Phoenix, Arizona Apple Store planned

I got an email notice that the store is scheduled to open July 26th.

Here are my pics - taken with my iPhone 3G:

http://gallery.me.com/markt#100016

Arrowhead Mall in Glendale is in the north part of the city, Arrowhead Ranch, which is one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Arizona. There is already an Apple reseller in the area, which will most definitely lose lots of business when the store opens. I have a friend who just got hired at this new location and says it should open later in July. Its in a pretty good location within the mall, too.

Wow, nice. Now there will be an Apple store in the trashy west-side ghetto armpit that is Glendale. I guess even the scabs need to buy a mac or an iPod when they aren't stealing them or shooting each other.

Man, I remember going to the Biltmore Mall/Apple Store. I thought I worked downtown, but holy cow; Biltmore mall was right in the thick of downtown madness.

Parking was also horrendous and stupid.

It looks like this is a fair amount closer to where I worked back then.

But hey, now I'm in Colorado and I have an Apple Store 5 minutes away from work. Life is good :).

The store is also listed on the mall's web site: http://www.arrowheadtownecenter.com/store.asp?id=5961

Funny, I blogged about this over a month ago and sent TUAW... old news. Here's the full story http://snipr.com/2ulb2

As reported in other posts. This will be Phoenix Metro's 4th store. Here are two fresh pics I took at the Arrowhead Mall:

http://gallery.mac.com/omegamanp#100012

Poor location choice (at least priority-wise). They need to put one in Tempe for ASU/Mesa/Central E.V. folks. Chandler, San Tan, and Biltmore are all a haul for a lot of the population that frequent those stores.

It's not possible for the general public to see the construction. I've been in there several times and I've seen where in the mall it's going to be. They've completely covered the entire storefront plus some (it juts out into the walkway a little) with a black wall with an apple logo in the middle. There is a lone door in the middle of it that fades into the black.