Coliseum Central

The Best Place To Be In Hampton Roads!

We’re located at the center of Hampton Roads where I-64 crosses Mercury Boulevard.

Everything you need, all together in one place.

More than 650 businesses in one compact, convenient area assure you of the finest selection and widest choice in shopping, dining, entertainment, lodging and professional services of all kinds. Coliseum Central is a great place to do business, a great place to have a business.

For information contact Coliseum Central, 2021 Cunningham Drive, Suite 101, Hampton, VA23666. Phone: 757-826-6351. Visit our website at www.coliseumcentral.com specialty retail, restaurants and entertainment venues. Scheduled to be operational in early 2005, it will attract thousands of convention delegates to Hampton from outside the region and is anticipated to generate significant revenues for the city through sales, meals, admissions and lodging taxes.

Private investment in the project is expected to exceed $100 million. This includes the development of the approximately 300-room headquarters Embassy Suites Hotel, and approximately 240,000 square feet of entertainment retail adjacent to the Convention Center.

A significant portion of the projected tax revenues are also associated with the redevelopment activities that are expected to take place in the area adjacent to the Convention Center.

The city is financing the $106.3 million project through a “revenue bond.” This means the loan will be repaid exclusively from revenues generated by the project.

The other new component in Hampton’s economic engine — and neighbor to the Crossroads Project — is The Power Plant of Hampton Roads, a development that is being designed as the Peninsula’s premier retail destination. Known in the industry as

“lifestyle entertainment retail,” the complex will be the first of its kind in the region.

Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, The Power Plant’s first anchor tenant and the nation’s leading outdoor retailer, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2003.

Bass Pro Shops currently has 16 retail locations from Florida to Michigan and is recognized as a major tourist draw, attracting millions of visitors to its stores from a wide geographic radius.

A 10,000 square-foot themed restaurant overlooking “Bass Pro Shops Lake” at the Power Plant site is also planned by Bass Pro. Besides providing an attractive vista for diners, the lake will serve as a focal point for boating and fishing demonstrations.

Other Power Plant of Hampton Roads tenants will include Jake’s Garage, a 25,000-square-foot restaurant offering live music, entertainment, and interactive games; and Five, which is one of Washington D.C.’s premier upscale nightclubs. At this printing, other tenant announcements are pending.

The Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World retail store in Hampton will encompass up to 110,000 square feet and offer the area’s most comprehensive collection of outdoor equipment. Bass Pro Shops also features in-store interactive sports such as flycasting, golfing and a shooting arcade. Unique interior motifs such as waterfalls, huge aquariums and true-to-life wildlife exhibits are showca sed throughout the store and have branded Bass Pro Shops as a visually appealing, high-quality outdoor store.

Clearly, Hampton’s “economic engine” is revved up and ready to race.

York County

York County’s percentage of retail sales on the Virginia Peninsula has dramatically increased during the 1990’s. That trend is continuing as Wal-Mart recently opened one supercenter and has another under construction in the county. With an established Lowes Home Improvement Center and a Wal-Mart on the way, the Lightfoot Corridor, located in upper York County, is shaping up to be the next regional retail destination.

Williamsburg

High Street Williamsburg will be a high quality, urban mixed-use development of shopping, dining, entertainment, office, and public gathering space in a welllandscaped and pedestrian friendly environment. It will be an exciting city street with shops opening to the sidewalks and parking lots screened behind the Buildings. Planned anchor businesses include a major department store and a multi-screen stadium seating movie theater. Sidewalks and bikeways will connect to trails through linear parks and to surrounding neighborhoods. High Street Williamsburg development will be located on the City-owned property on Richmond and Ironbound Roads in the City of Williamsburg.

Throughout the Peninsula

Older area s of cities and counties have unique shopping areas, often with businesses that have been operating for more than 50 years.

Queens Way Mall in Hampton, Hilton Village in Newport News, Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg and Gloucester Courthouse have .shops featuring upscale and unique items.

The Peninsula is host to many chain department and discount stores, including Wal-Mart in Hampton, Newport News and Gloucester County. For families desiring low-price, bulk-item goods, they can join members-only outlets such as Sam’s Club and from to Costco Wholesale.

Individual stores provide everything from upscale china and gifts to arts and crafts and unique clothing.

Outlets are very popular and are available on both the Peninsula and the Southside. For example, the Williamsburg Pottery, just west of Williamsburg ha s become a local institution, featuring items from around the world. It began in 1938 as a roadside stand.

Between the Pottery and Williamsburg are several outlet malls, such as the Williamsburg Outlet Mall. Here, shoppers can delight in purchasing popular name-brand goods, such as china, linens and clothing, at rock-bottom prices.

Williamsburg, flanking the restored area, features shops selling 17th- and 18th-century items such as clothing and furniture reproductions. Yorktown and Jamestown also have shops selling colonial items.

For individuals who enjoy the challenge in finding treasures in castoffs, periodic flea markets are a delight. Open-air markets and indoor sales feature countless items such as household goods, clothing, furniture, and recreational items. Even the Hampton Coliseum features a Big Flea Market several times a year.