After more than six years of planning, Coastal Grand Myrtle Beach mall opened Wednesday to shoppers who bombarded its more than 1 million square feet of retail space, snapping up coupons and filling out every raffle ticket in sight. "This is the essence of a great physical monument to the importance of tourism to the entire state," said the Governor. At the mall's grand opening Wednesday were students who skipped school and workers who took the morning off. "They have stores I've never been in before. We're excited like little kids." This is oddly fascinating. Birth of a Mall | 
