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Scheels opening draws thousands to Chandler mall
The 260,000 square-foot, two-story store opened Saturday
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
A man poses with a child, along with Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders and mascot Big Red, prior to Scheels sporting goods store opening for its first day of business Saturday at the Chandler Fashion Center.
Thousands of people came to the opening of one of the Valley's newest and largest sporting goods stores Saturday at the Chandler Fashion Center.
Scheels officially opened its first Arizona store at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, with people lined up outside to be among the first customers by 7 a.m.
Valley team mascots, local officials, business booths with giveaways, parachutists, a ribbon cutting, Basha High School musicians and some food trucks were all part of the festivities.
Customers were lined up both indoors and outdoors at the mall to shop at the 260,000-square foot store.
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Jason W. Brooks Associate Editor
Jason W. Brooks is a News editor for the Daily Independent and the Chandler Independent.
He covers the Chandler area for both yourvalley.net and the monthly print edition while writing for and assisting in the production of the Daily Independent.
Brooks is a well-traveled journalist who has documented life in small American communities in nearly all U.S. time zones.
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised there and in suburban Los Angeles, he has covered community news in California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and northern Arizona.
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