A MAJOR ELECTRONICS RETAIL STORE IS COMING TO KINGSPORT. OFFICIALS WITH BEST BUY HAVE FILED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR AN ESTIMATED 2.4 MILLION DOLLAR STORE. THE RETAILER WILL CONSTRUCT ITS NEW 25-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AT THE NEW KINGSPORT PAVILION ON EAST STONE DRIVE. ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT JEFF FLEMING, AN OPENING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009. PLANS REPORTED IN “THIS WEEK IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS” CALLED FOR BEST BUY TO OPEN AS MANY AS 100 NEW STORES THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE KINGSPORT STORE WILL PLACE MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON TECHNOLOGY AND LESS ON APPLIANCES AND WILL BECOME THE COMPANY’S THIRD STORE IN THE TRI CITIES.