MetroPCS comes to Maricopa; grand opening Saturday

Norman and Balsam Cholagh have opened a MetroPCS store in Maricopa, but it is not their first.

They have other locations in Phoenix, Tempe, Avondale and Goodyear, all opened while the Cholaghs have resided in Maricopa.

Their sixth location, at 44400 W. Honeycutt Road, Suite 108, represents “a new opportunity in a new market.” The Cholaghs worked for a month on their new storefront, taking over space previously occupied by a school. The Maricopa location opened May 17. The grand opening is June 4.

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MetroPCS is a prepaid wireless service that operates off the T-Mobile 4G network. It started as General Wireless in 2004. It merged with T-Mobile in 2013.

“We offer the customer a good data plan and service for a cheap price,” Norman Cholagh said.

“It’s the only prepaid plan with unlimited data,” Balsam Cholagh said.

The Cholaghs moved to Arizona from Michigan 10 years ago and moved to Maricopa eight years ago. Norman worked as a Realtor and then for GoDaddy, doing both simultaneously for a while.

The Cholaghs joined MetroPCS in 2014. Norman said he hopes to open another location in Maricopa within five years.

The addition of MetroPCS to the city’s wireless market gives Maricopa more variety, he said.

The Cholaghs have three children, all attending school in Maricopa. The family-oriented, small-town atmosphere is what drew them to Maricopa. Balsam said the creation of Copper Sky was “a big, big thing” for family life. Norman has also been impressed with the close relationship of the Ak-Chin Indian Community and the city of Maricopa as both try to grow revenue.

He said while the city still does not have all of the amenities of its larger neighbors to the north, he is confident it will happen.

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This story appears in the June issue of InMaricopa.