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Fresno, CA Apple Store opens this weekend
Attention, Californians: You're getting another Apple Store. What, the beaches, sunny weather and celebrities aren't enough? You've got to hog all of the Apple Stores, too?*West coast life gets even better when Apple Store Fashion Fair opens this Saturday, June 9th at 10:00 AM. The store is located at 645 E. Shaw Ave in Fresno, in the mall between Macy's Men's Store and Gottchalk's. You can get complete travel directions here.
If you visit the store this weekend, send us your stories and photos. Have fun, and grab a T-shirt!
*Sorry. I live in the boonies, and am bitter.
Thanks, Kernel Dan!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mojo said 3:05PM on 6-05-2007
You won't find many beaches or celebrities in Fresno. It's pretty much a hell-hole.
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Kernel Dan said 3:31PM on 6-05-2007
@ Mojo: Yeah.... this place isnt all to exciting. But w00t, a local Apple Store =D
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Jon said 3:39PM on 6-05-2007
There are a lot of Apple stores in the LA area, but it's still not enough. My nearest one is about 10 miles away and it takes me over an hour to get there, and that's not even during rush hour.
But more Apple stores in the world are very much appreciated, no matter where they are.
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KKyle said 3:51PM on 6-05-2007
Fresno is pretty much the definition of the word 'boonies'
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barefootisbetter said 5:26PM on 6-05-2007
Fresno is definitely not in the boonies. I live about an hour north of Fresno so this is pretty nice considering the nearest Apple Store is at least 2 hours away from anyone living in the valley.
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chickendud said 5:42PM on 6-05-2007
The new store in San Luis Obispo is also opening this Satruday... i will be there.
http://www.apple.com/retail/higuerastreet/
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russdogg said 6:07PM on 6-05-2007
Fresno? More like Fres- YES!
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Brian Reading said 6:10PM on 6-05-2007
Just what everyone needed, a new Apple Store in California! We sure don't have enough of them there!
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Anthony said 6:11PM on 6-05-2007
@ Jon - I've lived in LA for years and can't imagine driving for over an hour to go 10 miles non-rush hour. Are you sure you are not driving in reverse?
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Gabriel Shahbazian said 6:29PM on 6-05-2007
I live in the Fresno area I am super excited for the new store. We desperately needed one. Hope to see some of you guys there. I'll be filming it with some buddies.
Also, Fresno is not really the 'boonies'.
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AppleSeeder said 6:39PM on 6-05-2007
@ Jon - I've lived in LA for years and can't imagine driving for over an hour to go 10 miles non-rush hour. Are you sure you are not driving in reverse?
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Bart Lee said 6:42PM on 6-05-2007
After living in Palo Alto for five years, my wife and I moved back to Fresno to buy a nicer house and be around our families. We sold the house for almost double two years later and built a new one with a pool. That's the only rule about living in Fresno - you better have a pool. We love it here - skiing an hour away, a lake 20 minutes away, and a few hours' drive to LA or SF. Just don't breathe the air.
See you guys there on Saturday.
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JM said 8:31PM on 6-05-2007
Retail sales at Fashion Fair are $575 sq ft. Not exactly the boonies. That's almost "A" market status.
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Graham said 10:27PM on 6-05-2007
The only reason California has sooo many apple stores is because it is so big. We could use a couple more...
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Dudesky said 11:26PM on 6-05-2007
So does anyone know how many people turn out to these things? I mean, Fresno is not really Mac central, and there are far fewer people than in LA or big cities? I plan on going as well!
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Brian Reading said 11:51PM on 6-05-2007
@14: Here in Texas, we're bigger than you. WE need more Apple Stores, not California.
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halhiker said 1:06AM on 6-06-2007
I think Apple's idea behind opening an Apple Store in Fresno is to catch all the tourists going through there to get to Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon. There is no other reason. Okay, there's Fresno State but other than that school you have mostly farmers and drug dealers. If the store is off of Hwy. 41 then it'll at least get traffic. It would be an excellent place for an Outlet Store, though.
Now, the Palm Springs area could use an Apple Store and business-wise, it'd kill.
And sorry, Texas, you may be bigger in size and you have more rednecks and tumbleweeds (although Fresno has plenty of both) but as far as cash flow goes California has you dwarfed. In fact, our GDP is bigger than most countries! I always tell my poor friends living in Dallas that California is the best country in the world! Just don't move here.
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Nick15 said 1:22AM on 6-06-2007
Fresno isn't a hellhole as much as it is landlocked. Plus there's a difference between WesCal and EasCal.
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spil said 11:07AM on 6-06-2007
Texas does not need any more Apple stores. In Dallas there are three, and they are all relatively close to eachother (less than a 30 minute drive between each of them). In other cities in Texas, I am not so sure of how many Apple stores they have.
Fresno people: don't forget set the home page on safari to TUAW!
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Jeffrey Bergier said 11:39AM on 6-06-2007
An Apple Store in Fresno. That is ALMOST a reason to go there. But you guys have a point, it is a major stop for people traveling to yosemite and back from LA. Now when they build an Apple store in Chico, then pigs will fly.
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