Sportsmans Warehouse

[tcb]

Has anyone been to the sportsmans warehouse in federal way? I found it fun to browse, but extremely expensive (example: powerbait was $4.29 and at wal-mart next door it was $3.79).

Still a lot of fun to wander around.

I can't wait for the Cabelas store to open in Lacey in November!!

[bigastrout]

I can't wait for the Cabelas store to open in Lacey in November!!

Are they working on it now? I have been dreaming of this!

[littleriver]

I've been to the one in Lacey.. (the Sportsman's warehouse that is... it's in the same complex as Home Depot and Costco just south of the Marvin Way Exit) it's awesome..

gonna be back a lot..

[gpc]

Sportsmans does have it all. I can go there with no money and still have a blast. There spinners and spoons arnt too expensive but that is a lot for powerbait. CABELAS CANT WAIT

[tcb]

From Cabelas.com:


SIDNEY, NE - Nov. 15, 2006 - Cabela's Incorporated (NYSE: CAB), the World's Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, announced today it has reached an agreement to build one of its destination superstores near the junction of I-5 and Marvin Road in Lacey, Washington, at the Lacey Gateway Project in the Hawks Prairie business district. Cabela's will submit a site plan application to the City of Lacey today according to company officials.

Experience a Cabela's Retail Store. Check out our store Photo Gallery and our Video Tour.

Cabela's anticipates the approximately 185,000-square-foot destination retail store will open as early as late fall of 2007. The Lacey store would be similar in size to Cabela's impressive retail stores in Kansas City, Kan., and Rogers, Minn. - large stores even by Cabela's standards.

"We know we have thousands of great customers in Washington and throughout the entire region, and we're excited about bringing a Cabela's store to Lacey," said Dennis Highby, Cabela's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, hiking and camping is a part of the history and culture of Washington and the Pacific Northwest, and we know we will complement and benefit the community from both an economic and recreational perspective."

Lacey is an ideal location for a Cabela's destination superstore, Highby added.

"Tens of thousands of hunters, anglers and other visitors travel through the area every year in addition to the thousands of outdoor enthusiasts already living in the immediate area. Lacey is a dynamic, fast-growing city, and we expect our new store will add significantly to Lacey's attractiveness to tourists," said Highby. "We believe a Cabela's destination retail store will be an ideal match for Lacey and all of Washington."

To operate a new store of this size, Cabela's expects to employ as many as 350 people from Lacey and the surrounding area, who will join the Cabela's family of employees famous for their excellent customer service, outdoor lifestyle and detailed knowledge of outdoor products. Product offerings will include hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating and wildlife watching gear, as well as outdoor clothing and outdoors-styled gifts and furnishings.

"The creation of a sense of place for the community and the use of innovative environmental designs have guided our vision for this unique development," said Tri Vo, president of Triway Enterprises and managing member of Hawks Prairie LLC, the developer of the project. "Conservation is at the center of Cabela's business philosophy which makes them a perfect anchor for this project."

Cabela's currently operates 18 retail locations. In 2006, the company has opened retail stores in Glendale, Ariz; Boise, Idaho.; Richfield, Wis., and La Vista, Neb. Cabela's has announced plans to open additional stores in East Hartford, Conn.; Hammond, Ind.; Hoffman Estates, Ill.; Gonzales, La.; Hazelwood, Mo; Reno, Nev.; Post Falls, Idaho; East Rutherford, N.J.; Adairsville, Ga.; Montreal, Quebec; and Wheat Ridge, Colo.

The Lacey, Washington, store will be built in Cabela's trademark style that re-creates the look and feel of the great outdoors inside of their impressive stores. Cabela's stores are known as top-notch educational and entertainment attractions, mixing a d&#eacute;cor of museum-quality animal displays with colorful dioramas, huge aquariums stocked with native fish and a centerpiece indoor mountain displaying trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.

