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New Air Jordans cause nationwide shopping frenzy - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Geez if only I knew that certain shoes would be huge money makers when I was a kid, I would be rich right now. LOL!
Geez if only I knew that certain shoes would be huge money makers when I was a kid, I would be rich right now. LOL!
Fights, vandalism and arrests marked the release of Nike’s new Air Jordan basketball shoes as a shopping rush on stores across the country led to unrest that nearly turned into rioting.
The outbursts of chaos stretched from Washington state to Georgia as shoppers—often waiting for hours in lines—converged on stores Friday in pursuit of the shoes, a retro model of one of the most popular Air Jordans ever made.
In suburban Seattle, police used pepper spray on about 20 customers who started fighting at the Westfield Southcenter mall. The crowd started gathering at four stores in the mall around midnight and had grown to more than 1,000 people by 4 a.m., when the stores opened.
The outbursts of chaos stretched from Washington state to Georgia as shoppers—often waiting for hours in lines—converged on stores Friday in pursuit of the shoes, a retro model of one of the most popular Air Jordans ever made.
In suburban Seattle, police used pepper spray on about 20 customers who started fighting at the Westfield Southcenter mall. The crowd started gathering at four stores in the mall around midnight and had grown to more than 1,000 people by 4 a.m., when the stores opened.
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