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Academy Sports + Outdoors Continues Growth with New Store in Houston, Texas
The new Meyerland store marks Academy's 33rd location in the Greater Houston area KATY, Texas, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports + Outdoors
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[{"type":"text","content":"The new Meyerland store marks Academy's 33rd location in the Greater Houston area\nKATY, Texas, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports + Outdoors (\"Academy\") (Nasdaq: ASO), a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer, is excited to announce the opening of its Meyerland store in Houston, Texas. Located at 8715 W Loop South, the 50,000 square-foot store brings a great assortment of sports and outdoors merchandise to the Meyerland community. Academy will host grand opening festivities from Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 6. Throughout the weekend, customers can look forward to exclusive deals, giveaways, an appearance by softball legend Jennie Finch, activations by brands sold at Academy, and more.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe new Meyerland location is the seventh of nine new stores Academy will open throughout its footprint in 2022.Academy's new store joins the unique, historic Meyerland community as its 33rd store in the Greater Houston area, and its 107th store in Texas. It is the seventh of nine new stores Academy will open throughout its footprint in 2022. Academy looks forward to continuing its expansion efforts beyond 2022, with the goal of opening 80 to 100 new stores over the next five years.\n\"Academy Sports + Outdoors is excited to offer our hometown a new and convenient location for our loyal customers with an updated store layout and shopping experience that features the best brands at a great price point,\" said Sam Johnson, Academy Sports + Outdoors' Executive Vice President of Retail Operations. \"Whether gearing up for an Astros or Texans game, or heading to Hermann Park, our new store has the right assortment to help Houston families have fun out there.\"\nCustomers can expect to find the best assortment of athletic and casual shoes, sports and outdoors equipment and clothing from top, national brands such as Nike, YETI, adidas, The North Face, Under Armour, Columbia, and more. Academy also offers tremendous everyday value and quality through its exclusive, private label brands such as Magellan Outdoors, Freely, R.O.W., BCG, H2O Xpress, Mosaic and O'Rageous which cover outdoor apparel and equipment, women's and men's apparel, workout attire, fishing equipment, outdoor furniture and water gear, respectively.\nThe new location offers families a convenient destination to gear up fo...