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'''Best Buy #29''', also known as '''Best Buy Racine''', is a [[Best Buy]] store located at [[Southland Center (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|Southland Center]], [[2710 South Green Bay Road (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|2710 South Green Bay Road]], space C, in [[Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin|Mount Pleasant]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref>[https://stores.bestbuy.com/index.html Best Buy Store Directory], bestbuy.com</ref> The store first opened in 1987 at [[Regency Point Shopping Center (Racine, Wisconsin)|Regency Point Shopping Center]], before moving to [[2630 South Green Bay Road (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|2630 South Green Bay Road]] in 1994, and again to its current location in 2009.
 
==History==
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Best Buy #29 originally opened in the [[Regency Point Shopping Center (Racine, Wisconsin)|Regency Point Shopping Center]], at [[2308 South Green Bay Road (Racine, Wisconsin)|2308 South Green Bay Road]], on September 30, 1987, the 35th location in the chain.<ref>Hertzberg, Mark. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59536544/the-journal-times/ "Best Buy opening set"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 29, 1987, page 9C.</ref> By 1994, the company decided that the {{convert|22000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} store was too small and planned to relocate. The Regency Point store closed on November 13, 1994, and the new location at [[2630 South Green Bay Road (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|2630 South Green Bay Road]] opened on November 17, with a grand opening ceremony the following day.<ref>Sumner Coon, Laura. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59535986/the-journal-times/ "Best Buy reopens today"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 17, 1994, page 1B.</ref>
 
[[Circuit City 3177|Circuit City #3177]] opened next door to the store in 2000. After theCircuit chain'sCity bankruptcyStores closed all its locations in 2009, Best Buy decided to move its Racine store into the former Circuit City space, although the space was about 25% smaller than its existing store.<ref>[https://journaltimes.com/news/local/best-buy-to-open-in-former-circuit-city-soon/article_05d9b5ae-a721-11de-8619-001cc4c002e0.html "Best Buy to open in former Circuit City soon"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 21, 2009.</ref> Best Buy opened at Southland Center on October 21, 2009.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/business/fuel-efficient-parking-available-at-best-buy/article_935b4600-d3e4-11de-bdc9-001cc4c03286.html "Fuel-efficient parking available at Best Buy"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 17, 2009.</ref>
 
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