More than a thousand people showed up for the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
More than a thousand people showed up for the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Above, shoppers are given high fives by employees as they enter the store. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Sales associate Brendon Miller gives high fives to shoppers as they arrive at the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
More than a thousand people showed up for the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Shoppers look at hiking boots during the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
More than a thousand people showed up for the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Sales associate Chris Mosley, left, helps Robin Sargan of L.A. properly fit a backpack at the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
At the half-hour mark, 1,000 customers had passed through the doors for the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Vibram’s master cobbler Gino Conti re-soles a shoe the grand opening of the REI store at the Empire Center in Burbank on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)