MERRIAM ? A new Ikea store opens in northeast Kansas on Wednesday, but some shoppers couldn’t wait to get their hands on some of the Swedish furniture company’s products.

KCTV reports customers began lining up at 9 a.m. Monday outside the store in the Johnson County city of Merriam.

Ikea was offering incentives, including a free sofa to the first 40 people in line and a free chair for the next 100.

About 300 people have been hired to work at the 359,000-square-foot store, which will also have a restaurant and a Swedish food market.

Merriam police are expecting up to 10,000 shoppers at Wednesday’s grand opening. Electronic signs are being placed on Interstate 35 to direct people to the store, and police will be at several intersections beginning at 6 a.m. Wednesday.