Academy Sports + Outdoors Enters Atlanta Market

by Nate Hunter

Katy, TX — Academy Sports + Outdoors debuted its first store in the Atlanta area on April 1, 2011, in McDonough, Ga. It marks the Texas-based retailer’s fourth store in the state of Georgia.



Katy, TX
— Academy Sports + Outdoors debuted its first store in the Atlanta area on April 1, 2011. The nearly 70,000-square-foot facility is located at 198 South Point Boulevard in McDonough. The new store brings 150 new jobs to the area, and is the fourth Academy Sports + Outdoors store in the state of Georgia. 

Academy Sports + Outdoors is a premier sports, outdoor and lifestyle retailer. The Katy, Texas-based company operates 130 stores throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. For more information, visit academy.com.

(Pictured here is the retailer’s ribbon-cutting at the new McDonough store.)




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