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Gart Sports Shutting Down Cherry Creek, Aurora Mall Locations

DENVER-Gart Sports sounds a death knell for stores in Cherry Creek and Aurora Mall. But, the chain has big plans for 2001, planning as many as 10 stores openings in Illinois, Minnesota and Utah. The shutdowns are victims of the chain's big-box strategy.

By John Rebchook | Updated on December 18, 2000

DENVER-Ten years ago, it had been considered a coup when Gart Sports took over the lease on a key location at Cherry Creek from the Herman’s World Sporting Goods chain.

At the time, Herman’s had been expected to provide the first real competition to Gart Sports, long the dominant sporting goods chain in Colorado. Herman’s had never reached the point of being a fair match for Gart Sports. Soon after Gart Sports took over the lease, the New Jersey-based Herman’s had filed for bankruptcy.

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