IKEA in Omaha???

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almighty_tuna wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:27 pm Well, that would sure save me some trips down to KC.

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All of this IKEA talk made me chuckle when I saw the ad plastered to the back of a city bus in Puerto Vallarta the other day. No they don’t have their own IKEA but 170 or so miles down the highway there’s a new one in Guadalajara, a city known as the furniture Mecca of western Mexico.

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Looks like IKE is closing its Memphis TN, location

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/memphis/

IKEA Memphis will close permanently on May 3, 2026.
Customers in the Memphis area can continue to shop the full range of IKEA products and planning services online, with access to delivery options and convenient FedEx pick-up points in the Cordova area, as well as other IKEA customer meeting points nationwide.
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nebugeater wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:43 am Looks like IKE is closing its Memphis TN, location

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/memphis/

IKEA Memphis will close permanently on May 3, 2026.
Customers in the Memphis area can continue to shop the full range of IKEA products and planning services online, with access to delivery options and convenient FedEx pick-up points in the Cordova area, as well as other IKEA customer meeting points nationwide.
Wonder how that impacts their expansion plans, if at all? I see Tennessee has a store in Nashville as well. I still strongly believe a store in the Omaha area, likely on the western edge by Gretna or even between Lincoln and Omaha would do very well.
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nebugeater wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:43 am Looks like IKE is closing its Memphis TN, location

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/memphis/

IKEA Memphis will close permanently on May 3, 2026.
Customers in the Memphis area can continue to shop the full range of IKEA products and planning services online, with access to delivery options and convenient FedEx pick-up points in the Cordova area, as well as other IKEA customer meeting points nationwide.
LOL…wow. I live here and haven’t even heard about this yet that it's closing! I can’t believe it’s been open for almost a decade now. Also can’t believe it was Tennessee’s only location
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They already turned the failed Memphis Pyramid in to a Bass Pro Shop, wonder what you do with a giant failed Ikea?
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Brad wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:15 pm They already turned the failed Memphis Pyramid in to a Bass Pro Shop, wonder what you do with a giant failed Ikea?
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djc311 wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 4:04 pm
Brad wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:15 pm They already turned the failed Memphis Pyramid in to a Bass Pro Shop, wonder what you do with a giant failed Ikea?
Giant Mega Saver with one of these included: https://omaha.kidlavie.club/our-parks/
Does EVERY thread need to turn into a megasaver thread......
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Brad wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:15 pm They already turned the failed Memphis Pyramid in to a Bass Pro Shop, wonder what you do with a giant failed Ikea?
Probably turn it into a basketball arena..
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TitosBuritoBarn wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:22 pm
Brad wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:15 pm They already turned the failed Memphis Pyramid in to a Bass Pro Shop, wonder what you do with a giant failed Ikea?
Probably turn it into a basketball arena..
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Not to worry, Memphis. The store in Huntsville, AL opens February 25th.