I am so excited that we FINALLY have a PokéStop! I have been trying for years to use the in-game tools to make one but it took forever just to get rejected. This time though, it went through!!! I think the trick was to make a stop for the GAMESWAP ARCADE within our store. I love PokéMon GO, but one of my most hated aspects of it is how convoluted it was for me to make a stop...but now I am super happy with this!
Additionally, the stop I made for MAVERICKS a few years back (that instantly went through, yet ours took years?) is now a gym. This is not only good for players to have a place to lure up (our) stop and raid at their gym, but also attracting more PokéMon GO traffic to our lil' plaza in general!