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Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Attention serial shoppers. Southcenter opens new addition Friday

Posted by John Gillie @ 10:46:33 am

If you're the kind of shopper who queues up at 5 a.m. for the post-Thanksgiving sales, who scans the ads daily for the best sales and who doesn't hesitate spending $40 on gas to explore new shopping venues, we've got a challenge for you.

Southcenter opens its airy $240-million addition Friday, and the shopping center is offering a $25 or larger incentive to draw a crowd.

Those who arrive before 9:30 a.m. for Friday's grand opening will receive a scratch-off ticket good for at least a $25 discount at a number of Southcenter merchants.

Here's the ad explaining the offer.

Note carefully, the phrase, "While supplies last." I suspect, based on the crush of people attending the first day shows at the new addition's centerpiece, a 16-screen AMC theater last week, that the Westfield folks will have no trouble gathering a crowd. A 9:30 arrival could find those scratch-offs long gone.

The shopping mall addition features 75 new shops and restaurants, several of them, such as Forever XXI, Gilly Hicks, Hollister and H&M, new to the Northwest.

The new shopping emporium includes a handful of new eateries, among them, Joey's Grill and Lounge, Blue C Shushi, Duke's Chowder House, Racha Thai and BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse

Categories: General, Shopping, Restaurants

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