Kmart 7300: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #7300''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Kmart Plaza (San Antonio, Texas)|Kmart Plaza]] [[315 South Santa Rosa Avenue (San Antonio, Texas)|315 South Santa Rosa Avenue]] in [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. The store opened on October 19, 1978 as one of the first six Kmart's in the city of San Antonio, one of 13 stores to open that day for a total of 1,472 Kmart's overall, and tied with seven other Texas stores for the 80th Kmart in Texas.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/kmart-saex-10191978-p.-14-a/KMart_SAEx_10191978_p.14-A.jpg "K mart grand opening is today"], [[San Antonio Express]], October 19, 1978, page 14-A.</ref> The store would later be converted to Big Kmart before ultimately closing on April 13, 2003,<ref>Pesquera, Adolfo. [https://archive.org/download/kmart-11-apr-2003p-1-d/Kmart_11Apr2003p1D.pdf "Kmart's Last Day In S.A. Is Sunday - Blue Light Is About To Go Dark: Struggling chain hopes auction of its leases will help it emerge from bankruptcy"], [[San Antonio Express-News]], April 11, 2003, pages 1D and [https://archive.org/download/kmart-11-apr-2003p-8-d/Kmart_11Apr2003p8D.pdf 8D].</ref> and was torn down for the San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters. It was the only Kmart in a downtown urban area in Texas.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>