Good news about Cabelas

[Raoul]

Well it seems that Bristol will be home to both a Bass Pro and a Cabelas. Contracts have been signed and construction for Bass Pro has begun.

Both should be open by 2014.

[Oh Shoot]

Well it seems that Bristol will be home to both a Bass Pro and a Cabelas. Contracts have been signed and construction for Bass Pro has begun.

Both should be open by 2014.

 

Why they gonna stick it up there in middle of nowhere? ;)

[Chief07]

Why they gonna stick it up there in middle of nowhere? ;)

Hey! East Tennessee needs them too!

The run to Knoxville is an hour.

Give a guy a break. :pleased:

[Oh Shoot]

Hey! East Tennessee needs them too!

The run to Knoxville is an hour.

Give a guy a break. :pleased:

 

Maybe they'll just be open on race days or something. ;)

[Raoul]

I'm just looking forward to the competitive sales.

[Sam1]

Bass Pro is not competitive, you could go to school, import the most expensive materials in the world, assemble them and still beat their prices by 25% lol

[runco]

This will be good regarding Cabelas.  I had never been to a Cabelas before until last year.  I was on a business trip to Michigan, and had an extra few hours of the evening, and I drove down to the Dundee store.  I was expecting another Bass Pro, and boy was I fooled.  You could fit about 3-4 of the Seveirville Bass Pros into that one location.  They had one of the largest gun displays I had ever seen by a retailer, then the gun room was even more impressive with the fine shotguns and hunting rifles they had on display.  The scenery of the taxidermy items were beyond anything that I have seen, and they had built a mountain inside the store, and still yet the store was like I said 3-4 times the size of Bass Pro.   Regarding pricing, I did not notice anything out of the ordinary, and seemed to be in line with Bass Pro, Gander and etc.

 

Regarding Bristol, I believe I read awhile back there was a specific reason and footprint they wanted, and Bristol fit.  I recall it is going to be built on the VA side of Bristol (I am not 100% sure about that).  I will try to find the article that I recall reading.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Runco

[Raoul]

Yes on the VA side. We have 4 Interstate highways within about an hours drive. 4 TVA lakes and a couple of national forests.

Also for Cabelas it pretty close to their Wheeling WV store so the logistics are good.

Also it was just announced that they are gonna add a powersports department. Gonna be a big ole store.