Photos: IKEA opens new Burbank store

More than a thousand people wait in line outside IKEA, which opened the doors to its new Burbank location — the largest IKEA store in North America, at 456,000 square feet — on Wednesday.

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Feb. 8, 2017 11:15 AM PT

Shoppers wait in a snaking line for the opening of IKEA’s new Burbank store. Some people started lining up at midnight.

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IKEA sales associates Juergen Isemeyer, from left, Michelle McCracken, Vanessa Melgar and Stephanie De Leon join about 575 coworkers for festivities outside the new Burbank store.

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The line snakes around the parking lot outside IKEA’s new Burbank store.

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The first shoppers enter IKEA’s massive Burbank store on Wednesday morning.

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IKEA merchandiser Maria Seminiano, left, joins coworkers to greet the first shoppers.

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IKEA sales associates Michelle McCracken, from left, Vanessa Melgar and Stephanie De Leon join coworkers outside as more than a thousand people line up to enter the new Burbank store.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)