{"id":2393215,"date":"2026-04-28T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2393215"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:07:42","slug":"barnes-noble-to-open-may-6-in-downtown-seattle-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/barnes-noble-to-open-may-6-in-downtown-seattle-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnes & Noble to open May 6 in downtown Seattle | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After construction setbacks, a new Barnes & Noble will open May 6 in downtown Seattle.<\/p>\n

The bookseller giant will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and book signing event with fantasy author Robin Hobb at 9 a.m. on opening day in its new building at 520 Pike St.<\/p>\n

The New York-based company originally planned to open the store in April<\/a> but faced construction setbacks, according to its social media accounts.<\/p>\n

Downtown Seattle has lacked a Barnes & Noble bookstore since January 2020, when a former location at Pacific Place shopping center shuttered. Another of its stores closed in West Seattle a year earlier.<\/p>\n

The bookstore\u2019s return to downtown hasn\u2019t delighted only book lovers (at least, the ones willing to pay $30 for a hardcover). Some Seattleites hope the new store signals renewed potential for downtown after years of fleeing major retailers.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble\u2019s 10-year agreement represents the largest retail lease in downtown since 2020, according to the Downtown Seattle Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The store will fill a 17,500-square-foot space left by The North Face\u2019s flagship store. The outdoor gear company left the site in 2024 after five years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble takes up two stories of the 29-story tower at the highly trafficked corner of Pike Street and Sixth Avenue.<\/p>\n

The store joins two other Seattle stores \u2014 one at Northgate Station and another in the University District.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The opening comes at a time of hope for the book-selling industry’s survival.<\/p>\n

Industry analysts predicted Seattle-based Amazon\u2019s launch in the mid-1990s would crush booksellers \u2014 and it sort of did, for a while. The e-commerce giant quickly dominated the U.S. print book market, generally offering lower prices, a larger selection and home delivery. It opened its own brick-and-mortar bookstores, aptly named Amazon Books, in 2015.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s launch contributed to an initial decline in independent bookstores and to the closure of the national bookstore chain Borders. In 2018, Barnes & Noble considered selling to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

But in a Hallmark-like twist, booksellers have experienced a notable rebound in recent years, even while Amazon closed its physical bookstores in 2022.<\/p>\n

Independent bookstore openings jumped by 31% in 2025, according to the American Booksellers Association. Barnes and Noble also plans to open 60 new locations across the country this year, following a period of strong sales, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n

The new Pike location sits about a mile away from Amazon\u2019s headquarters on Terry Avenue.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yakimaherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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