Cabela's Incorporated is one step closer to bringing a Cabela's retail store to Missouri. Cabela's expects to open the huge Hazelwood retail showroom as early as late fall of 2006. The Hazelwood retail store would be Cabela's first in Missouri.
The new retail store would be part of the St. Louis Mills, a 1.1 million square-foot retail and entertainment center located in Hazelwood. St. Louis Mills is situated at the northwest quadrant of State Highway 370 and Missouri Bottom Road, one mile west of Interstate 270, three miles west of Lambert International Airport, and just 16 miles from Downtown St. Louis. It is easily accessed via I-270, I-170 and Highway 370.
“I am excited to announce this new store location to the many thousands of loyal Cabela's catalog and online customers in Missouri,” said Cabela's CEO Dennis Highby. “Missouri has been a great market for Cabela's for many years, and the combination of our new Cabela's store with the surrounding dining, shopping and entertainment offerings at St. Louis Mills will create a premier shopping and tourist destination for our customers in St. Louis and the surrounding region.”
The Hazelwood Cabela's store would be built in Cabela's trademark style that evokes the feeling of the outdoors. Cabela's stores are known as top-notch educational and entertainment attractions, mixing a decor of museum-quality animal displays with colorful dioramas, huge aquariums stocked with native fish and a centerpiece indoor mountain displaying trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats.
“Cabela's will be a great addition to the St. Louis Mills and their decision to locate here is an indication of the vitality of Hazelwood as a tourist and shopping attraction,” said Hazelwood Mayor T.R. Carr.
To operate this new store, Cabela's expects to employ as many as 300 people from the surrounding area. They will join the Cabela's family of employees who are famous for delivering excellent customer service, living the outdoor lifestyle and possessing an intimate knowledge of outdoor gear. Product offerings would include hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating and wildlife watching gear, as well as outdoor clothing and outdoors-styled gifts and furnishings.
“St. Louis Mills is a tremendous draw for local shoppers and visitors from beyond the region,” said David Reed, general manager of St. Louis Mills. “The addition of Cabela's to our mix of retail, entertainment, dining and sports merchants will complement and enhance the consumer experience for the millions of shoppers who visit St. Louis Mills every year.”
Cabela's currently has 14 retail locations nationwide. The newest, a 185,000-square-foot store in Rogers, Minn., opened Oct. 14, 2005. Cabela's also has announced plans to open stores in La Vista, Neb., Gonzales, La., Glendale, Ariz., and Richfield, Wis., in 2006; and Reno, Nev., Wheat Ridge, Colo., East Rutherford, N.J., East Hartford, Conn., and Hoffman Estates, Ill., in 2007.
