Oh what a happy day. Swedish furniture goodness FINALLY arrives in the Kansas City area.
IKEA to Open in Kansas City Metro
Ikea to take place of vacant JoCo strip mall
An empty shopping center in the metro is set to be home to one of the most popular stores in the world, IKEA.
To wit . . .
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE THIS IKEA WIN SIGNALS THAT THE KANSAS CITY AREA IS FINALLY MAJOR LEAGUE!!!
Real Talk . . . This place will attract more people and biz than the Downtown Toy Train ever could and that's why this is a MAJOR win for the Golden Ghetto.
Take a look at more details from the presser:
Swedish Retailer IKEA to Announce Plans for Kansas City-area Store
WHAT
IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, will announce plans on Thursday morning for a proposed store in Merriam, KS. Currently anticipated to open in Fall 2014, the proposed IKEA Merriam would be the 1st IKEA store in Kansas and would increase the Swedish retailer’s presence in the Midwestern United States.
There are only 38 IKEA stores in the U.S., and the closest ones to the Kansas City area are in Frisco, TX (to the south); Centennial, CO (to the west); Bloomington, MN (to the north); and two Chicago-area stores in Bolingbrook and Schaumburg, IL (to the east).
Additional details (store size, coworker opportunities, timing of process) about development of the store will be announced at the press conference.
Press Conference Visuals: Aerial, site plan and store rendering on display. Local officials and IKEA representatives to discuss the project. B-roll and photos of store interiors/exteriors available. IKEA products on display.
Note to TV Assignment Desks: B-roll and digital images of IKEA store interiors, as well as regarding the proposed store, will be available at press conference.
WHEN
10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 27
WHERE
6030 Eby Avenue, Merriam, Kansas 66202
(Site of the proposed store/development)
- The southeastern corner of Interstate-35 and Johnson Drive
- On property currently occupied by a vacant shopping center that would be demolished to make way for an IKEA store.
WHO
Merriam Mayor Ken Sissom and other city/local officials
IKEA Representatives
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Good news finally.
ReplyDeleteThey really should locate next to Trader Joe's. Same crowd.
ReplyDeleteNo matter what stores come to town, Kansas City will ALWAYS be minor, say minor, league...
ReplyDeleteMinor league people, like you 903, are the cause.
DeleteSwedish meatballs are yum.
ReplyDeletePause.
Tony, why everyone so anonymous on your page?
ReplyDeleteYay for IKEA down the street.
Maybe they should build the toy train to run from downtown to IKEA. Food at IKEA is the bomb!
ReplyDeleteThe furniture is a little shabby but the linens, glassware and art are okay.
ReplyDeleteI like ikea. This is awesome. To back kcmo couldn't have landed it. Wonder what tax breaks ikea demanded when they approached the cities around here
ReplyDeleteniggers gonna have sumthin new to STEAL!!!! welcume to Kansas City!!!
ReplyDeleteJust curious. I know IKEA is a Swedish cpmpany, but are their products junk from China like NFM?
ReplyDeleteThink of all the janitorial jobs for the mexican and black communities.
ReplyDeleteIKEA will KICK ASS! The only demand they probably had was to be as far from the east side as possible. IKEA sources from all over the world. Overall, probably better quality than NFM.
ReplyDeleteSince March, we have driven to Ikea in Schaumberg once, and twice to the once in Bolingbrook. I go there so often I have in I-Pass for my Kansas car. This makes me so happy to have it a couple miles away and easy to access.
ReplyDeleteI'd hope they have better quality than NFM. Their stuff is junk.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet they got a sweet deal on the lease; that place banked on Circuit City being an anchor tenant and has been empty ever since. Wah-wah.
ReplyDeleteOh, as far as NFM goes, you get what you pay for. I agree that a lot of the stuff I've purchased from there has been pretty cruddy, but it was because I could have just as easily bought it from Target.
ReplyDeleteAnd even though I've never purchased anything from IKEA, I can't imagine it's much more than overpriced Target furniture.
Well, this will be a welcome change from the normal "i Kee Ya!" that our east KC baboons shout nightly.
ReplyDeleteThe TV news said the incentive package is still being negotiated, so this may not be a done deal.
ReplyDelete6:08, good point. These crybaby fucking business owners can't wipe their ass without a taxpayer giveaway. And both Kansas and Missori seem happy to pay them whatever they want for a sniff at it.
ReplyDeleteIKEA = Particle Board Furniture.
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