When Comcast officials announced creation of a brand new Xfinity Store in the Fairplain Plaza earlier this year, the excitement was huge. Eager to have a considerably more robust experience when dealing with the cable provider, customers and potential customers alike were looking forward to an entirely new showcase and now they’ve got it.
The new Xfinity store opened for business recently and is now inviting everyone to stop by for their Grand Opening event beginning on Thursday and continuing into the weekend with lots of activities, prizes, refreshments and more.
The whole event gets underway on Thursday evening when Lincoln Township Supervisor Dick Stauffer, Lake Township Supervisor John Gast, and other local elected officials and business leaders turn out for the official ribbon cutting ceremony at the Fairplain Plaza store located down the strip from Target & T.J. Maxx at 1010 Fairplain Drive in Benton Charter Township.
The new Xfinity Store is the first of its kind in all of Southwest Michigan, and it’s 4,500 square foot showroom gives visitors hands-on experience with Xfinity’s broad array of products and services, including such things as:
- Cable TV
- High-speed Internet
- Home phone services
- Xfinity Home, the company’s home security and home automation platform
- Xfinity Mobile, its new cellular service.
The store also has iPads and other mobile devices which visitors can use to explore Xfinity’s Android and iOS apps. Those apps range from Xfinity Stream, which allows customers to watch live TV anywhere at home over WiFi; watch up to 200 live channels outside their homes; stream up to 40,000 hours of On Demand content; and download movies and TV shows…to Xfinity WiFi, which allows customers to search for locations of the network’s 18 million hotspots across the country.
Along with product and service demos, customers can pay bills, pick up and return equipment and get assistance from trained, knowledgeable sales and service consultants at the new Xfinity Store.
The new Xfinity Store has around 12 full- and part-time employees. Store hours are Monday through Saturday from 9am to 7pm and Sundays from 12 to 5pm.
The Grand Opening ceremonies begin on Thursday, October 26, starting at 5pm, and the ribbon cutting is part of a series of events marking that grand opening. Other public events include:
- Friday, Oct. 27: Pastries and Coffee from Sweet Dreams Baked Goods in the store throughout the day.
- Saturday, Oct. 28: From 11am-to-1pm – 97.5 Y Country DJ Lindsay Kay will be on-site with music and giveaways. Other fun festivities during the day include:
- A photo booth
- Face painting
- The Ultimate Virtual Reality Experience by Samsung Gear VR
Visitors can enter for a chance to win a 50-inch Sony TV, a Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 and other cool prizes.
