SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Izzi’s Gym opened in Sioux Falls less than a year ago, selling Pokémon cards, card games, LEGOs and more. Christopher Hamze, his twin brother and his dad began creating the shop after the loss of a pet.
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“Our dog Izzi died,” said Christopher Hamze, owner of Izzi’s Gym. “And so, Hamzes like to start businesses. And so, when we need to forget about our troubles, we start businesses.”
But partway through the start of Izzi’s Gym, tragedy struck again.
“Then our father died, and that was the last business that we worked on with him,” said Hamze. “And so, we kind of just turned on the gas, and that was turned into this massive thing we never could imagine.”…