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On Friday, November 10th Nike and Foot Locker held the opening for the Chicago House of Hoops, located in the North Riverside Mall. That morning they released the Snake Pool Hyperdunks, Larry Hughes Homegrown PE Hyperdunks and Drew Gooden PE Powermax. In the evening, they dropped the OSU LBJ Soldier 2 Away PEs and that night featured special appearances from Common and Chicago Bulls player Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Larry Hughes, and Drew Gooden. Common preformed a three song set while Drew Gooden autographed his PE Powermax for anyone who purchased it.
On Saturday they released the Kobe Energy Pack Hyperdunks and the Air Jordan 8/15 CDP. Later that day in the afternoon Steven A. Smith interviewed Scottie Pippen, Ron Harper, plus Kendall Gill and other members of the 1989 Final Four University of Illinois team. After the opening weekends events they would continue with new releases starting on Monday with the Ladanian Tomlinson 1World AF1 Low and the Slam Jam AF1 Lows. Tuesday would launch new College Hyperdunks followed the next day by white/red/grey Spizikes. Thursday would secure a position as one of their bigger releases, with the Ray Allen and Joe Johnson PE Jumpman Team Pros releasing.
Below, we have a number of photos of the store and opening provided by Ron aka. Flint Grey. We can see they have a number of releases including a personal favorite of mine, the Zoom LeBron Ambassador. Among so many sneakers a few stand outs are the College Hyperdunks (ooh the Oregons), dark army green Foamposite 1, Playoff XII inspired Jumpman Team Pro, Lower Marion Hyperdunks and Nike Blazer NBA pack. Of course as mentioned previously they would release even more awesome sneakers that are not pictured here but are available now. Oh, don’t let me forget the OG color black and blue Nike Air Bakin — I can’t forget the Air Bakin.
One more time, big thanks to Ron aka. Flint Grey for all the info and pics we really appreciate it!
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November 19th, 2008 at 12:41 am
may i ask whats the address of house of hoops in ny if they have any..thanks
November 19th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
No doubt, I got’cha man.
If you know the area well this is pretty easy.
“On 125th Street in Harlem, right across the street from the world famous Apollo Theater”
For the direct address….
House Of Hoops
268 West 125th Street
(btwn Adam Clyton Powell and Frederick Douglas Blvd.)
New York, NY 10027
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
thats a helluva collection of shoes right there. wish i would have been there. would have had to take out a loan but o well. worth it