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Post by HighCotton on Oct 18, 2021 16:56:34 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 18, 2021 17:21:39 GMT -5
I had no clue either. Never been in one before.
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Post by featherduster on Oct 18, 2021 17:35:16 GMT -5
There was one in Lafayette about 10 years ago, My son's family lives there and I would visit that store on almost every visit to his home. In my opinion they carried excellent equipment at at great prices. I would sooner visit a Sportsman's Warehouse than I would a Bass Pro or Cabela's store.
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Post by HighCotton on Oct 18, 2021 17:39:50 GMT -5
There was one in Lafayette about 10 years ago, My son's family lives there and I would visit that store on almost every visit to his home. In my opinion they carried excellent equipment at at great prices. I would sooner visit a Sportsman's Warehouse than I would a Bass Pro or Cabela's store. I’m with ya duster!! I’d hit that Lafayette store whenever I was near!!!
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Post by firstwd on Oct 18, 2021 18:22:40 GMT -5
Apparently you have to be a paid subscriber to read the story.
I guess I'm a little surprised they didn't grab the empty Gander Mountain store next to 65. Unless it's no longer empty and I just haven't been by there recently enough to know.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 18, 2021 18:24:41 GMT -5
From the link...
Sportsman’s Warehouse, a West Jordan, Utah-based retail chain focused on outdoor recreation, plans to enter the Indianapolis market this fall with a 31,530-square-foot store at 8800 S. U.S. 31.
The chain sells gear for a variety of sports and activities including hunting, shooting, fishing, boating, camping and outdoor cooking. It also sells clothing and shoes for men, women and youth. And it hosts in-store classes and events.
The Indy-area site is an existing retail space in the Greenwood Shopping Center, a 218,435-square-foot development just north of County Line Road.
A representative for Sportsman’s Warehouse said the retailer expects to open the Indianapolis store on Oct. 28.
This will be Sportsman’s Warehouse’s second Indiana location. Its first opened in Fort Wayne in July 2019.
According to its 2020 annual financial report, 58% of the retailer’s revenue came from sales of hunting and shooting merchandise, including firearms, ammunition, archery items, all-terrain vehicle accessories and other items. The retailer’s next largest sales categories were camping, at 13%, followed by fishing, at 10%.
The average Sportsman’s Warehouse store occupies 40,000 square feet, although the company has stores as small as 7,500 square feet and as large as 65,000 square feet. Stores are laid out in a no-frills, warehouse style. The company invests an average of $2 million to open a new store, including build-out costs and pre-opening expenses.
The chain opened its first store in 1986 in Midvale, Utah. Today it has 112 stores in 27 states.
Most of the retailer’s locations are in the West, including a dozen stores each in Washington and California, and 10 stores in its home state of Utah. But it also has stores sprinkled throughout the Midwest, South and East Coast.
The company is in growth mode and has opened an average of eight stores each year over the past three years. That figure includes 12 stores that Sportsman’s Warehouse acquired from a competitor, Dick’s Sporting Goods, in 2019 and 2020. During the current fiscal year, which ends in January, Sportsman’s Warehouse says it expects to open eight to 12 new stores.
It’s unclear whether Sportsman’s Warehouse may open additional Indianapolis-area locations.
“Sportsman’s Warehouse is always looking for great opportunities to open more stores but they do not have any information at this time about future stores in the area,” a company spokesperson said.
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Post by HighCotton on Oct 18, 2021 18:52:22 GMT -5
Thanks Greg! I didn’t think to check the link!
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Post by SFC (R) B on Oct 18, 2021 21:26:48 GMT -5
We have Sportsman's here and they are not bad. Compared to the big stores their selection is a little bit limited but before we had Scheels (disclaimer- I sell guns there, store is 220,000 sf) I would go there before Bass Pro. They tended to have better folks working there and good sales on guns can be had. Since they were bought by BPS there has been an exodus of their folks, most of the better folks coming over to our store. BPS is a cancer on outdoor store (Cabelas and now SW) due to their horrible corporate culture.
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Post by 10point on Oct 20, 2021 7:37:10 GMT -5
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Post by duff on Oct 20, 2021 18:25:10 GMT -5
Dang I didn't know BPS bought them too.
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Post by omegahunter on Oct 21, 2021 13:56:01 GMT -5
Well, crap. That's not really good news.
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Post by firstwd on Oct 21, 2021 19:03:11 GMT -5
That was a long, round about way for Cabela's to honor their commitment to open a store in Greenwood. :-)
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Post by 36fan on Oct 21, 2021 22:19:05 GMT -5
That was a long, round about way for Cabela's to honor their commitment to open a store in Greenwood. :-) Sounds like it's going in on the other side of the road from where Cabela's "committed".
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 22, 2021 6:24:10 GMT -5
Looks like northwest of the mall.
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Post by stevein on Oct 22, 2021 11:10:56 GMT -5
The one in Ft Wayne had a lot of reloading supplies, powder, primers and bullets before this mess. I do not know if the decline in ammo and reloading supplies is all due to the recent rush of to the buyout. Their gun counter is well stocked with a varity of rifles, pistols and shotguns. They have a decent fishing camping and boat department. Clothing was seasonal but the had very little XX sizes. I go there when I am on that side of town. I was hoping when Bass Pro bought them out I could get free shipping to the store.
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Post by firstwd on Oct 22, 2021 14:21:58 GMT -5
That was a long, round about way for Cabela's to honor their commitment to open a store in Greenwood. :-) Sounds like it's going in on the other side of the road from where Cabela's "committed". Over a mile away. Cabela's was supposed to be 9n the SE corner of I65 and Countyline road. This is a strip mall north west of Countyline and 31. Im wondering what store is empty they are taking. From Google Maps it looks like a super market.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 22, 2021 15:19:31 GMT -5
Here is the FB page with address … m.facebook.com/SportsmansGreenwood/The Indy-area site is an existing retail space in the Greenwood Shopping Center, a 218,435-square-foot development just north of County Line Road.
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Post by 36fan on Oct 22, 2021 16:34:05 GMT -5
Sounds like it's going in on the other side of the road from where Cabela's "committed". Over a mile away. Cabela's was supposed to be 9n the SE corner of I65 and Countyline road. This is a strip mall north west of Countyline and 31. Im wondering what store is empty they are taking. From Google Maps it looks like a super market. It looks like it is the former location of Toys'R'Us.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 22, 2021 16:41:42 GMT -5
Over a mile away. Cabela's was supposed to be 9n the SE corner of I65 and Countyline road. This is a strip mall north west of Countyline and 31. Im wondering what store is empty they are taking. From Google Maps it looks like a super market. It looks like it is the former location of Toys'R'Us. Thought it was “Babies "R" Us”…right behind the Dave’s Barque place
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Post by 36fan on Oct 22, 2021 16:55:44 GMT -5
It looks like it is the former location of Toys'R'Us. Thought it was “Babies "R" Us”…right behind the Dave’s Barque place Weren't they in the same strip?
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