Target at SW 44 and S. Western

[Bobby821]

I have heard something undocumented as of yet, but supposedly the Wal-Mart at I-240 and Santa Fe will be closing and moving to the I-44 and 104th location. anyone else heard any rumors of this actually happening?

[SoonerDave]

I have heard something undocumented as of yet, but supposedly the Wal-Mart at I-240 and Santa Fe will be closing and moving to the I-44 and 104th location. anyone else heard any rumors of this actually happening?

Last story I heard was that WalMart was going to close it, but some leaders in the SE part of OKC got wind of it and begged them to keep it open. Don't know if the city was involved (officially or behind closed doors), but supposedly something persuaded them to keep it open. Take that for what it's worth. Zero claim to the story's veracity offered!

...however...

That puts three big WalMart stores within just a few minutes of each other...I-240 and Santa Fe, I-44 and SW 104th, and the I-35 location in Moore...and, if you stretch things a bit, there's also one down I-44 about five minutes in Newcastle....which is why OKC was so happy to get a WM at that 104th location - keeping people in that area from driving to the Newcastle location and sending sales tax dollars down there instead of OKC....

More broadly, however, I'm sure WM has some sort of magic saturation/density distance numbers in their head that governs their store placement, but I'd have to think that kind of density in a relatively small area is bound to be hitting that limit.