Located on Towne Square Road in between Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt and Once Upon a Child. – Academy Sports and Outdoors is opening a brand-new store location in Roanoke on Towne Square Boulevard. This is the company’s 324th location, and they are excited to serve the community of Southwest Virginia. We spoke with Store Director Cole Duplantis about what a new location means for Roanoke.
“Being able to open a store in the Roanoke community is fantastic. We get all the welcome from the people. They’re super excited about us coming in. They’ve been stopping by every day, and it’s been quite a pleasure.”
With Academy Sports + Outdoors opening this new location, it also has an economic impact on Roanoke. The store is going to create at least 60 new jobs, and they are hosting a $5,000 shopping spree in partnership with The Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Virginia. Duplantis shared how excited he was about this as well. “We get to partner up with the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Virginia, and we’re going to be donating 5,000 to the organization, and then 20 lucky students are going to get a $200 shopping spree”. “The look on their faces, the excitement when they get to go out on that shopping spree; it’s priceless…