A high-profile plan to open a first-in-the-world recreational cannabis store inside an airport terminal in Prince George, British Columbia, has been scrapped, apparently a victim of shifting economic conditions.
The planned Cloudbreak Cannabis location – previously known as Copilot Cannabis – promoted itself as being on course to become the first cannabis retail store in an airport terminal, garnering media attention.
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But in December, the Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA) announced that the store “would not be signing a lease or beginning construction, citing changing market conditions.”
Cloudbreak co-founder Reed Horton declined an interview request from MJBizDaily to discuss the store’s cancellation.
PGAA President and CEO Gordon Duke told MJBizDaily that the store was in development for about three years and was due to open in the first quarter of this year before the change of plans.
“A lot has changed in the economy,” Duke said.
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