Two new large stores are expected to draw customers from Prince William County.
Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby will open in an old Shoppers Food Warehouse location on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge.
Here’s more in press release from the company:
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores, opens in Woodbridge, Virginia, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and official grand opening celebration on Monday, August 29, at 9 a.m. The Woodbridge store is Hobby Lobby’s ninth location in Virginia.
Eric Sisk is the store manager of the 64,000 square-?foot retail facility at Prince William Parkway and Smoketown Road in Smoketown Station. The store’s grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony is open to the public.
Local dignitaries, ambassadors from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders will attend the celebration.
“We offer a wide and ever-?changing variety of craft and home decor products including many exclusive Hobby Lobby brands,” stated John Schumacher, Assistant Vice President of Advertising. “First-?time shoppers in Woodbridge will be pleasantly surprised at the large store and exceptional service provided by our associates.”
Hobby Lobby has over 700 stores across the nation. Each store offers more than 75,000 crafting and home decor products including floral, fabric, needle art, custom framing, baskets, home accents, wearable art, arts and crafts, jewelry making.
Just outside Manassas on Tuesday, Uptown Alley opened its doors at Manassas Mall.
From the company:
The newest location of the nationally acclaimed Uptown Alley concept will open its doors at the recently renovated Manassas Mall (8300 Sudley Road, Manassas, Va.) on Tuesday, August 23, at 11 a.m. The $11.5 million, 46,000 square foot entertainment and restaurant venue features 24 high-tech bowling lanes, a professional sound stage for live entertainment, three high-energy bars, laser tag, interactive games with prize store and Red Embers Bar & Grill, with a menu highlighting the best in Americana cuisine, created by award-winning Chef Brad Rishmany.
The immersive entertainment experience features Brunswick® regulation-sized bowling lanes, including ten private lanes, designed for all types of bowlers, from beginner to experienced league bowler. Uptown Alley’s lanes have all the latest in the modern day bowling experience, including 15-foot projection HDTVs, black light party bowling experience, music videos, state-of-the-art scoring system and gutter bumpers for beginners.
Uptown Alley also boasts a bar a grill, billiards, and a laser tag arena inside its Manassas-area location. This is third Uptown Alley to open, following locations in Arizona and a location outside Richmond.
