CABELA'S
Customers visit the Cabela's store in Wheeling, West Virginia, in this Associated Press file photo. Cabela's is opening its first Northeast Ohio store -- and its fourth in Ohio -- in Avon next fall.
(Dale Sparks, Associated Press file)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Outdoor retailer Cabela's Inc. has announced plans to open its first Northeast Ohio store in Avon in the fall of 2016 -- and to hire 225 people to work there.
Cabela's manager Mike Boldrick shows off a deer target designed for hunters at the Cabela's store in Connecticut in this AP file photo. Cabela's is opening a store in Avon next fall.
The Avon store, like its Columbus location, will offer customers thousands of products for hunters, anglers, campers, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts, as well as what Cabela's calls "an immersive outdoor experience with log construction, stonework, a mountain replica, aquarium, dozens of wildlife displays and taxidermy mounts, hand-painted murals, vintage outdoor photos and an indoor archery range."
It will also include a cafe, fudge shop, boat shop, Gun Library, Bargain Cave, and Cabela's Wildlife and Land Management products.
Cabela's said it expects to bring 225 full-time, part-time and seasonal jobs to the area, most of which would be filled by local residents.
"Cabela's has been interested in northern Ohio and the greater Cleveland area for some time now, and we're absolutely thrilled to announce this location in Avon." said Cabela's Chief Executive Tommy Millner, in a written announcement. "Ohio has proven to be a state full of outdoor enthusiasts, and full of loyal Cabela's customers. Now Cabela's will have a fourth conveniently located store to serve Ohioans and help them enjoy their time outdoors."
Recreational boats parked on the floor of the Cabela's store in East Hartford, Connecticut. Cabelas is opening its first Northeast Ohio store in Avon next fall.
The news follows L.L. Bean's announcement that it will open its first Ohio store in Legacy Village this November, and REI is considering a store in Orange.
Cabela's opened its first Ohio store in Columbus, at 1650 Gemini Place, in 2013, and is planning two more in West Chester (opening fall 2015) and Centerville (opening spring 2016).
Construction of its 81,000-square-foot Avon store, located off of Exit 153 of Interstate 90 near Chester Road, and developed by Jacobs Real Estate Services LLC in Westlake, is expected to begin later this year.
Cabela's, founded in 1961 and based in Sidney, Nebraska, has 67 stores in the United States and Canada and plans to expand by another 19.