First Look At New Harry Potter Store Revealed

Earlier at present, Entertainment Weekly gave fans a first look on the Harry Potter retailer coming to New York Metropolis on June 3.. The shop, seemingly referred to as The Harry Potter Store, is ready to deal with the most important assortment of Harry Potter merchandise there’s, a lot of which might be unavailable anyplace else. Within the unique EW interview, vice chairman and normal supervisor of Warner Bros. Retail Locations Karl Durrant stated the shop is “wanting ahead to bringing some magic again into individuals’s lives.”

Situated close to the Flatiron Constructing at 935 Broadway, the three-story store boasts a whopping 21,000 sq. toes and comprises “15 totally different theme areas with magical parts.” One in every of these is areas is an interactive wand desk, the place clients can take their wands on a “take a look at run.” The shop may even supply followers an space to have their wands personalised, making it the one place outdoors of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (situated inside Common Studios Orlando) to take action.

Along with procuring, The Harry Potter store goals to supply Harry Potter followers distinctive experiences. Based on Durrant, two digital actuality experiences are coming to the shop: ‘Chaos at Hogwarts’ and ‘Wizards Take Flight.’ Whereas the finer particulars about ‘Chaos at Hogwarts’ have but to be revealed, ‘Wizards Take Flight’ permits gamers to take management of their very personal broomstick and fly above the River Thames in London. Durrant has additionally acknowledged that attributable to Warner Bros. being in a “uniquely privileged place to work straight with the [Harry Potter] filmmakers,” the shop will home genuine props and recreations of things from the Harry Potter movies. These props embrace Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore’s wands, the unique golden snitch, Harry’s broomstick, Tom Riddle’s Diary, and extra.

Exterior of the shop’s grand opening, the Harry Potter franchise has been within the information very often recently, primarily because of the variety of scandals surrounding creator J.Okay. Rowling and former Hogwarts Legacy designer Troy Leavitt. Solely time will inform if or how these incidents will influence the way forward for The Harry Potter Store and upcoming Harry Potter sport, Hogwarts Legacy.