Innovatively designed and showcasing thousands of products from Cabela's world-famous catalog, the stores are known as top shopping and tourism destinations, drawing customers not only from the local area, but also from hundreds of miles away. Many traveling sportsmen and women are also attracted by the familiar Cabela's script logo and the Company's world-famous reputation for quality merchandise, value and extraordinary customer service.

Features of the Cabela's Lacey, Washington, store would include:

A towering mountain replica, the centerpiece of the store's open showroom, with running waterfalls and streams, a trout pond and trophy animals in re-creations of their distinct habitats. Similar mountains, each called Conservation Mountain, have been built in other Cabela's stores as monuments to wildlife and salutes to the sportsmen and women who support wildlife conservation.
A gigantic, walk-through, freshwater aquarium stocked with fish native to the area.
Museum-quality representations of many wild-game species.
A deli-style restaurant will feature delicious wild-game sandwiches, as well as tamer fare.
World-class Gun Library, providing gun collectors and aficionados the opportunity to browse through a collection of examples of the gun-making art.
Shooting gallery providing fun along with the opportunity to learn basic shooting skills in a safe environment.
Indoor archery range where archers can test and fine-tune their equipment.
Bargain Cave, featuring discount prices on returned and discontinued merchandise.
A sun-drenched atrium interior featuring authentic fieldstone accents and wood furnishings.
Beautifully landscaped grounds featuring native trees and plants.

About Cabela's Incorporated
Cabela's Incorporated, headquartered in Sidney, Nebraska, is the world's largest direct marketer, and a leading specialty retailer, of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. Since the Company's founding in 1961, Cabela's® has grown to become one of the most well-known outdoor recreation brands in the world, and has long been recognized as the World's Foremost Outfitter®. Through Cabela's well-established direct business and its growing number of destination retail stores, it offers a wide and distinctive selection of high-quality outdoor products at competitive prices while providing superior customer service. Cabela's also issues the Cabela's Club® VISA credit card, which serves as its primary customer-loyalty rewards program.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historical or current fact are "forward-looking statements" that are based on the Company's beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future events, taking into account the information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's statements regarding the construction and anticipated opening date of a destination retail store in Lacey, Washington, and the construction of destination retail stores in other locations. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations of future results that the Company expresses or implies in any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the ability to negotiate favorable purchase, lease, and/or economic development arrangements for destination retail store locations; increasing competition in the outdoor segment of the sporting goods industry; supply and delivery shortages or interruptions; delays in traffic planning and/or road construction around new destination retail stores; the ability to secure required governmental permits and approvals, adverse weather conditions; adverse economic conditions causing a decline in discretionary consumer spending; labor shortages or increased labor costs; operational and regulatory challenges involved in opening and operating a destination retail store in Canada; the cost of fuel increasing; increased government regulation; other factors that the Company may not have currently identified or quantified; and other risks, relevant factors and uncertainties identified in the Company's filings with the SEC (including the information set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of t

[Marc Martyn]

For those of us over here on the prairie next to Idaho, Cabaela's is building a store in Post Falls also this summer. It will be located directly to the right as soon as you cross over the river into Idaho on I-90. I think that may be one of the reasons why White's closed out their fishing dept.

[Easy Limits]

Even though I live within walking distance of the Sportsman's in Lacey I still make a point of stopping by Sportco on my way home. Sportco usually has what I need and at better prices.

[wolverine]

I like sportsman's Whse. Yeah the prices aren't the best but they definately have a lot of selection. Definately not dedicated Puget Sound specialty stores like some smaller shops, but they do a decent job of covering the basics. Being that they are close to Sportco I definately comparison shop. I would assume that with Sportsmans in place and Cabelas coming soon hat the merger between Sportco and Outdoor Emporium was done to increase their leverage and buying power in order to compete with the 2 big box stores.

[danielt]

Just like other stores some things are more money and some things are less. I dont think sportsmans has "it all" by any means. They lack a lot of stuff I need. I often have to go to 3 or 4 different stores to find everything I'm looking for. Sportco is better but also has high prices on some things and the membership thing is also a down side.

For one stop shopping you cant beat basspro. With the shipping v.s. the local tax its about the same maybe even cheaper to buy from them.

