Sports Authority closing

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This is slightly off topic here, but I just got news that The Sports Authority is going to close all their stores meaning that they are going out of business. I heard that all stores would be closed by August 2016.

I sort-of saw it coming because I shop at that large Sports Authority store at Northern Boulevard Queens New York and more often than not, I just walked in , and there were so few if any other people shopping. I noticed this for a long time.
However, I have observed the same of most of Modell's stores, but Modell's has even opened some new stores in New York City in recent months.

Sports Authority had so much more variety of sporting items than Modell's.
Sports Authority had bikes, tents and sleeping mats for camping,fishing poles and better kinds of athletic and hiking clothes.
Modell's seems to have mostly clothing and equipment for Basketball, Baseball, and Football. They have a bit of merchandise for tennis, hockey and a few other sports . They mostly seem to display very "Urban " and "Street smart" and ghettoized styles of T-shirts and shorts and especially basketball sneakers which I guess is mostly because that is the way the manufacturers make them.
Of course no matter what store I shopped at, it was often hard for me to find the athletic clothing I needed since most styles have tacky colors. Manufacturers just don't much consider older people who want to play sports or be athletic, or people who just don't care for the horrifically flamboyant styles that exist in clothes for jogging, running, yoga etc. However that is a different topic regarding clothing companies.

Sports Authority sold clothing from more obscure or less advertised companies such as Alpine Design and Columbia.

Modell"s has mainly only Nike, Under Armour, Addidas, and Asics. All of which mostly have slightly different versions of the same styles.
Without a greater variety of brands, it is harder to find what you may need and like.
The closing of Sports Authority is especially sad since it follows on the heels of the closing of the only two Eastern Mountain Sports Stores in New York City, and I guess the rest of the country.
You can only shop Eastern Mountain Sports online now.
I am not too sure what is going on. Are fewer people engaging in athletic activity or sports?
Heck, no one need to be aiming to become a top marathon runner, or climb Mount Everest , or play in the major leagues to buy athletic clothing and gear.
Anyone have other words about this?

[Hawkee]

My father liked to go to Sports Authority because he liked to buy all sorts of neat stuff and my mother and I would go there to buy our workout clothes and Sports Authority has neat stuff so why on earth are they closing their stores? I think it's a surprise that with Sports Authority going out of business the only surviving places to buy sporting goods are Sports Chalet and many other sporting goods stores that many people can buy sporting goods that are awesome
Bestie

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Originally Posted by LaBestia

My father liked to go to Sports Authority because he liked to buy all sorts of neat stuff and my mother and I would go there to buy our workout clothes and Sports Authority has neat stuff so why on earth are they closing their stores? I think it's a surprise that with Sports Authority going out of business the only surviving places to buy sporting goods are Sports Chalet and many other sporting goods stores that many people can buy sporting goods that are awesome
Bestie

I heard that they were not making enough business. That is generally the explanation for any store closing.

[mets82]

Plus, the few times I was in there, I thought they were way expensive.