Venture 2: Difference between revisions

'''Venture #2''', also known as '''Fairview Heights''', 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>[http://web.archive.org/web/19980130143443/http://www.venturestores.com:80/states/cities/stloui~1.htm Metro East, IL], venturestores.com, archived by the WayBack Machine on January 30, 1998.</ref> The store opened on March 24, 1970,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/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.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/131311060/ Full-page advertisement], ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', March 29, 1970, p. 14 and [https://newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/131311075/ 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.newspapers.com/article/the-belleville-news-democrat/117982986/ "Venture Fairview Heights Celebrates Grand Re-Opening."] ''[[Belleville News-Democrat]]'', August 15, 1982, p. 4.</ref> The store closed on July 15, 1998.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/111886697/ Advertisement], ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', July 9, 1998, p. C8.</ref>