Cabela's in Illinois
 

5 miles from my house. It's going to be like Heaven on Earth. :D Mark your calendars boys, September 21st!

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill — Cabela’s®, known as the World’s Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, will open its newest destination retail store in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Friday, September 21, 2007. The northwest metro Chicago store is Cabela’s first in Illinois and the company’s 20th retail location in the country.

Cabela’s stores are known as premier shopping and tourism destinations, drawing visitors from the local area and from hundreds of miles away. Up to four million people are expected to visit the Hoffman Estates store annually, making it one of the top tourist attractions in the state.

The 185,000-square-foot, large-format superstore is located 20 minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport within the Prairie Stone Business Park at I-90 and Route 59. Prairie Stone, which also serves as the headquarters for Sears Holdings Corp., is a 780-acre, master-planned business park surrounded by a forest preserve that captures the beauty of the surrounding Midwestern landscape.

Extraordinary in design and showcasing thousands of products from its world-famous catalog, a customer’s average stay at a Cabela’s store is a remarkable 3 1/2 hours, with half of the visitors coming from outside of 100 miles.

"We are thrilled that Hoffman Estates will be Cabela’s first Illinois location," said Dennis Highby, Cabela’s president and chief executive officer. "We are excited to introduce a new shopping and entertainment experience to the many outdoor enthusiasts in the region."

The Hoffman Estates store will be built in Cabela’s trademark style that showcases the best of the outdoors in a spectacular indoor shopping experience. Cabela’s stores are known as top-notch educational and entertainment attractions. Equivalent to nearly three football fields in size, Cabela’s is much more than a retail store and will provide unique attractions for every member of the family including:

-- Hundreds of animals in extensive, museum-quality dioramas, including an
African scene, that re-create animals in action in their native
habitats;
-- Cabela’s hallmark two-story Conservation Mountain, complete with
running waterfalls and stream, a trout pond and wild game in their
distinctive habitats;
-- Huge 16,000-gallon, walk-through aquarium, stocked with freshwater
fish, including those native to Illinois.
-- Customers will be greeted outside Cabela’s by an original bronze
signature sculpture. The identity of the sculpture will be revealed at
a special unveiling on Thursday, September 20.
-- Other highlights include a restaurant, laser arcade, boat showroom and
maintenance shop, furniture department, gun library, general store, fly
fishing shop and gift shop.


Store manager Rodney Roadcap will hire up to 400 employees to carry on the company’s tradition of excellent customer service. Cabela’s employees, most of whom are expected to come from Hoffman Estates, Illinois and the surrounding area, are famous for living the outdoor lifestyle and having intimate knowledge of outdoor products. Product offerings will include hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating and wildlife watching gear, as well as outdoor clothing and outdoors-styled gifts and furnishings.

Cabela’s Hoffman Estates store hours will be Monday - Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., and 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Sunday. The store address is 5225 Prairie Stone Parkway Hoffman Estates, Ill. 60192.

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Only bad thing is I leave for my Nevada mulie hunt on the 8th. Haha. I have about everything anyway. Just missing one thing, a muzzleloader for 2 hunts this year, which I just mail ordered from Cabela's yesterday.

I live in Roselle about 15 minutes away and can't wait for the opening at Hoffman Estates aswell. My boys live 15 minutes from the new store in Hammond, so I will have double the fun.

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Oh yes boys you think this is a good thing now. Like me you will have a Cabelas store in your backyard. If you think you spend a lot of money on hunting stuff now, just wait till you can touch and feel all those things you dream about in the catalog. Yep I try to set a budget every time I go in there but it never ever seems to work lol. Just a week ago I went in for some new Lead Core trolling line about 12 bucks right? Wrong I walked out of the place with like $200 worth of stuff. I got home and I was like damn they did it again. Oh well have fun with the store guys it is great!!

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This is going to get me in trouble. I live about twenty minutes from this location. Thebig downer is that they are opening this a week after I leave on my first Saskatchewan waterfowl hunt. I need a new layout blind.

