Ikea update

This is Ikea Nirvana

Actually, its the Detroit News photo of Audrey Seilheimer of Canton, the first customer to enter the new store. (I'm guessing her 15 minutes are officially over.) The store opened yesterday and in the first three hours, 5,000 people had trapsed through.

The Free Press has the story, including reaction from other shoppers.

"Liz Bertolini, 28, of Novi had taken a day off -- a personal day -- from her job as a high school teacher. She spent about $109 on lamps for her classroom, silverware, lightbulbs, a baking dish and other things she couldn't name right off.

Her sister, Emily Bertolini, also, 28, took a day off from her job as a geologist. She spent about $15, but knew she would come back for more stuff later, when the crowds die down.
'People at work are kind of torn on whether I'm crazy,' said Emily Bertolini, who lives in Wixom.
'We've been wishing for an Ikea for so long,' said Liz Bertolini.

The company is saying another Detroit store could open in the future.

'We could see something else in the metro Detroit area,' [company spokesperson] Lopez said. 'There is no question that down the road, we could see something. If we see that this store is overwhelmingly successful, we will open more stores.'"

Which brings us to today's trivia question. What take less time - spending two days in the parking lot in Canton waiting for the new Ikea to open or driving to Chicago (or flying to Sweden for that matter) to buy your nick nacks at a store that is already open?