Bass Pro Shops, recently voted the #1 outdoor retailer in America by Sporting Goods Business Magazine, will celebrate its 56th store’s Grand Opening Thursday, August 27th through Sunday, August 30th. The store will open at 8 AM Thursday and at 9 AM (normal opening hours) Friday and Saturday and 10 AM Sunday. The new Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World is located at the southeast corner of the I-80 and Highway 65 by-pass.
The Grand Opening celebration will be preceded by a special Evening for Conservation event Wednesday, August 26th that is free and open to the public.
Area conservation groups partnering with Bass Pro Shops will set up display booths to educate customers on their efforts and projects with a portion of the night’s sales benefiting the National Fish Initiative’s ?More Fish? campaign.
Grand Opening festivities include special exhibits, celebrity guests, store-wide savings and fantastic giveaways. You can visit with today’s experts on fishing, hunting, camping, boating and more. See huge product selections from the industry’s top manufacturers and talk with factory representatives to get the latest information on new products.
The first 200 customers Thursday, August 27th and Saturday, August 29th will receive a Bass Pro Shops gift card in a mini tackle box with purchase, while Friday, August 28th and Sunday, August 30th they will receive a limited edition Bass Pro Shops logo lure with purchase.
Visitors may also register to win a Bass Pro Shops #1 Race Car Go-Cart with a $1,500.00 value. (NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM PRIZE. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited. Sweepstakes begins 08/26/09 and ends 08/30/09.)
Thursday, August 27th you can learn how to have a more successful day in the field with RedHead Pro Hunting team member and “First Lady of Hunting” Brenda Valentine. Visit with World of Outlaws driver Terry McCarl Saturday, August 29th from 12Noon to 2pm and see the Big Game Treestands on display through Sunday, August 30th.
Visitors will have the opportunity
Thursday through Sunday, August 27th through 30th, from 10am to 4pm, to visit with award-winning wildlife artist Larry Zach. View this Iowa native’s beautiful works of art depicting wildlife and nature scenes.
Sunday, August 30th, from 1pm to 5pm, Nashville recording artist and 2-time Celebrity Bull Riding Champion Jason Brown will perform a free concert in the parking lot.
Special displays through Sunday, August 30th include the Bass Pro Shops #1 NASCAR car, the Bass Pro Shops #20 Sprint car and the awesome King of Bucks Trailer featuring 25 world record whitetail deer mounts.
The store offers 145,000 square feet of outdoor excitement including the area’s largest selection of quality gear for fishing, hunting, camping, boating and marine. Much more than a hunting and fishing store, however, Bass Pro Shops also offers equipment for hiking, backpacking, outdoor cooking and more.
Shoppers will find outdoor apparel for men, women and children, along with a fine selection of outdoor, casual and athletic footwear. A gift and nature center serves up a wide variety of outdoor-related items from lamps and dishes to bird feeders and furniture.
Known for bringing the outdoors indoors, a typical Bass Pro Shops retail store features over 3,500 area antiques and artifacts, up to 400 trophy fish and wildlife mounts and many grand murals depicting scenes reminiscent of the area making it a true destination experience.
Interested in learning a new outdoor skill or improving existing ones? Watch for the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Skills Workshops schedule. These are free classes that will be offered on a regular basis and will include topics like outdoor cooking, nature photography, fly fishing, camping, archery and more. Widely recognized for their efforts in conservation and outdoor education, Bass Pro Shops has received more conservation awards than any other outdoors retailer.
About Bass Pro Shops Group:
Bass Pro Shops -56 retail stores in 26 states and Canada visited by over 100 million people annually, international catalog and internet retailing, American Rod & Gun wholesale division selling to over 7,000 independently owned retail stores worldwide, Outdoor World Incentives also selling Bass Pro Shops gift cards through over 132,000 retail outlets across America and a restaurant division with 26 locations.
For more information regarding Bass Pro Shops store locations, products or special events, please visit the basspro website. To request a free catalog call 1-800-BASS PRO. Follow us on Twitter @ bass_pro_shops.By: Katie Mitchell / Bass Pro Shops
