Barnes & Noble will open a new store in Santa Fe, N.Mex., today, August 14.
Located in the Santa Fe Place Mall at 4250 Cerrillos Rd., the new store spans more than 25,000 square feet and features a cafe. The store will open officially with a ribbon cutting and book signing featuring Carlene O'Connor, author of the Irish Village Mysteries, the County Kerry Novels, and the Home to Ireland Mysteries.
B&N noted that the Santa Fe store is one of the largest new stores it has opened recently, and that Santa Fe has been without a large national bookseller since Borders Books & Music closed in 2011.
The company opened more new stores last year than it did between 2009 and 2019, and it plans to open more than 50 new stores this year.