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Apple stores bound for casino resorts in Nevada, Connecticut
High rollers will soon find themselves with a host of Apple stores and resellers in Las Vegas and elsewhere to choose from when spending their winnings, say reports from observers.ifo Apple Store notes that a barrier has surfaced in front of the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace, promising an official Apple store in summer 2008 for the major casino and hotel. The retail space is set in the West end of the Forum and will count both an aquarium and an Express clothing store as its neighbors.
The store will mark the third official Apple location in Las Vegas but will be the first in the gambling city to be located in one of the may resorts along the famed Las Vegas Strip. Both the previous Fashion Show and Town Square outlets have been located in traditional shopping malls.
The Mac maker's store would also be just its second to be situated on the grounds of a casino anywhere in the US. Despite Las Vegas' reputation, Apple has already experimented with such plans through its existing Atlantic City store, which is also attached to a Caesar's Palace casino.
Another Apple store may also appear in a casino outside of these two locations, according to some claims. An MGM Grand resort in Foxwoods, Connecticut has claimed that it will offer an Apple store in the location in approximately three months' time.
The authenticity of this claim is disputed, however. While MGM has since pulled its page for the future outlet and has said a third-party reseller would take the space, the site used official Apple graphics and language to describe the future location, including the mention of a Genius Bar for service.
Apple has not commented on the authenticity of the Foxwoods location.
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High rollers will soon find themselves with a host of Apple stores and resellers in Las Vegas and elsewhere to choose from when spending their winnings, say reports from observers.
The store will mark the third official Apple location in Las Vegas but will be the first in the gambling city to be located in one of the may resorts along the famed Las Vegas Strip.
I can hear it now at the Craps table... "C'mon, (as the dice are furiously shaken), Baby needs a new MacBook Pro! -
Europe, Australia, Asia.
Caesar's Palace in Vegas would be a good fit, I think, given the kind of stores that are there.
Europe, Australia, Asia.
This story covers some, Munich, Zurich, Geneva:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008...res-confirmed/
Paris:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008...y-leaking-out/
That one is at like five years and ticking, I wonder what's going on there.
Quite a bit of information and speculation on many countries here:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/...al_retail.html
Makes sense. People make high-ned impulse buys when they start to win. I recall a story a few years back when a Ferrari deealership(?) was opened n Vegas.
the store is currently under construction. also, the apple job search page list 3 locations for retail, Fashion Show, Town Square, and Forum Shops. i had figured that the Forums was the first logical location before they opened the Fashion Show location. the Forums is one of the highest grossing shopping mall in the world per square foot.
stores within the Forums usually stay open 365 days a year till 10 or 11pm every night.
one thing to note is that all 3 store are (or will be) located on Las Vegas Blvd. with only about a 5 mile route connecting all 3. Town Square located on the south strip, Caesars located mid strip and the Fashion Show located just one more street north from there. the Las Vegas metro area population is approaching 2,000,000 and now has 3 Apple stores all within close proximity, 2 being within spitting distance of each other.
on a side note, conceptual drawings for a mall expansion in Henderson NV showed an Apple location there. however, the expansion appears to be on hold if not canceled.
the store is currently under construction. also, the apple job search page list 3 locations for retail, Fashion Show, Town Square, and Forum Shops. i had figured that the Forums was the first logical location before they opened the Fashion Show location. the Forums is one of the highest grossing shopping mall in the world per square foot.
stores within the Forums usually stay open 365 days a year till 10 or 11pm every night.
one thing to note is that all 3 store are (or will be) located on Las Vegas Blvd. with only about a 5 mile route connecting all 3. Town Square located on the south strip, Caesars located mid strip and the Fashion Show located just one more street north from there. the Las Vegas metro area population is approaching 2,000,000 and now has 3 Apple stores all within close proximity, 2 being within spitting distance of each other.
on a side note, conceptual drawings for a mall expansion in Henderson NV showed an Apple location there. however, the expansion appears to be on hold if not canceled.
How many Starbucks are there in that same 5 miles.
I am looking forward to an Apple designed slot machine.
How many Starbucks are there in that same 5 miles.
I am looking forward to an Apple designed slot machine.
So you get three apples and it pays off in iPod Shuffles or iPod Nanos?
Caesar's Palace in Vegas would be a good fit, I think, given the kind of stores that are there.
This story covers some, Munich, Zurich, Geneva:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008...res-confirmed/
Paris:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008...y-leaking-out/
That one is at like five years and ticking, I wonder what's going on there.
Quite a bit of information and speculation on many countries here:
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/...al_retail.html
Forget speculation, we need some damn stores, and quickly. Europe has over double the population of the States and Apple as always proves it doesn't care "enough".
Well I live in Las Vegas and 2 Apple Stores are enough and a third one seems like a waste of money but then again high rollers might not know what to buy with their money and then they might see the Apple store and be like "I should buy and Apple product!"
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They could do that with secondhand stuff too.