Dear Dana Park,
I am a taxpayer and resident of Gilbert, Arizona. I have been coming to your shopping center over a year now. As a customer I spend roughly between $50 and $100 at the various restaurants and shops in your center every week thanks to the convenience of having most everything I could ask for in the same area. The following establishments are where I have visited and have done so frequently over the last year: Firehouse Subs, Panda Express, Chipotle, Sprint, Chase, Sport Clips, Five Guys, Pit Jungle, Ra Sushi, Bath & Body Works, The Harp, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Panera Bread Co, AJ's, and Barnes and Noble. I had looked forward to visiting several other shops here as well due to buying a new house and being in need of new furniture and decorative items. As you may be aware a new game called Pokémon Go has recently been released and I have noticed a massive increase in people in this shopping center. Basic business principals indicate that increased foot traffic bring customers to businesses, so I imagine Pokémon Go has brought many new customers to these shops. While most establishments are embracing new times and the changes (and revenue) my generation are bringing, some are closing themselves off. Recently a new security guard has been hired to tell people playing Pokémon Go here that they have to leave the property, whether they are paying customers or not. With how often not only I come to Dana Park and spend Monday, but how often now my boyfriend, friends, and our families shop here I would imagine we spend enough money to pay for at least a good portion of your newly hired security guard's weekly salary. It is regretfully and with great disappointment that I am informing you that I will be boycotting Dana Park and will no longer spend my money in any of the shops who reside there. I will also be encouraging not only my friends and family, but any other paying customers who go there and also happen to play Pokémon Go to stop spending their money there, as it has becoming an unwelcoming environment and is choosing to be biased against paying customers. I would encourage you to rethink your position, the times are changing and my generation are the ones spending money and making decisions. If the business in Dana Park have noticed an increase in customers recently I would also encourage them to reach out to Dana Park and express their concern over their customers being run out. read more