Cabela in negotiation to open retail store in East Hartford

18 Aug '05

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To operate a new store of this size, Cabela's expects to employ as many as 450 people from East Hartford and the surrounding area, who would join the Cabela's family of employees famous for their excellent customer service, outdoor lifestyle and intimate knowledge of outdoor products. Product offerings would include hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating and wildlife watching gear, as well as outdoor clothing and outdoors-styled gifts and furnishings.

Cabela's currently has 12 retail locations. The newest, an 185,000-square-foot facility in Buda, Texas, opened in June of 2005. Cabela's has announced seven additional new stores in the past year. Currently under construction are a 150,000-square-foot store in Lehi, Utah, opening in August, 2005, and a 185,000-square-foot store in Rogers, Minn., expected to open in October, 2005. Cabela's also has announced plans to open stores in Gonzales, La., and Glendale, Ariz., in 2006; and Reno, Nev., Wheat Ridge, Colo., and East Rutherford, N.J., in 2007.

"With the amazing outdoor recreation and sporting opportunities in Connecticut and the northeastern United States, East Hartford would be an ideal location," said Highby. "The Cabela's retail experience would complement the many, varied outdoor adventures the region has to offer."

A Connecticut store would be built in Cabela's trademark style that evokes the feeling of the outdoors. Cabela's stores are known as top-notch educational and entertainment attractions, mixing a decor of museum-quality animal displays with colorful dioramas, huge aquariums stocked with native fish and a centerpiece indoor mountain displaying trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.

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