Wickes Furniture Expanding In Las Vegas Area

November 5, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on November 2007 Wickes Furniture Co., Wheeling, Ill., will open its second Las Vegas-area store in Henderson, Nev., on Friday. A grand opening event is planned for Nov. 17-18.

The 40,000-square-foot showroom is located at 1080 W. Sunset Rd. in Henderson.

“We’re proud to open our second showroom in the Las Vegas area, where we’ll be introducing our newest furniture collection, Urban Innovations by Wickes, a line of beautiful and functional furniture for smaller spaces such as condos, townhouses and apartments,” said John Disa, Wickes Furniture president and CEO.

As a part of the grand opening celebration, Wickes Furniture has scheduled festivities at the new Henderson showroom, noon-5 p.m., Nov. 17 and 18. Activities will include a tailgate party with free hamburgers and hot dogs, live music and family entertainment; drawings for 2008 Rose Bowl tickets; furniture giveaways; and appearances by personalities from local radio stations, which also will provide promotions and prizes. Through Nov. 30, visitors to the Henderson showroom can enter a drawing to participate in a free, private design party (limited to 20 participants) with Frank Fontana, host of HGTV’s hit program “Design on a Dime.”

The new Henderson showroom will feature a natural brick exterior. Inside, brushed metal, wood trim, large glass facades, hundreds of accessories, and other embellishments will be arranged in casual, contemporary, traditional and country room group collections. The Henderson location also will feature a mattress gallery with a wide selection of brand names, including Sealy, Simmons, Nature’s Bed and Tempur-Pedic.

Wickes, owned by Boca Raton-based Sun Capital Partners, has 42 showrooms and five distribution centers in California, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada and Oregon.