Academy Sports + Outdoors Opens New Houston Store

Academy Sports + Outdoors is opening its Meyerland store in Houston, Texas. The 50,000-square-foot store will include an assortment of sports and outdoors merchandise.

Grand opening festivities will run from Friday, Nov. 4, through Sunday, Nov. 6. Throughout the weekend, customers can look forward to exclusive deals, giveaways, an appearance by softball legend Jennie Finch, activations by brands sold at Academy, and more.

The new Houston-area store is the seventh of nine new locations Academy will open in 2022. Over the next five years, the retailer is planning to open between 80 and 100 new stores.

"Academy Sports + Outdoors is excited to offer our hometown a new and convenient location for our loyal customers with an updated store layout and shopping experience that features the best brands at a great price point," said Sam Johnson, Academy Sports + Outdoors' executive vice president of Retail Operations. "Whether gearing up for an Astros or Texans game, or heading to Hermann Park, our new store has the right assortment to help Houston families have fun out there."

In addition to a range of national brands, Academy’s assortment including a selection of exclusive, private label brands such as Magellan Outdoors, Freely, R.O.W., BCG, H2O Xpress, Mosaic and O'Rageous that cover outdoor apparel and equipment, women's and men's apparel, workout attire, fishing equipment, outdoor furniture and water gear, respectively.