Ann Arbor, Mich Apple Store opens Saturday

Just got home from the Briarwood Mall for the Harry Potter release. When camped out for the Apple Store opening, security asked me to leave at 0130 once the other Harry Potter people left. I REALLY wanted to be at the store when it opened, but the wife insisted we head home if we couldn't wait inside.

Thanks Rob

I'll be there. I can literally walk to this store which is great. As long as it isn't raining its probably what I'll do Saturday. The location couldn't be better for me.

Hey Apple, there's a million folks here in the upstate of South Carolina, yet there's not a single Apple Store in the entire state. The Greenville CompUSA sells Macs by the truckload. Our Mac Users Group gets high praise. Greenville is booming with an affluent customer base. Hurry up and give us a real Apple Store already!

Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest.

Boss9192: just checked my email and I got one from Apple announcing the grand opening, this is what it said:
Prizes and Approximate Retail Value: One (1) Grand Prize includes one (1) Black 13-inch 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, one (1) one-year One to One membership, one (1) 4GB silver iPod nano, one (1) iWork, one (1) one-year membership to .Mac, and one (1) AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook. (Total approximate retail value: $2224.95.) Ten (10) First Prizes each consist of one (1) one-year One to One membership. (Approximate retail value of $99 per membership.)

Yeah, my wife and I will be there. They usually have a shuttle to the Art Fair from Briarwood so it could get a bit messy but the opening will probably be before a bunch of the big crowds. Anyone have any idea how busy it will be?

Just to comment on "G's" comment. I was up there a few years back for the high school all-star football game and the art festival was that weekend too. Traffic wasn't all that bad just had to take a few detours. But I do remember having to wait forever to get a table at one of the restaurants. So if you plan on eating around there you may run into some delays.

Do we know what the opening day prize is going to be? How much do you think the Lucky Bags will cost?

I think I'm gonna head down and score a t-shirt and attempt to win the opening day prize! Anyone else heading over?

Just a warning though - It's Ann Arbor's Annual Art Fair through the weekend. Traffic might suck bad.