A new Dick’s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy combination store will take the place of Academy Sports at the Village at Lee Branch shopping center, which will soon close.
It will be the first and only store of it’s kind in the state of Alabama, with separate entrances for each store. As far as splitting the space, the Dick’s Sporting goods side will take up roughly 47,000 square feet and the Golf Galaxy side occupying the remaining 24,000 square feet. Construction on the combination store is slated to begin this summer and a grand opening is being targeted for the first quarter of 2020.
Village at Lee Branch, at the corner of U.S. 280 and Doug Baker Boulevard, ranks among the largest shopping centers in the Birmingham area with more than 190,000 square feet of retail space.
Dick’s Sporting Goods
DICK’S Sporting Goods was founded in 1948 when an 18 year-old Dick Stack was working at an Army surplus store in Binghamton, New York. An avid fisherman, Dick was approached by the store owner to come up with a list of products needed to get into the fishing tackle business. After Dick presented his suggestions, the owner told him he was a dumb kid and had no idea what he was doing. Dick was upset and promptly quit. He went to his grandmother’s house where he spent a lot of time as a kid and told her what had happened.
Dick’s grandmother asked how much it would cost to build the store himself. Dick said it would cost $300. His grandmother then went to the cookie jar where she kept her life savings and gave him $300 and told him “do it yourself.” Dick used that money and his relentless work-ethic to open a bait-and-tackle shop in Binghamton. By the late 1970’s, he expanded his product line to include much of what you’ll find at DICK’S Sporting Goods today.
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Today, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. is a leading omni-channel sporting goods retailer offering an extensive assortment of authentic, high-quality sports equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories. As of August 4, 2018 the Company operated 729 DICK’S Sporting Goods locations across the United States, serving and inspiring athletes and outdoor enthusiasts to achieve their personal best through a blend of dedicated associates, in-store services and unique specialty shop-in-shops dedicated to Team Sports, Athletic Apparel, Golf, Lodge/Outdoor, Fitness and Footwear.
Golf Galaxy
Golf Galaxy, LLC is a specialty golf retailer offering a broad assortment of golf equipment, apparel and footwear from leading brands like Callaway, Taylormade, Titleist, Ping, Nike, Under Armour and more, and a complete range of golf services from PGA and LPGA professionals, certified fitting experts and club technicians. As of October 28, 2017, Golf Galaxy operated more than 95 stores. For more information, visit GolfGalaxy.com.
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