Sorry if this was already discussed and I missed it, but just saw in the Anoka County Shopper that Sportsman’s Warehouse will be opening in the old Sports Authority location in Riverdale in Coon Rapids! No date was listed, but still good news.
It’s a start. Over here in the forest lake area, Gander mtn closed and is now gonna be a Gander outdoors.
Oh boy……. 
Great news for me, not my favorite place but still better than Gander.
Thanks Opie
Hopefully they come back to St Cloud. I really liked the one we had here. Now that Gander closed the only thing we have is Scheels and Mills. Nice to have more options.
I’ve been in the Gander Outdoors in Lakeville a few times and so far I’m impressed with their fishing department selection and pricing.
I’ve been in the Gander Outdoors in Lakeville a few times and so far I’m impressed with their fishing department selection and pricing.
Same.
Good to hear about sportsman’s warehouse, I always liked going there.
Always good to have another toy store in the area. Hopefully they put one south of the river as well!
I also liked the one that was in St. Cloud. Bought my first bow there back in the day. Was awhile ago back when browning made bows.
Glad to hear that!
Hopefully we get something over here on the west side.
Good deal. What I liked is they carried some different inventory than the typical Minnesota stores.
If they open one on the East side again, I would apply for a door greeter position!! (if they provided the chair of course)
I love that place.
I don’t know what the current Sportsman’s Warehouse stores are like, but when they went through bankruptcy in 2009 they were taken over by a private equity group. The company went public in 2014. I hope the new stores are like the old ones – the store in Woodbury was pretty great back in the day.
Interesting side note: the founder of SW lost everything and apparently now owns olive oil stores.
Thanks for that update. I thought it was odd that a fella living in WI would keep a few stores out West.
Interesting side note: the founder of SW lost everything and apparently now owns olive oil stores.
Any relation to this guy?
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I don’t know what the current Sportsman’s Warehouse stores are like, but when they went through bankruptcy in 2009 they were taken over by a private equity group. The company went public in 2014. I hope the new stores are like the old ones – the store in Woodbury was pretty great back in the day.
Totally agree. I STILL miss the Woodbury store. I actually bought way more from them than I bought from Gander. For one thing, their ammo prices were on the same level as Fleet Farm and they had very reasonable prices on name brand outdoor clothing.
I hope the trend continues with these stores opening. from what I recall reading, the major mistake was just massive over-expansion and a failed computer inventory system that sucked up millions of dollars and never worked.
Grouse
That was the word I heard too Grouse.
One of the managers explained their pricing to me. It was marked up a certain % over what they paid for it. It didn’t matter what MSRP was.
I don’t recall what the % was.
The people on the floor were like car salesman. They watched for a customer and asked them if they could help them. It was great.
When they had a complaint they did everything in their power to put a smile back on their faces and keep them as customers. It reminded me of so many other successful stand up business.
Anything to keep Cabela’s honest is good. Looking forward to checking it out.
I wonder how soon they’ll be opening up, I was looking at a couple new trolling rods and they offer free ship to store.
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