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Sport Chalet is closing all stores and has stopped online sales, the retail sporting goods chain announced on its website Saturday.

The company, founded in La Canada-Flintridge in 1959, operates approximately 40 retail stores in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, including one in the Valencia Marketplace.

The company’s announcement gave no reason for the decision. The full announcement follows:

On April 16th, 2016, Sport Chalet began the process of closing all of our stores and stopped selling merchandise online. While our online store is no longer available, all Sport Chalet stores will remain open for several weeks, offering customers the opportunity to use their remaining rewards and gift cards, and to take advantage of great sales. On April 16th, 2016 Sport Chalet began the process of closing all of our stores and stopped selling merchandise online. While our online store is no longer available, all Sport Chalet stores will remain open for several weeks, offering customers the opportunity to use their remaining rewards and gift cards, and to take advantage of great sales. Please click here to find your nearest Sport Chalet store.

Photo: John Edwards

Photo: John Edwards

Sport Chalet gift cards, rewards certificates and store credits will be honored in Sport Chalet stores through April 29th, 2016. Customers who are unable to visit us before this date are invited to transfer gift card balances to a gift card from one of our sister stores, Eastern Mountain Sports or Bob’s Stores through July 29th, 2016. To transfer your balance, please contact customer service at (888) 801-9162 and an agent will assist you.

We also ask that you pick up any equipment that had been left in one of our stores for repair no later than April 29th, 2016 and ask you to return Sport Chalet rental equipment before this date.

Thank you for your loyalty over the years. We hope to see you at our store closing sales.

 

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  1. What?! This is my favorite sporting goods store in the SCV. Best selection of outdoor clothing, and the only major SCV retailer (besides Walmart) to carry fishing tackle.
    So bummed.

    • Hey Christian! Wes is a big time fisherman and spends a lot of time at “Tackle Express” off of Soledad by Carl’s Jr. If Chad (the owner) doesn’t have what you need, he will order it! Make sure to check them out!

    • Shayna Richards yep, Tackle Express is a great shop! I’ve bought a lot of stuff there and will continue going.
      It’s just that I buy all my outdoor clothing/snowboard gear at Sport Chalet every season and I often pick up some tackle while I’m there.
      It’s a great all-around store and I’m sad to see it go.

    • I know. :-( Big time bummer.

  2. Bethany Alexander wow guess Trent retired just in time or did he know?

  3. We got SCUBA certified there and have friends who it seems are now unemployed. Shame.

  4. Very sad but very expensive

  5. Wow that’s really sad!

  6. Susan Ray says:

    Sports Chalet was where We got all outdoor things. Boy Scouts. Tents hiking boots tents sleeping bag. They always had. What we needed. Too bad

  7. Why? Can’t believe it.

  8. Wayne says:

    Double Wow! Total surprise and makes you wonder about other stores in our area. All retail stores operate on very thin profit margins. It shows how weak our economy is if consumers can no longer support them because our disposable income is getting thin too.

  9. It’s sad to see so many retailers going out of business. I think Amazon is taking over…it seems most of the time you are looking for something you can find it for less on Amazon + free 2 day shipping. How can you compete with that?

    • todd says:

      Yes and no. Amazon changed the game while the giants were in denial. Very much like the record/music industry, the retail industry ignored the coming change(s) and or simply thought it would not impact them. Now Target, Wal-mart (to name just two) have been trying to play catch up. Something hard enough in a thriving economy, very hard in a weak one. And contrary to what’s been presented out there in main-stream media, our economy is not very good – if not on shaky ground Just some small tidbits: LA is the most expensive city for housing. 45 percent of income goes to mortgage payments, 51 percent to rent. 51 percent of Americans make under 30k a year. 45 Percent pay no Federal Income tax. Retail has been taking a huge hit b/c of increasing costs of living, with healthcare costs leading the charge. If you travel around the country, countless stores and restaurants are gone or closing as well. Out here it’s a little more silly … Retail rents / commercial leases are expensive as compared to over the hill. If you look around, not many non-chain stores and mom/pop restaurants, and the ones that are in the higher traffic areas, are all on special leases that eventually end and then they are forced out b/c rent is too expensive. Only ones left are the Wall Street corps that can write off slow sales stores … but we’re beginning to see that end too. Watch how many more high-end stores in the Patios close in the coming year or two, or switch to another retailer that Westfield has ‘arrangements’ with. And for the record, Sports Chalet was a “full price” retailer that didn’t offer many good deals and sales (something that is the norm now). Pretty shocking they lasted as long as they did in this economy. Dicks is another one that is on shaky ground – propped up by corporate debt, only a matter of time with them too.

  10. Ckay Walker says:

    Stopped by yesterday to use our rewards. Nope. Line was all the way back to the shoes. I gave away my coupons.

  11. Sandy says:

    I just purchased beach cruisers with service maintenance warranty … What becomes of the warranty I paid for?

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