Leeds United Scores A Winner With The Merrion Centre
Leeds United is making a triumphant return to the city centre with the opening of a brand new retail store in the city’s longest-established shopping venue, the Merrion Centre.
The new Official Leeds United club store will open at 10.00am on Monday 5th September and will be the fourth new tenant this year for the Merrion Centre, which has witnessed record footfall and has rapidly expanded its offering of both retail and food and drink outlets. In the last 12 months alone more than 11.5million people have visited the centre.
Paul Bell, Executive Director for LUFC said: “We’ve experienced strong retail sales so far this season with both home and away replica shirts performing really well.
“It’s incredibly important for us to be coming back to the city centre as it will allow many Leeds United fans the opportunity to purchase Official Leeds United merchandise conveniently without the need to make a specific trip to the Elland Road superstore. The Merrion Centre and The Arena Quarter are undergoing a huge redevelopment programme and we believe the centre provides a strong retail proposition for the Club away from Elland Road.\”
The new retail store will stock a comprehensive range of official replica kit, training wear, leisure wear, homeware, baby wear and accessories.”
The Merrion Centre is planning to welcome the Official Leeds United club store with a launch event to be held on Thursday 8th September. To celebrate the return of a Leeds United shop in the heart of the city, manager Garry Monk and several first team players from the club will be meeting fans and signing autographs on Thursday evening in the new store.
Edward Ziff, Chairman & Chief Executive, Town Centre Securities said: “We work hard to bring Merrion Centre visitors the very best shops, bars and restaurants and to have the only official store in the centre of the city dedicated to Leeds United is a great achievement and testament to the big role the shopping centre plays.
“We are extremely proud to be adding the biggest club in Yorkshire, Leeds United, to our list of tenants. We want to welcome the club to the Merrion Centre in the best way possible and hope lots of fans will visit the store and join us for the official opening next week.”
The official LUFC store will open its doors on Monday 5th September at 10am with an official opening event to follow on Thursday 8th September 6.30pm-7.30pm. Players will be in attendance for the official opening and will be available for photographs and autographs.
COMPETITON
To celebrate the opening of our new club store in the Merrion Centre, we’re offering fans the chance to win a VIP Meet and Greet with the Leeds United players at Thursday’s launch event, in addition to £100 to spend inshore!
TO ENTER:- Simply take a selfie outside the new club store in the Merrion Centre, post it to social media using the hashtag #LUFCmerrion, and then we’ll pick the best selfie, so get creative! Competition closes at 12 noon on Wednesday 7 September 2016, with the winner notified shortly after.