muggs Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 My Dad lives in a town called Brunswick, Ohio. The city has been fighting to get a Cabelas store built there for a few years now, and last I heard, Brunswick was one of the two remaining cities Cabelas was deciding on. My Dad just emailed me, saying that he heard a brief blip on the news that Brunswick had been selected as the site. Needless to say, this would be sweet. It would be about a 40 minute drive from my house, about 5 minutes from my Dad's and I can only imagine how many times I'll have to stop in after visiting my Dad. Not to mention, this is going to really bring in a lot of restaurants, hotels, and other larger retailers...I can here my Dad's property value increasing as I type this. btw- Brunswick is about 30 minutes south of Cleveland, and about an hour and a half north of Columbus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 We've been hearing that one is going in near Mansfield and our own Sunbury. Did you see that brand new mega driveway right as you exit I-71 on 36/37? Nobody I've talked to is exactly sure what's going in over there, but something big must be. It's a mile long, 4 lane driveway going to nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 All I know for sure is that Brunswick was still in the mix after Cabelas narrowed the site down to five cities, and it was still in the hunt after they were down to only two areas. Nothing is confirmed yet, so there's a chance Brunswick won't get it...but the rumor is it's a done deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Be Careful If one goes in, be on alert! Those stores are addictive! LOL!!:D Can't go in and get out of there for less than $200.00! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 If one goes in, be on alert! Those stores are addictive! LOL!!:D Can't go in and get out of there for less than $200.00! No kidding :D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 We've been hearing that one is going in near Mansfield and our own Sunbury. Did you see that brand new mega driveway right as you exit I-71 on 36/37? Nobody I've talked to is exactly sure what's going in over there, but something big must be. It's a mile long, 4 lane driveway going to nowhere. There has been talk about the Amphitheatre moving north as well. Maybe the 4 lane path to nowhere is part of that? I do know that that road does connect into North Galena Road and Wilson Road - PGA golfer John Cook just opened North Star Golf Resort up there. A course like that with a name attached to it like that will mean huge residential houses going in soon. I like to look at the Cabelas / Bass Pro catalogs, but I'd rather buy locally in a smaller, more personal store. JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 btw- Brunswick is about 30 minutes south of Cleveland, and about an hour and a half north of Columbus. Seems that would be not all that far from the Wheeling location, best I can remember driving through a few years ago Wheeling WV was only a couple hours from Columbus. Surprising that they would put a store that close to an existing store when there are other areas where they have no stores where there is a good market for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Seems that would be not all that far from the Wheeling location, best I can remember driving through a few years ago Wheeling WV was only a couple hours from Columbus. Surprising that they would put a store that close to an existing store when there are other areas where they have no stores where there is a good market for them. I had the same thought. There's also one in Dundee, Michigan which will be even closer, probably only 2 hours. I'd guess Brunswick is about 4 hours from Wheeling, maybe 3.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I've heard the rumor and today it was in the paper. Nothing is for sure yet it said. I think it said it would be a smaller store, 125,000 - 150,000 Sqaure feet, if that's what you call small. I can't believe they would put one there though like already said, right in between MI and WV. I also heard rumor BassPro was thinking about a store there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 There has been talk about the Amphitheatre moving north as well. Maybe the 4 lane path to nowhere is part of that? I do know that that road does connect into North Galena Road and Wilson Road - PGA golfer John Cook just opened North Star Golf Resort up there. A course like that with a name attached to it like that will mean huge residential houses going in soon. I like to look at the Cabelas / Bass Pro catalogs, but I'd rather buy locally in a smaller, more personal store. JMO. I heard that rumor too Tom. The guy who teaches next to me (Ben's old coach) told me that. His wife used to be on the chamber of commerce in Delaware. BTW--Have you been out on 36/37 near that Kroger distribution center lately? Wow, you wouldn't believe the earth moving they're doing there. Heard a Meijer and Target are going in over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Seems that would be not all that far from the Wheeling location, best I can remember driving through a few years ago Wheeling WV was only a couple hours from Columbus. Surprising that they would put a store that close to an existing store when there are other areas where they have no stores where there is a good market for them. I can get to Wheeling in about 2.5 hours, and Dundee about the same, so quick math tells me Columbus is pert near in the middle of those two. I like the bigger stores for the prices, but like Tom said, the small shops are much more personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Really too bad that cabelas does not bring a store to this area. Closest one to us is the store up near St Louis, which is about a 4 or so hour drive from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Here is a question. Are they spreading there stores out in so many directions its and close together it will hurt them? I mean it has happened to other stores. I understand the whole making money thing and having stores everywhere but where your talking as said its close to Wheeling. If you ask me one or the other would be losing on that deal. Why wouldn't they go more towards the Midwest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Great! That would be nice! I know there's one going up in Montreal, Quebec and are opening in Fall 2008. Only 2 hours or so from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adrenaline_junky Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 That would be awesome it's only about 45 minutes away from me here in PA. Boy guess that means I'll be broke all the time instead of just most of the time. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 man, wish we could have one of those here in BS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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