Hobby Lobby Celebrates Grand Opening

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Hobby Lobby Stores, a privately held national retail chain of arts and crafts stores, welcomes Las Vegas, NV as its home to Hobby Lobby's 500th store with its official grand opening on Monday, April 16, 2012.

"Our unique store provides the inspiration that keeps Hobby Lobby moving forward as a leader in the crafts industry. The excitement of our 500th store, located in Las Vegas, marks yet another milestone in our nationwide expansion plan, as we continue to open about 35 new locations each year. In 2011 alone, we entered California and opened six stores, made our first entry into New Hampshire, and just recently opened our first location in New Jersey," stated John Schumacher, Assistant Vice President of Advertising.

He added, "We will keep moving forward to provide our customers an enjoyable and enriched shopping experience while finding exceptional value and the widest variety of home décor merchandise and crafting supplies all under one roof."

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK, started as an outgrowth of Greco Products, a miniature picture frames company founded in a garage by David Green in 1970. Today, Hobby Lobby has 500 stores across the nation that average 55,000 square feet in size. This major Oklahoma City-based private corporation offers more than 67,000 crafting and home decor products in its stores. Departments include floral, fabric, needlework, picture framing, baskets, home accents, arts and crafts, wearable art, jewelry, scrapbooking and more. All Hobby Lobby stores are open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and closed on Sunday.

The 66,500 square-foot retail facility in Las Vegas, headed by store manager Tom Marquez, is located in the Crossroads Plaza off W Tropicana Avenue, and is Hobby Lobby's second store in Nevada. Local dignitaries, ambassadors from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and other business leaders will be on-hand to help with the ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration.

For more information about Hobby Lobby, our weekly specials, coupon offers, store locations, and online shopping, visit our web site at www.hobbylobby.com<http://www.hobbylobby.com> or follow us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/hobbylobby<http://www.Facebook.com/hobbylobby>.

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