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Local fans of outdoor gear and goods rejoice! Cabela’s has announced plans to open a retail outlet in Avon, OH.

Construction on the new 81,000-square-foot digs, which will be located off exit 153 of I- 90 near Chester Road, will commence later this year and may be completed as early as fall of 2016.

“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,”  Tommy Millner, Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer, said in a press release.

“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,” he said.

The Avon location will feature a mountain replica, an aquarium, wildlife displays, an indoor archery range, and a fudge shop. It’ll also open up some 200+ full and part-time jobs for area residents. 

Cabela’s is the second outdoors store to target northeast Ohio in recent months. Retail giant L.L.Bean also announced plans to open a store in Lyndhurt’s Legacy Village this November.

This article appears in Apr 22-28, 2015.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

8 replies on “Cabela’s to Open Store in Avon”

  2. yeah you probably wouldnt like it….. all you rich yuppies runnin around.
    90% of Ohio is FARM

  3. Cabela’s may well be an outdoor store cherished by the rednecks and hillbillys, but it’s very much a yuppie spot. Uptight Avon citizen, Avon is hardly Beverly Hills, very recently not all farms, and Cabela’s is a first class establishment on par or better than many of the stores recently added. Commenting yuppie hater, There’s always Rural King.

  4. I personally am looking forward to Cabela’s coming to the area. No Cabela’s is not for rednecks or hilbillys as the closed mined person named HOSTILE WITNESS belives, it is a store that provides products for anyone who likes the great outdoors. Cabela’s will bring jobs and more revenue to the area. If you don’t like their products then don’t shop there and shut up. They are trying to help the community, get over yourselves.

  5. I have been fishing lake Erie since I was 6 years old with my dad. We did a lot of walleye ,white bass, large,small mouth, bass,and crabbie when there was no rocks around the pire. I hope cable not like Dicks and gander mountain, a seasonal store and don’t carry perfect 10 husky jerks only in the spring but year round for the fall walleye run

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