Dick’s House of Sport larger-format store headed to Holyoke Mall
HOLYOKE — Dick's — fresh off its acquisition of Foot Locker — will build one of its newer large-format House of Sport stores in the former Sears at the Holyoke Mall .
Mall spokeswoman Kristen Hinckley confirmed the plans Friday. The new store had been in the works for more than a year.
She had no estimated opening date.
Dick's officials in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have not responded to repeated emails and calls asking for details, or what this new store means for existing Dick's locations in Hadley, West Springfield and Enfield, Connecticut.
In a message to investors earlier this month, Dick's said it opened 13 new House of Sport locations and six new Dick's Field House locations during the third quarter.
Dick's House of Sport in Tampa, Florida. (Jack Parker photo)SK
The company plans to have as many as 75 to 100 House of Sport locations by the end of fiscal 2027.
Dick's also told investors it plans to close underperforming Foot Lockers.
The House of Sport locations tout services such as regripping golf clubs, replacing laces on baseball and softball gloves, and bicycle repair, which might not be offered at other locations.
The Sears store at the Holyoke shortly before its closing in 2018. (Jim Kinney / The Republican) Jim Kinney/ The Republican
The House of Sport locations also offer experiences like batting cages, golf simulators and climbing walls. The only other Massachusetts location is in Boston in the Prudential Center.
Offering experiences, versus a focus on retail sales, is a trend at malls, including Holyoke Mall. The mall has added Round 1Bowling and Amusement and, more recently, a pair of food shops, as well as a reformatted Toys R Us pop-up.
Sears, seen at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside in 1988, closed in 2018. (Don Fontaine / The Republican, File)The Republican
Holyoke Mall offered a pop-up Dick's Warehouse in 2022.
The Sears closed at the Holyoke Mall in 2018, and the space has been vacant ever since.
Sears was one of the Holyoke Mall's original anchor stores, opening with the rest of the mall in 1979.
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