Bass Pro Shops opens a new store in Grand Prairie this week. The 100,000-square-foot outdoor gear store will be the 15th Texas location and fifth in the...
The 100,000-square-foot outdoor gear store will celebrate its opening with live country music and celebrity fishermen.
Shoppers pass in front of 'Sale' signs displayed at a Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC store on Black Friday in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018.opens a new store in Grand Prairie on Wednesday. The 100,000-square-foot store will be the 15th Texas location and fifth in the Dallas area. The company was founded in Missouri in 1972 and has nearly 200 retail stores in North America. Bass Pro Shops has operated in Texas since 1999 and sells outdoor gear and sporting goods. In 2017, they acquired Cabela’s, a Nebraska-based outdoor retailer. Bass Pro and Cabela’s have locations in Garland, Grapevine, Fort Worth and Allen.Bass Pro will add around 130 jobs to Grand Prairie, according to Kyle Eggleston, the new store’s general manager.
, constructing hotels, a convention center and restaurant space. The 172-acre park at George W. Bush Tollway and Arkansas Lane also has man-made lakes, a water park and a recreation center.“Bass Pro fits into what we’re trying to accomplish there … a regional draw and a place where families can come,” Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen said. “Bass Pro is a regional draw.”
The store’s grand opening, an “Evening for Conservation,” is Wednesday, June 26 and is open to the public. The store will open for business the next day., a sports and comedy group popular on YouTube, plans to be in attendance, according to a statement from the company. Professional fisher Larry Nixon and TV host Jimmy Houston are other guests.
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