After all I’ve blathered about Ikea, I suppose I should go on as I’ve started. We did not make a pilgrimage to the opening yesterday (20,000 people expected; 1,200 parking spaces), and very well may not make it for the next couple of weeks. But here’s the roundup from the local newspapers.

• Phoenix: Don’t get the wrong IKEA
  “And when the first IKEA opened in Saudi Arabia last September, two men were trampled to death and 16 shoppers were injured when 8000 people surged forward to claim $150 vouchers.”
• Weekly Dig: Pax Ikea (also, another fabulous cover this week)
• Herald: Finding the Icky in Ikea
• Globe: Extremely tedious headline not worth repeating

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