After some fits and starts, Apple will open its store on Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo (Calif.) this Saturday at 10 a.m. The grand opening of the street-level store will feature the usual commemorative T-shirts and sweepstakes giveaway. Apple’s first architectural plans were panned last July by members of the city’s Architectural Review Commission, who suggested several changes that Apple was unwilling to make. Apple withdrew the proposed design, and appeared to abandon the project. Then last January the city council approved new designs by a narrow margin, and construction on the new store began.
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Sounds like an opening worth going to! After all, there is the Edna Valley out beyond SLO with its wineries!
This will be the first Apple Store on the CA Central Coast. ‘Bout time.
I was trying to remember all the resellers the town has had. I think the first was The Byte Shop which was where the back of Best Buy is now. I think they moved to what is now the jazz/classical room of BooBoos or maybe that was a different business. El Corral (Cal Poly), Sears, the one at Laguna (Madonna & LOVR), the one at Crossroads (Broad & Orcutt), Mac Superstore, Best Buy a little bit. SLO hasn’t really needed an Apple Store, tho it will make getting certain things a little more convenient.
Driving directions on Apple’s website are an odd choice. For north and southbound 1/101, take the Marsh street offramp., Both ramps merge and become Marsh St. Drive straight ahead to Morro St., turn left, 1 block and it’s on the near-left corner.
Just before Morro is a parking garage on the right, tho metered street parking might work if you show up early.
To leave, go down Higuera back to the Marsh St. ramps. For northbound, you can also continue down Marsh and take a left onto California.
For Mac Superstore north & southbound, exit at Madonna Road, turn right and drive a block, into the shopping center at the T-intersection where Madonna Road ends. free parking at the storefront
Goodbye MacSuperstore!
They can survive, even if it means relocating 30 miles north/south. It was a covered on the news tonight. The bonehead news station didn’t bother to say what Superstore’s plusses/changes would be besides “they offer free parking”.
They showed the Apple store. Walls are down and everything is set up. They were training staff. Looks like all that’s left is to give the carpet one last vacuum.
You’re right — we should just quit while we’re ahead! Thanks for the benefit of the doubt. I think Apple has mis-judged the small town effects on this venture. We may lose some volume, but the loyal customers that got us this far will remain strong. We owe it all to our customers and some good ‘ol fashion hard work. We have been/are rolling out some great things for the customers — we just don’t have the $400K to do the showboating in the high-rent district!