Apple Store coming to Naperville, Illinois
Next on Apple's retail domination tour: Naperville, IL. Reader Mike Heller wrote to tell us it'll be "on Jefferson Ave. just across from Lou Malnati's Pizza." He even sent some pics of the construction, which we've put in the gallery on this post. Next time you're in Naperville and have an Apple itch to scratch, you finally have a retail utopia to help you. No word if Microsoft will open up a retail store inside Lou's -- maybe a Zune vending machine, though?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Janichsan said 1:33PM on 8-04-2009
Who the hell lives in Naperville, Illinois?
*scnr*
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wase4711 said 11:35AM on 8-04-2009
couldnt have picked a worse place..one of the most congested, crowded suburban areas known to mankind, with absolutely NO parking anywhere..
what a dumb move..
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Joshua Ochs said 11:53AM on 8-04-2009
What an ass. Naperville is a lovely place (pardon my boosting, but it was named #1 and #3 best place to live over the last couple years - for good reason in my opinion), and has several public parking garages. You want bad parking, go to Evanston.
That said, this location isn't exactly prime - it's a bit off the beaten path (about 2-3 blocks away from Washington Street, which is the "main street" through downtown). Also, we're all of 20 minutes from the Oak Brook Apple Store, so I'm not quite sure that we needed one but hey, it'll make getting my next computer that much easier.
Xanthor said 7:02PM on 8-04-2009
Honestly, this is about an ignorant comment as you can find.
Naperville is a gorgeous place overflowing with parking and high-end shops. An Apple store makes perfect sense.
I agree that it is a bit close to Oakbrook, but more Apple stores to choose from is a good thing.
Heimbachae said 11:50AM on 8-04-2009
illinois? who gives a hoot??
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Joshua Ochs said 11:54AM on 8-04-2009
Perhaps those who live in Illinois? Naperville alone is over 140,000 people. However, the Chicago area already has plenty of Apple Stores (I can think of 5 off the top of my head), so I'm really not sure that this one is needed.
puhsitch said 12:57PM on 8-04-2009
Doesn't the Chicago metro area have like 15 million people or so? Whatever it is, there are a lot of hoots there!
puhsitch said 2:03AM on 8-05-2009
Okay, apparently my estimation abilities are a little off because I just checked the population figures and the entire state of Illinois only has about 13 million people. Whoops. The Chicago area is hanging around 9 million, though...still not all that shabby, right?
Johnny said 11:59AM on 8-04-2009
That is the ugliest Apple store I ever saw against that brick.
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Hi Ravi said 4:57PM on 8-04-2009
OMG finally we get one here in naperville. and naperivlee is not crowded! ITs an amazing city! Thanks Apple
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wase4711 said 12:00PM on 8-04-2009
20 minutes from oak brook? How is that, by airplane?
it takes 20 minutes just to get out of your miserable, congested, downtown area, so if you can get to the Oakbrook Apple store in 20 minutes from there, you must be riding a broom, 'cause no way, no how, could a car ever do that..
thanks for the compliment; I do have a nice ass...
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Joshua Ochs said 7:03PM on 8-04-2009
According to Google Maps, 19 minutes (Naperville, IL to Apple Store Oakbrook):
http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=402+Oakbrook+Center,+Oak+Brook,+IL+60523+(Apple+Store+Oakbrook)&geocode=CeidmDmmm3TsFWOUfgIdieHB-iF_7gAFCSC0_w&dirflg=&saddr=naperville,+il&f=d&dq=apple+store,+loc:+oak+brook,+il&sll=41.849955,-87.957111&sspn=0.030158,0.018033&cid=18425387198590283391&ie=UTF8&ll=41.81457,-88.05233&spn=0.160437,0.264015&z=12
Now please, troll some other part of the net - you're rather tiresome here.
Xanthor said 7:05PM on 8-04-2009
It actually takes less than 20 minutes to drive from Oakbrook to Naperville. Drive down Roosevelt Road and take a left - Naperville!
Adam Summers said 12:08PM on 8-04-2009
Awesome! As a Naperville resident myself, this is great news.
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Peter Griffin said 12:26PM on 8-04-2009
mmmmmmmm... Lou's!!!!!!
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floggingtimmie said 12:27PM on 8-04-2009
Excellent! Another Apple store in Illinois outside the corrupt boundaries of Cook county. If I'm going to get reamed on sales tax when I buy a computer, I sure as hell don't want it going to Stroger and his lackeys.
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puhsitch said 1:00PM on 8-04-2009
Good call on that one...it'll be worth the drive for people just to save on sales tax. Isn't this actually the first IL store that's not in Cook County?
floggingtimmie said 4:32PM on 8-04-2009
Oak Brook is DuPage, isn't it?
puhsitch said 2:06AM on 8-05-2009
Yeah, you're right. I'm apparently chock-full of misinformation today.
zx10rnet said 1:14PM on 8-04-2009
Not exactly new news, it's been known for about a year now.
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/08/05/another-chicago-suburb-store-spotted/
Took this picture back in May
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l219/YSR50/photojpg.jpg
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