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they are building one 10 minutes from me here in NJ, next to GIANTS STADIUM, should be ready fall 2008. Currently the nearest one to me is just under 2 hours away in PA

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They have one in East Grand Forks, Minn. I loved the place at first, I figured the novelty of it would ware off eventually. It's more of a tourist attraction than a hunting store. Its been like 5 years since they put that store up and the place is always packed with people. Its ok, they've got lots of stuff, but with so many people Its kinda of a pain. They sell these little pop gun things there. It is an annoying little toy gun that kids are constantly shooting off, If I worked there those things would make me go insane. I do most of my shopping in Fargo, they have a Gander mountain there. All the same stuff, with half the amount of tourists

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It's another "hundred dolla store".

No matter how small of an item you go in for, or even "just to look" (HA!) you come out spending a hundred bucks.

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Dang it!!!!! Why couldn't it be South of I-80. No offense to my fellow North EasternIllinois hunters but I hate driving up in that area.........might have to come up Rt 47 and slip in from the West. Be about a 3-3.5 hour trip for me, But well worth it. I've always wanted to go to a Cabelas. Birthday is Sept. 6th, maybe the wife would like to take me shopping????

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10 minutes from my door.....oh man I don't need this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I have a cabelas about a mile from my house. it just opened a little over a year ago.

The good thing is my 3 year old (actually, he just turned 4) can identify every fish in the fish tank. He has a bit of problems w/ the muskie/northern thing but he'll get there. He just blows people away when he yells 'Sturgeon!'. :)

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I think that we need to plan a little shopping spree, drinking, shooting, socializing get together for all those in the area that will be at that shop anyways. Great chance to meet others!!!

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Sounds good to me!

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25min from Cabela's, 25min from Bass Pro, 15min from Gander Mountain, I may go broke this year!:D

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So many stores, sooooo little money!

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More and more people saying they are close to the new store. Sounds like we need definetly have a get together!! Who is organizing it?

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Im 20 minutes away myself.

Looking for a good place to get Archery gear!!!!

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Hey Don,

That place is right between us. 20 minutes for me too. We'll have to meet up there for the opening, grab a buffalo burger or something.

Made a call and going to that range in Grant Park Sunday. Headed to get some blackpowder pellets & caps now.

Ken

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Justin--- You planning an opening day get together for all the HNI members??? You did such a great job organizing the Hunt N' Camp figured you would do an equally good job with this!! LOL

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I just found out that they are having a vip opening the night before. One of my co-workers was invited so I will be joining him on thursday night but if anyone still wants to meet up on Friday night I am game for that.

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OK, its 40 minutes for me to get to HE but its still very doable. If you are gonna organize anything for the opening please tell me.

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Well, the opener was pushed off a week. My buddy went thursday night for the VIP opening and was informed upon arrival that is now next week. If anyone still wants to meet up next weekend let me know.

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I'll be up there with a couple of friends on the 6th. We'll be volunteering with the fishing/archery/shooting at the Trailblazers event in Dundee and then hitting Cabela's afterwards.

Don't empty out the store before I get there. ;-)

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I might be able to meet up with you that day for a little while. Let me know what time!

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I'll be there on Oct 6th after working the Trailblazers Adventure Day up that way.

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First gander mountain 40 minutes away then Bass Pro 30 minutes away and now Cabelas 20 minutes away...Life is good, then theres hunting season...

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Official opening tomorrow. VIP opening tonight. Anyone want to go with me tonight?

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hot dammmmm i just found a hundred bucks!!!!
impssible to get outa there cheap! 15 min from the house strate up 59

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What's your buddy smoking? We were there last night for the VIP thing (read: free beer) and they told us that the official opening is today.

PS - As usual, I forgot your # at the office because I left in a hurry. I suck. [:@]

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I can't believe that I didn't run into you. I was proudly sporting the HNI Camo Cap!!!

It is a nice store but not nearly as big as the West Virginia store that I usually visit.

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Too bad none of the big boys don't see the benefit in having a store in east central Illinois. I hate dealing with the traffic heading up north.[:@]

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I was really excited just like everyone else and then shortly after Hoffman Estates opened they opened the one in Hammond Indiana. They are exactly the same travel time apart and it is finally great to have a store close to home. I finally got a Cabelas visa rewards credit card. It was hard as though im young with no credit, but im sure I will have no problem charging things on it in the store and just like everyone else I go in planning to buy nothing and come out with a shopping cart full