness.
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Norman Richards said 1:07PM on 3-08-2007
I hope the north CompUSA isn't closing. I much prefer it to the alternatives. At Fry's, you have long checkout lines and you get treated like a criminal by the door monkeys. Sometimes I have to go to Fry's for the selection, but given the opportunity I would much rather hit CompUSA and save myself a lot of time and hassle.
Having an Apple store on the north side is really great. I never thought Barton Creek Mall was a good location for a store. I can't imagine ever going to Barton Creek again. Hooray!
One question - does anyone know the layout of the store? Will there be a theater area for demos like the bigger stores have for demos and classes?
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codepoet said 3:45PM on 3-09-2007
Some pics from the soft-open:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adam_knight/sets/72157594578092314/
More coming from the real one.
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