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Cabela's heading west
Well, I hardly got the words out of my keyboard last week about Cabela's doing the Horace Greeley thing and sure enough, here they come!!
This mornings Arizona Republic announced that Cabela's will build a 40 million buck store on the West side of the Valley of the Sun. Wow!
So let's see, Greater Phoenix (The Valley of the Sun in other words) will have:
3 Sportsman's Warehouses
1 Bass Pro Shop
1 Cabela's
3 or 4 "regular" Fly Shops (depending on how you look at Orvis)
Umteen Wally Worlds (that sell Orvis rods)
Gee, I wonder how many buckets of corporate blood are going to be shed?
BTW, the population totals is somewhere between 2.5 & 3.5 million I think.
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Snow on the roof but with fire still in the hearth
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Interesting!! The one they build in Michigan is by the small town of Dundee!! About 25 miles North of Toledo, Ohio. Sort of out in the boonies. But, it's the biggest tourist attraction in Michigan.
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Cactus
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WOW!
Cabelas on the west side, Bass Pro Shops on the east side, and Sportmans Warehouse to boot. My pocket book is in deep deep trouble!
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Bill
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I smiled when my wife told me that htis evening. she said, "I knew you'ld get a hard-on when you heard that."
*is it permissable to say such things here? if not I can edit it out or the monitors can?*
I look forward to wandering the aisles, but wonder if the market's not being over-saturated. over the past few years, my two favored fly shops have gone under. I suspect orvis and rohmer's shops are in it for the long haul. it sure is a boon to the arizona/valley outdoorsman, I suspect that this glut of outdoor megamarkets may be overkill. it's a dicey situation, but I'm pleased with the product options it opens up.
mgj
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Looks like Cabelas, as well as opening in Arizona, is following Bass Pro's lead in Nevada. Bass Pro opened their 150,000 sq. ft. store adjacent to Silverton Casino in Las Vegas last year.
I wonder if either of these giants will try to move into California. It would cost them a lot more to open and maintain a store like that in California.
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Joe
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Flyfisherjoe, I asked the same question a few years ago and just that same week an article in the Wall Street Journal was printed. The mail order business is actually stronger than in-person sales on an annual perspective. These stores draw in customers and create large tourist attractions for the local economy, which will just support the operating costs. The goal of most of thse stores, according to the article was just to break even. Catalog and internet sales are supposedly the bresd and butter. I may be an example of this myself. Here in Kansas City, we had a new store open up about 3 years ago and I visit it about 10 times a year, but I myself spend 3 times the money That i spend in the store on internet purchases instead.
Sory I forgot some info. The WSJ article was about Cabelas and BPS, and the store here in KC is a Cabelas. We have a BPS that is currently under construction on the east side of the metro area. I can't wait.
[This message has been edited by Soup (edited 04 June 2005).]
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Soup, I agree, the Bass Pro Shop in Las Vegas is a big draw for the casino. There is one checkout area that empties right into the casino. I'm sure the Cabelas in Reno will be similar.
I also agree with the importance of Internet sales in the bottom line, I set up e-commerce for businesses, but the high cost of doing business in California is something that I don't think they are ready for. However, setting up locations in popular nearby Nevada locations may be a good alternative.
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Joe
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No Cabelas here in Arkansas, but one of the old abandoned Wally World's is being made into a Gander Mountain. There are a few shops in the area, one or two of them Orvis endorsed. It seems like we're starting to get a few new shops moving into the area, too. Lots of shops/stores for a small area. I hope the smaller independent places can survive. They're my favorite kind of stores to shop at.
Mike
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Patrick McManus
[This message has been edited by maddog48 (edited 05 June 2005).]
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I'm not sure about the specifics of the law, but I believe in California, if you have 'brick and mortar' store, you have to collect state sales tax on mail and online purchases by state residents, like Orvis does. Opening a single store in California may potentially cost sales. But a store in Reno is close enough to the Lake Tahoe area to draw a lot of Californians throughout the year.
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Oh man, "they" are doing their best to drive me into the poorhouse. Now you tell me that Cabela's is going to build next to BoomTown in Reno....that's west of Reno actually just off of I-80. I only pass that spot about 10 times per year when we're up at Squaw Valley and The Lady of the House needs to stock up on things from Costco in Reno. (Well m'dear, ah'll surely drive you on into Reno iffen ya don' mind iffen ah stop off for a spell in a lil' ol' fishen store ah heered of.)
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Poor but happy Silvertop