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''''''Brandon Joy is the best soccer playa ever'''!)'''His friend Kyle is pretty good to.('''Outdoor World is a privately held [[sporting goods|sports equipment]] and [[outdoor recreation]] goods store headquartered in [[Springfield, Missouri]]. The original Outdoor World store, referred to as the "Grand Daddy" is located at the corner of Sunshine and Campbell in Springfield. Bass Pro Shops rings up an estimated $1.9 billion in sales in about fifty large retail stores in the [[United States]] and one in [[Vaughan, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It also owns and operates subsidiaries such as [[Tracker Boats]], [[Big Cedar Lodge]], [[RedHead]], [[XPS]], [[American Rod and Gun]], [[White River Fly Shop]] and restaurants [[Bass Pro Shops#Islamorada Fish Company Restaurant|Islamorada Fish Company]], [[Hemingway's Blue Water Cafe]] and [[Riverside Inn]]. Bass Pro Shops is known for a large selection of hunting, fishing, and other outdoor gear. Its major competitors in the U.S. include many other [[:Category:Sporting goods retailers of the United States|sporting goods retailers]] such as Dicks Sporting Goods and Academy Sports. While Bass Pro operates some stores with "Sportsman's Warehouse" as part of the name, it should be noted that the company is not affiliated with the retailer simply known as Sportsman's Warehouse. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 16:00, 8 December 2008
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Sporting goods |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Springfield, Missouri |
Key people | John L. Morris, founder and CEO |
| Products | Sporting goods, hunting |
| Revenue |  $1.9 billion USD |
| Website | www.basspro.com |
'Brandon Joy is the best soccer playa ever!)His friend Kyle is pretty good to.(Outdoor World is a privately held sports equipment and outdoor recreation goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The original Outdoor World store, referred to as the "Grand Daddy" is located at the corner of Sunshine and Campbell in Springfield. Bass Pro Shops rings up an estimated $1.9 billion in sales in about fifty large retail stores in the United States and one in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It also owns and operates subsidiaries such as Tracker Boats, Big Cedar Lodge, RedHead, XPS, American Rod and Gun, White River Fly Shop and restaurants Islamorada Fish Company, Hemingway's Blue Water Cafe and Riverside Inn. Bass Pro Shops is known for a large selection of hunting, fishing, and other outdoor gear. Its major competitors in the U.S. include many other sporting goods retailers such as Dicks Sporting Goods and Academy Sports. While Bass Pro operates some stores with "Sportsman's Warehouse" as part of the name, it should be noted that the company is not affiliated with the retailer simply known as Sportsman's Warehouse.
History
The owner, John L. Morris, began his career in sporting goods with a fishing section in the back of a Brown Derby liquor store owned by his dad, located in Springfield on the road to Table Rock Lake and Branson, Missouri. That small fishing department sold homemade bait and worms, proving popular enough that Bass Pro Shops incorporated in 1972. These homemade baits were so popular that many people wanted the opportunity to buy these when they had returned home. Thus began the Bass Pro Shops catalog first mailed in 1974. Soon, it became the world's largest mail order sporting goods store. In 1975, to meet the burgeoning demand for Bass Pro Shops exclusive products, American Rod and Gun [1] was established. Acting as a separate wholesaling entity ARG serves more than 7000 independently owned retail stores world wide. In 1977, Bass Pro Shops introduced the first fish-ready complete boat motor and trailer package with the Bass Tracker. In 1984, construction began on the Outdoor World Catalog Showroom in Springfield, Missouri. Big Cedar Lodge opened in 1988 on Table Rock Lake. In 1995 Bass Pro Shops Sportsman's Warehouse opened in Atlanta, GA, this is the first store outside the state of Missouri. In November 2001, the State of Missouri made use of Outdoor World's popularity as a tourist destination, and opened the Wonders of Wildlife museum next door to the store in Springfield.
