DICK’S Sporting Goods, the largest U.S.-based, full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer, will be opening five new stores during the second week in March, totaling approximately 180,000 square feet of retail. Grand Opening celebrations for new stores in Davenport, IA, Queens, NY and Hinesville, GA will occur March 10 through March 12.

“We look forward to celebrating the grand opening of five new stores in three different states,” said Lauren Hobart, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, DICK’S Sporting Goods. “Having a presence in these cities will allow us to better-serve the athletes and outdoor enthusiasts who live there. These will be our first stores in Davenport and Queens, so we hope the community joins us for the celebrations that we have planned.”
 
In the Glendale area of Queens, DICK’S will celebrate the grand opening of one of the former Sports Authority locations that the Company took over late last year. This will be the 678th DICK’S in the country and 41st in the state of New York. It will also be the retailer’s second location in Manhattan, the first of which opened on Staten Island in 2011.

A new DICK’S Sporting Goods will also open in Hinesville, GA which will be the 679th DICK’S store in the country and 20th in Georgia.

The Company will open a DICK’S Sporting Goods, Field & Stream and Golf Galaxy all under one roof in Davenport – the third store of its kind in the country. This will be the 680th DICK’S store in the country and eighth in Iowa, 29th Field & Stream in the country and first in Iowa and the 92nd store in the country that Golf Galaxy is operating and second in Iowa.

DICK’S has brought more than 370 total jobs to these three communities through the hiring of full-time, part-time and temporary associates for these five stores.

The stores will host their grand opening celebrations from Friday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12. Throughout the weekend, customers will receive the chance to win great prizes and meet several special guests such as Blair Wiggins* in Hinesville, Darryl Strawberry in Queens and Zach Miller, Bobby Labonte and Jeremy Roenick in Davenport.