After years of uncertainty, the first Bass Pro Shops in the Greater Rochester area is now open.
The 90,000-square-foot store, located at Eastview Mall in Victor, features a 10,000-gallon aquarium and a 1,000-gallon stream. The store was first announced in October 2025, and work to transform the former Lord & Taylor building began early this year.
However, this was not the first attempt to bring the chain to the area. In 2017, the town planning board passed a multi-million-dollar proposal for a piece of land next to the Thruway known as Fisher’s Ridge. An even bigger Bass Pro Shops store was planned to be built there, but that plan was never realized…