Apple reportedly working to bring a store to LSU

Apple representatives have confirmed the company is working to bring a store to the LSU campus but won’t elaborate on the plans, The Daily Reveille reports. The student newspaper says it’s rumored the Apple store will be located inside the 50,000-square-foot bookstore currently under construction at the corner of Highland and Raphael Semmes roads. Jason Tolliver, director of University Auxiliary Services for LSU, declined to talk about the Apple store specifically but says he’s “working on something big” for the bookstore. Scheduled for completion by December, the new bookstore will dwarf the existing one at the LSU Union, which is about 28,000 square feet. Regardless of whether Apple opens its own store within the bookstore, there will be a number of technological upgrades in the new bookstore, including a new technology store that will feature retail products and computer repair services. “We want students to be able to come to the bookstore and purchase everything they need for school, including technological needs,” says Paul Stevenson, bookstore general manager. Read the full story here.