Bass Pro coming to Edmonton 2016?

[trooper]

Originally Posted by ETOWNCANUCK

Can this city support two Wholsale sports...two Cabela's... and two Fishing Holes....as well as a Bass pro shop?

I suspect that wholesale will have used up its share of this small market and will have to close down one of it's stores.

[waterninja]

Originally Posted by ATF

Probably not but then Cabelas has never had 2 stores in one city before either.

denver has 2 cabellas in same city. even opened both stores on same day.

[bobalong]

Originally Posted by ETOWNCANUCK

Can this city support two Wholsale sports...two Cabela's... and two Fishing Holes....as well as a Bass pro shop?

I hope so, you can never have to many outdoor stores IMO. Alberta and Edmonton particularly, is the mecca of anything outdoors. Look how many boat dealers, RV dealers, quad/sled shops, we have as well.

You would think the market would be getting saturated, but I have not seen to many outdoor anything shops closing up. Lots of money in our province, and lots of money, means lots of toys.

[Knot Rite]

I was going through miracle mile in kallispel and saw cabelas along the stretch. It just opened up in february and I had to stop and I asked one of the sales associates if they were tring to get the jump on bass pro and he said bass pro would not come there because there wasn't enough population there to support it, ""He said because that's why they built a small cabelas. I said, "a small cabelas," and the store was the size of a football field. I easily walked out of there spending nearly $300.00. I was like a little kid in a candy store with a credit card. Scary.

Bobby

[CaberTosser]

Originally Posted by MacLeod

True ^, but the greater Fort Worth/Dallas metro area has ~6.5 million people living there. As a comparison, that's ~2.5 million more people than live in 'all' of Alberta.

We just don't have that kind of population base, or density ... Thank Gawd!

Mac

Wiki puts Albertas population @ 3.6 million Mac, and that's based on the 2011 census.

[regl]

Sep 26, 2013

globalnews.ca/news/865772/albertas-population-tops-four-million

[avb3]

Originally Posted by Knot Rite

I was going through miracle mile in kallispel and saw cabelas along the stretch. It just opened up in february and I had to stop and I asked one of the sales associates if they were tring to get the jump on bass pro and he said bass pro would not come there because there wasn't enough population there to support it, ""He said because that's why they built a small cabelas. I said, "a small cabelas," and the store was the size of a football field. I easily walked out of there spending nearly $300.00. I was like a little kid in a candy store with a credit card. Scary.

Bobby

Just went through Sidney, Nebraska where Cabelas headquarters are. I thought it might be the largest, and found out I missed the one in Kansas city, which IS the largest. Regardless, Sidney put Edmonton one to shame.

Very cool.

[Drumbones]

Originally Posted by regl

Sep 26, 2013

globalnews.ca/news/865772/albertas-population-tops-four-million

Wiki 2016 Q1 is at 4,231,959

[reddeerguy2015]

Random old thread brought back to life

[Camdelle]

Originally Posted by Mike_W

Do Cabelas and Basspro ever set up stores in the same city? I cannot think of a city Canadian or US that has a Bass Pro and Cabelas...not saying there isn't just cannot think of one.

Calgary / balzac has bass pro cabelas.

[calgarygringo]

When Bass Pro deal closes buying Cabelas you may see some changes in locations where they are close together. Supposed to be a done deal soon. People in small towns in the states where 2 are close are nervous.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/14/cabelas...ass-pro-shops/

Originally Posted by Camdelle

Calgary / balzac has bass pro cabelas.

[beaver hunter]

Anyone know when this is opening?