Yeah I never got what the metreon was for. Nice cinemas in there is all I remember.
On Feb 20, 3:29 am, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > If you go to JavaOne, you must be familiar with Metreon, which sits > atop part of Moscone North (and around which the keynote line wraps in > the morning). If you go to JavaOne every year, you've probably > noticed how the building gets more and more empty each year. It > wanted to be a sort of an urban geek Disneyland (heck, it used to have > a "The Way Things Work" attraction on the fourth floor), but it didn't > work out. > > Well, scratch two more tenants: the Sony Style will be gone by J1 and > the PlayStation store will be in its last week or two of > operation.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/BUJ215VEJ... > > I thought it was hilarious last year to discover that a collection of > crane games (aka, "UFO catchers") had filled the second floor space > originally occupied by Microsoft's first-ever retail store. With > Metreon's legacy of failure, it's not unreasonable to think that the > building, not the tenant, was the failure there. Ironically, > Microsoft just announced last week that they are going to launch a > chain of retail stores. > > Seriously, if you need shopping or a decent food court, skip the > Metreon and walk another 3 minutes to the Westfield: either cut > through Bloomingdale's on Mission, or walk up 4th to Market (across > from Virgin and Apple) and turn left. > > --Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