[gpc]

Cabelas is WAY better than bass pro

[danielt]

Yes they are as far as customer service and hunting but not as far as prices and total fishing gear. As long as we dont have either of the two at this moment Ill stick with BPS till cabelas comes to town.

[tcb]

Just like other stores some things are more money and some things are less. I dont think sportsmans has "it all" by any means. They lack a lot of stuff I need. I often have to go to 3 or 4 different stores to find everything I'm looking for. Sportco is better but also has high prices on some things and the membership thing is also a down side.

For one stop shopping you cant beat basspro. With the shipping v.s. the local tax its about the same maybe even cheaper to buy from them.

I agree with the shipping vs. taxes thing. I work for an ecommerce company and let me tell you, the margin on shipping is better than the margin on the product.

The sales tax + shipping is the main reason i dont buy from Amazon unless it's a great deal.

A large purchase from BPS would certainly come in cheaper than local purchases.

[bustin]

Thanks for the info Marc. I know my family will be at the new store in Post Falls all the time. I have never been into a Cabella's store before, sounds great though.

[CK14]

while you guys are on the topic of online shopping, i thought i'd mention tacklewarehouse. they have pretty good prices and fast shipping! they even have videos of some of the gear they sell! it's a bass fishing gear only though....

[danielt]

tacklewarehouse is a whole nother world of fishing heaven!

[hewesfisher]

For those of us over here on the prairie next to Idaho, Cabaela's is building a store in Post Falls also this summer. It will be located directly to the right as soon as you cross over the river into Idaho on I-90. I think that may be one of the reasons why White's closed out their fishing dept.

Righto, Marc and I can't wait for it to open either!!!! As for one of the reasons for White's closing their fishing dept, I suspected the same, and had it confirmed yesterday. We spent Fri/Sat/Sun at Roosevelt and stayed in Lenny Mayo's cabin. He told me Cabelas is the reason White's is closing their fishing dept. Unfortunately, he is also no longer staff pro and that means the seminars he conducted have come to an end - bummer. I learned a lot from him and I'll really miss the seminars.

If White's is closing, makes me wonder how Sportsman's Warehouse and White Elephant will weather the mega- store impact, especially since Sportsman's is just across the border from Post Falls.

[glastron876]

I LOVE Sportsman's Warehouse - my wife calls it the Sportsman's Porn Shop - becuase of all the guys that go there and "drool" over all that glorious gear - can't help it myself, she just laughs at us... =)

I have never been to a Cabelas in person - just online - so am looking forward to actually stepping in one - hopefully the prices won't be as steep as Sportsman's are.

My routine, go to Sportsman's & drool - then after that - go to White Elephant and even some of the local Surplus Stores here in Spokane. There is one on Sprague - near Northwest Seed and Pet that has been selling it's fishing tackle at 50% off. Not a LARGE variety like White Elephant, but for the everyday stuff, hooks, sinkers, swivels, spinners, etc. it is a good deal.

I even check the Power Bait prices out at Walmart, always a bit less expensive @ $3 (and small change) for a jar - nowdays that .10-15 cents makes a difference due to gas prices..

[gpc]

I went to Sportsmans amd JOES today to blow some money. This was the first time Iv been shoping for gear since G.I. JOES turned to JOES. Usually G.I. JOES was cheaper but sportsmans had more fishing gear. Now since JOES changed their prices got steeper. JOES still has a larger powerbait section and a bit cheaper, but now sportsmans is cheaper. In fact I probally wont do my fishing shopping at JOES anymore. Last year there powerbait sale brought the price to $1.87 CANT BEAT THAT. Now the cheapest is $2.27, still not a bad deal at all but thats the change that Iv noticed since they changed the name. Also sportsmans has some colors that JOES dosnt. Sportsmans is a blast I can walk around that store all day

[bad esox]

If you guys have never been in a Cabela's store get ready to spend some time, and money. Make sure you set a budget before going in!!!! They are unbelievable. It will be great to finally have one out this way:) I'm already saving my allowance!!!