The Pleasanton Police Department will be assigning additional officers to patrol in the area of a new Costco store that opened the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The opening drew large crowds with many shoppers even attempting to camp out outside the store for days in advance.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Hundreds of people lined up before the sun came up on Wednesday to enter the newest Costco in the Bay Area. The store opens at 9 a.m. but eager customers gathered early to be the first into the Pleasanton store on Johnson Drive.

After what city officials say has been nearly a decade in the making, Costco is now open in Pleasanton on the day before Thanksgiving.