The Stores
A Bass Pro Shops store ranges from 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) all the way down to 42,000 square feet (3,900 m2), many of them have two levels and are around 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2). Around the stores, you will see taxidermy mounts native to the area. All of the stores have an indoor water feature that showcase fish species that are indigenous to the area with the larger stores having more than one water feature. In some of these aquariums professional anglers and store pro-staff hold demonstrations showing the use of an artificial bait. Bass Pro Shops is also known for its Outdoor Skills Workshops. These classes are free and open to the public on a first come first served basis. They teach skills as varied as fly-casting, Dutch oven cooking, archery hunting, and GPS navigation. Bass Pro has published one-page ads in outdoor magazines that their stores are “so damn big, you have to hire a guide." What makes the stores really unique is the detail taken when designing the interior and exterior of the store. Bass Pro has a fabrication shop in Nixa, Missouri, that builds the pine and cedar log structures, as well as 55 artisans that are coppersmiths, blacksmiths, carvers, painters and fabricators. They hand make the chandeliers, lights, lanterns, wood carvings and iron work that is displayed throughout the store. They also have artists that paint huge murals on the walls and ceilings that incorporate mounted animals for a 3-D effect. Disney is the only other retailer with a comparable fabrication facility. Bass Pro's fab shop also designs and creates all the shooting arcades in the store.
Tracker Marine Group
In 1978 Bass Pro Shops introduced the first "fish ready" professionally rigged boat packages, changing the way the marine industry sold boats. The Bass Tracker came complete with motor, trailer and optional customized marine gear. The Tracker Marine Group produces the most recreational boats of any company. Its brands include Tracker Boats, Nitro, Sun Tracker, Tahoe, Fisher, ProCraft, Kenner, Mako, Myacht and SeaCraft. It sells these boats in showrooms attached to every Bass Pro Shops store, in stand alone Tracker dealerships, and to independent marine dealers throughout the United States.
Locations
- Alabama
- Decatur (planned)
- Leeds (recently opened)
- Spanish Fort
- Prattville
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Arizona
- Mesa
- California
- Bakersfield
- Manteca (recently opened)
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Colorado
- Denver
- Florida
- Destin
- Dania Beach
- Fort Myers
- Islamorada
- Miami
- Orlando
- Tampa (planned)
- Georgia
- Augusta (Planned)
- Atlanta
- Macon
- Savannah
- Illinois
- Gurnee
- Bolingbrook
- Indiana
- Clarksville
- Portage
- Iowa
- Council Bluffs
- Altoona (planned)
- Louisiana
- Bossier City
- Denham Springs
- Kansas
- Olathe
- Maryland
- Hanover
- Massachusetts
- Foxborough
- Michigan
- Auburn Hills
- Mississippi
- Pearl
- Missouri
- Branson
- Columbia
- Independence
- St. Charles, Missouri
- Springfield (headquarters)
- North Carolina
- Concord
- Nevada
- Las Vegas
- New York
- Auburn
- Buffalo (planned)
- Ohio
- Cincinnati
- Rossford
- Oklahoma
- Broken Arrow
- Oklahoma City
- Ontario
- Vaughan
- Pennsylvania
- Harrisburg
- South Carolina
- Myrtle Beach
- Tennessee
- Memphis
- Nashville
- Sevierville
- Texas
- Garland
- Grapevine
- Katy
- Pearland
- San Antonio
- Virginia
- Hampton
- Richmond (recently opened)
Islamorada Fish Company Restaurant
Many locations include an Islamorada Fish Company, a chain of restaurants owned by Bass Pro Shops.
Affiliation with NASCAR
Bass Pro Shops and its owner John L. Morris have had a longtime interest in NASCAR racing. Bass Pro Shops has sponsored such racers as Dale Earnhardt, Kerry Earnhardt, and Martin Truex Jr. Truex Jr won the 2004 and 2005 Busch Series championships in the #8 Bass Pro Shops Chevy, and currently drives the #1 Chevy for Dale Earnhardt Incorporated in the Sprint Cup series. He finished 11 in the Chase for The Nextel Cup in 2007. Truex Jr renewed with Bass Pro Shops as his main sponsor for three years in 2007.