University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August 22.1990
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Bingo!
Jodi Smith of Overbrook plays at Lawrence's putt-putt course.
Riverfront Plaza offers the latest
Visitors enjoy variety in mall
By Kathleen Dolan Stinson Kansan staff writer
The new Lawrence Riverfront Plaza offers shoppers a potpourri of what's new in malls.
It combines decorative architecture with the brightly colored, rectangular Camelot tower and stone gateway at the entrance, and the latest in outlet mall, name-brand savings.
The Riverfront Plaza is three floors of factory outlet stores, mainly women's clothing, housewares and items for the home. Specialty shops offering such things as leather goods, wallets and ribbons complement the assortment of stores. Also included is a print gallery, bookstore and food store.
Curnes said his store offered an average discount of 50 percent because the middleman's profit was greater than a direct sale from the factory outlet.
The mall, which opened in April, is one block east of Massachusetts Street on the bank of the Kansas at Sixth and New Hampshire streets.
"Ten years ago outlets were located in hidden, out-of-the-way places," said Bill Curnes, manager of the Oneida Factory Store in the mall. "Now they're seen more as a showroom for our products."
Store clerks said shoppers routinely came to the mail from all over Kansas, the Kansas City area and some areas of Missouri. Shop owners said business had been brisk even in the summer months.
Donna Jones of Atchison said she
'Ten years ago outlets were located in hidden, out-of-the-way places.'
Bill Curnes
Manager of the Oneida Factory
Store
brought her family to the mail for a genuine discount on items such as shoes
"I come here to see the river," said Newton Jones, her husband.
The building affords close visual contact with the river because of its many windows, balcony over the river and central window court, which is three stories of nearly uninterrupted glass.
The food court, located on the lower level, offers a variety of food, including a bar and grill with waiters, a deli, a mexican food cafe, a counter, a yogurt and ice cream shop and a made-on-the-premises bakery.
Each food operation appears distinct but is uniquely operated as one restaurant under one owner and by one large wrap-around kitchen
None of the food stops compete with one another, guaranteeing increased volume and profits. The higher profits and reduced expenses afforded by the single-operation kitchen allows the food court to offer a quality food item at an affordable price.
"Some of the stores offer a real discount," said Lois Meadows of Tonganoxie.
Hamilton said the idea for an indoor course came after he saw courses designed by Bob Kohler of Dallas. Kohler designed River City Golf, but its theme is more complex than other courses he has designed
"It might be a good idea." Roger Hutchins of Leawood said. "It might be something very different."
Admission is $3, and reduced morning admission for senior citizens and special rates for private parties will be available. Hamilton said.
Shoppers to swing at mall golf course
"We're trying to do a quality job," said Rex Hamilton, contractor and builder for Faultless Construction, 1245 N. 3rd St. "We really want people to feel like there's a lot of Kansas and Lawrence in there."
"Most of the traffic we get is from outside Lawrence." he said.
Several shoppers thought the course would be a good addition to the mall
Kansan staff writer
Unlike most of the unfinished shops in the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza, this one does not contain rolled-up carpet and boxes.
Lawrence's only other miniature golf course.
Muralls along the walls of the 18 hole course depict the gazebo in South Park, one of the holes at Alvamar Golf & Country Club, Kansas farmland and "The Wizard of Oz" characters.
In addition, River City Golf will enable people to play during the winter and when it is too hot to be outside.
River City Golf, being built on the plaza's ground floor, will incorporate landmarks from KU, Haskell Indian University and the Lawrence area. It opens Sept. 1.
The plaza's manager, David Longhurst, said the indoor course would attract a different clientele than Putt-Putt Golf Course, 1104 Iowa St.
The course is more difficult than most, he said. There will be sand traps, water holes and miniature groves of trees along the course.
Instead, miniature golf greens wind through replicas of the campanile, the Chi Omega fountain and a depicting the University of Kansas.
"It's an opportunity for people to enjoy your facility without having to shop." Longhurst said. "I think it would be a nice break for anybody."
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