Stores to open by fall

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Union working on contracts for Asian-themed, Italian eateries

Kéva Juice and Starbucks will be joined by sandwich shop Port of Subs Tuesday, Chuck Price, the director of the Joe Crowley Student Union said.

“All the shops should be open by next fall,” Price said

Port of Subs opened two months after the grand opening of the union. Price said shops opening after the grand opening is a good thing.

“As traffic patterns develop, more places will open up,” he said.

Also opening by fall 2008:

First Floor:

• Wolf Package, opening late spring, will provide student mailboxes, printing and copying services and a cell phone store.
• Kaplan Test Preparation, which provides learning materials and test preparation, should be open by late spring, Price said.
• Silver State Schools Credit Union, opening after spring break, will provide an ATM in the credit union and a second ATM on the second floor. The union is still in negotiations with Wells Fargo and Bank of America to get ATMs from each respective company in the union, he said.
• The University of Nevada, Reno is negotiating with an unnamed optical store.

Second Floor:

• Tahoe Creamery, a high-end ice cream parlor, will open after spring break.
• The Board of Regents approved a plan for Baja Fresh to join the second floor food court slated for an opening next fall, Price said. Baja Fresh is a chain of pseudo-Mexican fast food eateries.
• The university plans to help the opening of an Asian-themed eatery and is currently in negotiations, he said. The Union will bring the plans for a pizzeria/Italian eatery to the Board of Regents in February. The eatery should open by fall, Price said.

Third Floor:

• A non-alcoholic sports grill, with 3,210 square feet should open by next fall, Price said. Current plans for the grill feature billiard tables and arcade machines. The university is in negations with three different companies, he said.

Price said he hopes the restaurant to be a location where “students under 21 can hang out in a sports grill atmosphere.”

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