Okay, we're not sure it's actually as large as 7 football fields, but when we rolled up to this place for a sneak peak yesterday... we discovered this much is true: It's stupid massive. Straining to listen, we could almost hear the strains of a certain ex-US President blubbering things like, "tremendous", "bigly, "yuge", "winning", or "out of control".
It's big, folks, and surprisingly, despite it being located in the "free trade zone", it only takes 40 minutes to get there from the IAPM mall.
On the ground floor they have tenants like Starbucks, Taco Bell, and a Ferrari booth.
Oh, good all in once place! That'll make Tuesday easier...
So yes. They open at 8am this Sunday, which... being a make-up work day and all, promises that it probably won't be overrun as much as you might think. Gravepvine told us that they will be slicing up a 200-kilogram tuna around 10am -- partyyyyyy -- and throughout the day will have FREE food samples, wine tastings, and a "coffee roadshow experience" whatever that might be!
This is being called the "Sam's Club Flagship" of Asia. So it's a big deal. Big bulky imported goods at dirt cheap prices (we still haven't found a place in were you can get imported Australia/US beef for nearly 50% off what you'd pay downtown. You need to have a membership to go, but you can get one on-site, and they're not expensive
Note, if you are taking a DiDi, the correct address is 599 Wan'an Street. But there was a mishap with the mapping, so if it's not showing up, then type in 588 Wan'an Street.
Chek. It. Out.
America!