MALL OPENING TO BE A GRAND MASQUERADE TOWN CENTER TO MARK EVENT WITH FESTIVITIES.Byline: Eric Leach Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Hundreds of people are scrambling to prepare for Simi Valley Town Center's grand opening - a community celebration with the theme of a Venetian masquerade carnival. The city's first regional shopping mall north of the Ronald Reagan Freeway between First Street and Erringer Road will open the morning of Oct. 27 and shoppers will be there throughout the day before the ``Carnivale Grande'' festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. begin in the evening with musicians, costumed dancers and pyrotechnics pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent. . The $300 million Town Center is the first regional shopping center built in Ventura County in more than 25 years, and its opening represents a goal Simi Valley civic leaders have worked decades to attain. ``I'm going to have my party hat and my dancing shoes on, and I'm going to welcome the mall with open arms,'' said Simi Valley City Councilwoman Barbra Williamson. ``I am going to thoroughly enjoy myself. This has been a long time coming.'' Workers are completing freeway ramps, entry roads, landscaping and interiors for scores of stores and restaurants throughout the 600,000-square-foot open-air center. It is expected to generate more than $3.6 million in new retail sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. , property tax and business license taxes annually. Shopping center officials say the opening festivities are designed to reflect the community's excitement and the center's Italian Mediterranean village style. There are tile roofs, Romeo and Juliet-style balconies, stone facades, fountains, sculptures and ornamental lighting, with olive and oak trees. Because it is situated in the hills on the city's north side, the shopping center offers panoramic views across the valley to the south. ``The city of Simi Valley and its residents have been awaiting this day for years, and this night of entertainment is especially our gift for the community to celebrate Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative Valley's first regional center,'' said Greg Lenners, the Town Center general manager. The show is open to the public in the shopping center's center court. The entertainment is designed for the whole family. Although the opening ceremony is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., festivities continue throughout the evening. Gordon Goodwin's 18-piece Big Phat phat adj. phat·ter, phat·test Slang Excellent; first-rate: phat fashion; a phat rapper. [Earlier, sexy (said of a woman), Band, lead by Emmy-award-winning composer Gordon Goodwin, is the main musical attraction. Ellis Hall, a former lead vocalist and keyboardist of the band Tower of Power, is scheduled to open the ceremony with the national anthem. The celebration also will include dozens of elaborately costumed and masked performers who will parade and dance throughout center court. The costumes, an array of brightly colored sequin se·quin n. 1. A small shiny ornamental disk, often sewn on cloth; a spangle. 2. A gold coin of the Venetian Republic. Also called zecchino. tr.v. and satin ensembles with matching masks, will resemble a 19th-century Venetian masquerade reflecting the night's ``Carnivale Grande'' theme. Flashes of theatrical lighting, including pyrotechnic blasts, will conclude the show. Radio station KOST 103.5 FM will be broadcasting live from Simi Valley Town Center Simi Valley Town Center is a shopping center located in Simi Valley, California. The mall opened in 2005 with Macy's and Robinsons-May as anchor stores. The Robinsons-May store was converted into a Macy's Men and Home Store on September 9, 2006. , offering a number of contest giveaways and prizes. When it opens it will includes Macy's and Robinsons-May department stores, but because of the merger between Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Department stores Inc. and the May Department Stores The May Department Stores Company was a department store chain founded in 1877 by David May in Leadville, Colorado. Its headquarters moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1905, and the company went public in 1911. Co. the Robinsons-May is expected to be eventually converted to a Macy's. Then the original Macy's site is expected to be converted to another anchor. The mall will also include more than 100 other retailers, including Anthropologie, BombayKids, Brighton Collectibles, California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, , Coach, Urban Outfitters, White House Black Market and Z Gallerie. Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Work continues Thursday on the Simi Valley Town Center as the regional shopping mall prepares for its grand opening later in the month. (2) The $300 million Town Center north of the Ronald Reagan Freeway between First Street and Erringer Road is the first regional mall built in Ventura County in more than 25 years. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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