Major sports, outdoors retailer taking over former space of Kansas City big-box store
Academy Sports + Outdoors will open its fifth Kansas City area store, this one in a former Best Buy.
The Texas-based retailer is moving into the space at 9130 NW Skyview Ave., according to a press release from the company. The new 46,000-square foot location is slated to open in March.
It will sell apparel and sports equipment from Nike, Adidas, Carhartt, Titleist, Stanley, Yeti and more.
Last year, Best Buy shuttered at the Northland spot after 16 years. The company told The Star the decision to close was made after a “regular and ongoing review process of stores as spaces come up for renewal.”
Academy — which offers everything from fishing rods to soccer balls — first started as a tire shop in San Antonio in 1938. Its offerings evolved and expanded into what they are today. The company boasts roughly 300 stores in 19 states.
Its locations in the area include 9781 Quivira Road in Overland Park and 269 S. Stewart Road in Liberty.