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ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Best Buy `Turns on the Fun' in San Francisco's SoMa; Marvel Comic's Superhero Spider-Man to Sign Autographs.


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ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath.  (March 2)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

      What: Best Buy, North America's leading specialty retailer of
        digital technology and entertainment products, will host
        Marvel Comic's Spider-Man in celebration of the March 1st
        grand opening of the San Francisco store in the SoMa District
        on 1717 Harrison off 13th Street.

          Adults and children alike can meet and greet Marvel Comic's
        superhero, Spider-Man. Fans can bring t-shirts, posters or
        other memorabilia for Spider-Man to sign. One autograph is
        permitted per person. Last year, Spider-Man celebrated his
        38th anniversary of the first appearance in his very own comic
        book. The much anticipated action film, Spider-Man: The Movie,
        is scheduled to open in theaters May of 2002.

          When doors open Sunday at 11 a.m., the first 500 shoppers will
        receive a gift bag of fun prizes including a CD sampler and a
        Best Buy mascot beanie toy.

      Where: Best Buy San Francisco
           1717 Harrison
           San Francisco, Calif.

      When: Saturday, March 2, 2002
          1 - 3 p.m.

      Media Access: TV crews and photographers welcome
                  Call contact for more information


About Best Buy Co., Inc.

Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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