{"id":7171,"date":"2025-04-09T22:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:56:32","slug":"papillion-new-business-barnes-and-noble-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/papillion-new-business-barnes-and-noble-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Papillion New Business: Barnes and Noble Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A big welcome and congratulations to Barnes and Noble for their grand opening and ribbon cutting at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inside the store:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7186\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInteriorENTER.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7186\" class=\"wp-image-7186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInteriorENTER.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInteriorENTER.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInteriorENTER-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInteriorENTER-624x470.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInteriorENTER-638x480.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful and colorful arrangment of books and flowers greet you, as you enter the bookstore<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7183\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInterior.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7183\" class=\"wp-image-7183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInterior.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInterior.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInterior-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInterior-624x470.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleInterior-638x480.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cafe and children&#8217;s section meet at an angle with a sign with special offer to Premium Members for a free hot or iced coffe or tea for the grand opening special<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7180\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7180\" class=\"wp-image-7180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe-624x470.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe-638x480.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrons wait in line at register of the cafe<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7181\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7181\" class=\"wp-image-7181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe2.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe2-624x470.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe2-638x480.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seating areas for the cafe<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7182\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7182\" class=\"wp-image-7182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe3.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe3-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe3-624x470.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleCafe3-638x480.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First glimpse of the cafe and the seating as you enter from the right of the store<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Outside the store, over a hundred excited future patrons eagerly await Barnes and Noble&#8217;s Grand Opening in Papillion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7177\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleLine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7177\" class=\"wp-image-7177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleLine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleLine.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleLine-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleLine-624x470.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleLine-638x480.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People lined up around and past the store, so eager to finally have the bookstore and cafe!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The ribbon cutting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7190\" style=\"width: 1691px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7190\" class=\"wp-image-7190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1681\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut.png 1681w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut-624x338.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut-640x346.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1681px) 100vw, 1681px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Store Manager, Rob Herbel, makes opening comments before the ribbon cutting outside the bookstore. Local author Lynn Painter carries the scissors to the ribbon outstreched in front of the door.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7191\" style=\"width: 1736px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7191\" class=\"wp-image-7191 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1726\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2.png 1726w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2-1536x675.png 1536w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2-624x274.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut2-640x281.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1726px) 100vw, 1726px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynn Painter opens the scissors to cut ribbon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7192\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7192\" class=\"wp-image-7192 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut3.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut3-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut3-624x278.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPrecut3-640x285.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynn Painter begins to cut the ribbon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7189\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPost2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7189\" class=\"wp-image-7189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPost2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPost2.png 700w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPost2-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPost2-624x284.png 624w, https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/papillionbusinessesDOTcomBarnesandNobleRibbonCuttingPost2-640x292.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon is cut and falls while people applaud<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<br \/>\n7949 Towne Center Pkwy,<br \/>\nPapillion, NE 68046<br \/>\n(Previously was Best Buy and is next to PetSmart)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please come back later for our Papillion interviews with Rob Herpel (Store Manager) and Jaimie Geoffroy (Regional Cafe Operations Manager).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big welcome and congratulations to Barnes and Noble for their grand opening and ribbon cutting at Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion! Inside the store: Outside the store, over a hundred excited future patrons eagerly await Barnes and Noble&#8217;s Grand Opening in Papillion: The ribbon cutting: &nbsp; Barnes &amp; Noble 7949 Towne Center Pkwy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[309,49,125,126,22,8,447,37],"tags":[529,536,537,538,540,539,159],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-papillion","category-papillion-blog","category-papillion-event","category-papillion-grand-opening","category-papillion-retail","category-papillion-ribbon-cutting","category-papilllion-store","category-shadow-lake-towne-center","tag-barnes-noble","tag-barnes-and-noble","tag-barnes-and-noble-booksellers","tag-lynn-painter","tag-papillion-bookstore","tag-rob-herbel","tag-shadow-lake-towne-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7269,"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions\/7269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papillionbusinesses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}