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By Dan Barbarisi  Email this author | Email this entry |
Patriots owner Robert Kraft's $350 shopping gamble, the open-air Patriot Place mall, experienced its first "Black Friday" shopping event yesterday, and it's a safe bet to say that the giant complex hasn't supplanted area malls just yet.
Perhaps it was due to the poor weather, the newness of Patriot Place, or the sluggish economy, but Patriot Place, while busy, was certainly not mobbed yesterday ¬- despite events featuring Patriots cheerleaders, live music, a coat drive by the Patriots' wives, and kiosks by the Army National Guard,
Jean MacDonald of Blackstone, Mass. liked what she saw at Patriot Place, which she and her friend Lynn Robbins of Norfolk, Mass. visited to try to avoid the mall crowds, and was happy to avoid the lines.
"It's beautiful, they have great stores here," MacDonald said.
Robbins said she had tried to come once before, on a Saturday when the weather was nice, and it was so packed she couldn't get into the parking lot. Yesterday, she was surprised to see the complex so empty.
"I'm shocked. I tried to come once before, and I couldn't even get in," Robbins said.
Patriot Place opened its first stores last year, but opened the majority of its shops this fall. It features a movie theater, a dozen restaurants, a medical office building, and roughly 70 shops adjacent to Gillette Stadium.
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