September 23, 2006 is a veritable Apple Store trifecta — the company is stores in Omaha, Nebraska, Providence, Rhode Island and Columbia, Maryland. All three stores open at 10:00 AM local time on Saturday.
Apple Store Columbia opens at the Columbia Mall on Little Patuxent Parkway. Apple Store Providence Place is located at the Providence Place Mall in downtown Providence. And Apple Store Village Pointe is at the Village Pointe Mall, located at the west end near the movie theaters.
All stores will have grand opening festivities including free t-shirts to the first 1,000 visitors; the Columbia and Providence stores feature a Grand Opening Sweepstakes that will award one winner a Digital Lifestyle Collection that includes a MacBook, one-year membership to ProCare, silver iPod nano, an iPod Hi-Fi, one-year .Mac membership, iWork and an AppleCare protection plan. What’s more, Apple will award 10 First Prize winners a one-year ProCare membership. The Omaha store also has a Grand Opening Sweepstakes, but the awards are different.