cabelas closure

To no one's surprise following Cabelas buy out by Bass Pro, the Cabelas store in Bristol Va has closed. Given that there is a Bass Pro at a larger and more successful shopping center just 7 miles south in Bristol Tn, continued operation of both stores made no sense. What was a surprise is that Cabelas closed overnight with no public announcement, and I assume no advance notice to employees given that it had not leaked to the local press. This is just a warning of what to expect from Bass Pro to those working in other Cabelas stores likely to be closed.

There is an almost 5% difference in sales tax between Va and Tn making our local sporting goods stores in Va more competitive.

I hope they keep the cabelas here in Maine

We have a Cabelas and a BP just a few miles apart, the Cabelas is a ghost town compared to what it was before the sale. I'm sure BP would glad for the Cabelas to close up. Johnny Morris has plenty of money, he doesn't need any of mine.

BP is destroying Cabela's at a pretty good clip. I'm wearing Cabela's clothing I bought between ten and fifteen years ago and I wear the clothing more than a hundred days a year. It seems BP is discontinuing the Cabela's clothing line. BP doesn't have much I can't get somewhere else.

They re too high price for me, .I go to Scheels , it is the same amount of time for me to go as Cabelas

We don't have many other options other then Kittery Trading Post here in Maine.

I used to travel to One or two of them....like a day trip thing

Ive been ordering more online since they sold to BP

Overpriced and BP clothing is not near as good quality a Cabelas.

Cabela's screwed up when they went public back in 2004.

I can never find what I need at Cabela's anyway. I find Sportsman's Warehouse to be much more to my liking.

Most of these big box sporting store item came from out of the U.S. Remember is MOST not all.

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BP definitely ruined Cabelas. BP was always cheaper, but Cabelas always had better quality stuff.

they could both go belly up and i'd never know.

The last Bass Pro I was in was the flagship store in Springfield about 3 years ago. I told them the same thing I always told the folks at my local Bass Pro. And I quote..." It does not matter what I come here looking to buy, you never have it is stock."

Why go out of your way to shop somewhere that does not have what you want. When Cabelas finally opened a store about an hour from me, I had better luck finding stuff there but since Bass Pro took over, I quit going there also. I think I still have a couple of gift cards I need to use and I will be done with Bass Pro and Cabelas. I will find what I need locally or order it from someone else on line.

I mostly enjoy looking at the stuff and mounts at Cabelas then anything.Sure beats the Bangor mall

Cabela's opened their biggest retail store about an hour from me in Hamburg, Pa. back in 2003. It's 250,000 square feet and you could spend most of a day there just sight-seeing. There is a huge walk-thru aquarium stocked with some of the biggest native species I've ever seen, very interesting. There is a giant-sized indoor mountain with full-body mounts of most North-American species. A large trout pond stocked with all the native species of trout with a huge, full-body moose mount standing in it and a bridge going across it. The trophy room has dozens and dozens of head mounts of the biggest whitetail ever taken in North-America.

It's really something to see.

Exactly right

Hate seeing what has happened to Cabelas. They had much higher quality gear than Basspro. Have quite a bit of their clothing. I've been to the Cabelas in Hamburg PA. It was awesome. The trout stream and the mountain are what I remember most.

I have been to maybe 16 Cabela's stores all over the country. I love the clothes, a little pricey, but I have been wearing some of the hunting clothes for years. I never was a big fan of the Redhead line, I didn't think they were as good as Cabelas. The taxidermy alone is worth visiting the stores, Bass pro, not so much. I guess we'll see what the future brings. Online shopping has taken a toll of the stores.

We have one here in Billings, MT. I don't shop there because their prices are so high. I go to Scheels instead.

Been there numerous times. Awesome place.

Scheels rocks!

Hedge fund kills Cabela’s, decimates rural economy video explaining how Paul Singer killed Cabela’s and the impact it had.

It finally made bigger national news when Tucker Carlson featured it on his show. For those of you that didn’t know what all went on leading up to the Bass Pro buyout, it’s worth the watch. Was devastating for our friends in western Nebraska. Tucker does a great job.

I stopped buying from them years ago. They were to high priced for me.

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X3. Also been there several times since I once lived only one hour from it. . I thought all Cabela’s stores were like that one until I visited my second Cabela’s store here in Idaho Falls. I sure was disappointed.

I know a guy that knows J Morris. From what he told me all BP wanted was the credit card part of Cabelas and that there will never be another cabelas ever opening. Since the takeover I have not really bought anything. I always bought Cabela Flannel shirts on sale at end of season at great pricing and stored them until needed. BP Redhead flannels do not compare. They shrink more. I wear Large tall and the Cabela flannel fit well until the shirt was wore out. The BP large tall after a few washings does not fit plus all my redhead flannels the collar ends turn up. Redhead flannel------JUNK.

Watched it. Eye opening.

The Bass Pro version of that is in Springfield MO. Its pretty cool. They've added a petting zoo since I've been there last. We stay in Branson for a few days and do a Bass Pro day. Highly recomend it. One of the best fisheries / fishing places I know about.

watched it,very sad and thanks for the link.

This is what I meant when I said Cabela's screwed up when they went public in 2003. When you take your company public it can mean a huge injection of capital but it also makes it possible for vulture capitalists like Paul Singer to buy in and eventually takeover.

As far as I know, Bass Pro is still a private company?