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'''Venture #2''', also known as the '''Fairview Heights''' Venture store, was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[6525 North Illinois Street (Fairview Heights, Illinois)|6525 North Illinois Street]] in [[Fairview Heights, Illinois|Fairview Heights]], [[Illinois]].<ref>Store[http://web.archive.org/web/19980130143443/http://www.venturestores.com:80/states/cities/stloui~1.htm LocatorMetro East, IL], venturestores.com, 1996-1998archived by the WayBack Machine on January 30, archived1998.</ref> atThe store opened on March 24, 1970,<ref>[httphttps://deadmallswww.newspapers.com/archivearticle/alton-evening-telegraph/132043845/ "First Illinois Venture Store Opens Tuesday."] ''[[The Telegraph|Alton Evening Telegraph]]'', March 23, 1970, p. B-6.</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on March 30.<ref>[https://www.venturestoresnewspapers.com/locator.htmarticle/st-louis-post-dispatch/131311060/ deadmallsFull-page advertisement], ''[[St.com Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', March 29, 1970, p. 14 and [httphttps://webnewspapers.archive.orgcom/webarticle/*st-louis-post-dispatch/http131311075/ p. 15].</ref> It was the second Venture location overall, and the first Venture in Illinois. In 1982, the store would be remodeled, with a grand reopening ceremony on August 12.<ref>[https://www.venturestoresnewspapers.com/statesarticle/citiesthe-belleville-news-democrat/117982986/* archive"Venture Fairview Heights Celebrates Grand Re-Opening.org"] ''[[Belleville News-Democrat]]'', August 15, 1982, p. 4.</ref> The store opened March 24, 1970 andclosed closedon July 15, 1998.<ref>[https://docswww.googlenewspapers.com/spreadsheetsarticle/dst-louis-post-dispatch/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks111886697/edit#gid=0 VentureAdvertisement], ''[[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheetSt. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', July 9, 1998, p. C8.</ref>