Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a new, 58,000-square-foot store in Conyers, Ga., adding about 60 jobs to the area. The retailer now has 11 locations across metro Atlanta and 19 throughout Georgia, reports SGB Media.
“Academy Sports + Outdoors is excited to serve the Conyers community and provide customers the gear that makes having fun easy and affordable,” said Sam Johnson, Academy’s Executive Vice President of Retail Operations. “From Truist Park to Black Shoals Park, Conyers is a hub for outdoor life, and home to passionate sports fans, and active families. We look forward to providing a convenient location that offers top brands, value, and excellent customer service.”
Academy continuously provides support in the Atlanta Metro area through community donations and over 40 local partnerships, says SGB Media. These efforts benefit youth team sports, field & stream organizations, fitness institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, along with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Positive Athlete, USTA-Atlanta, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta and many more. Academy is the Official Sporting Goods Retailer of the Atlanta Braves and Gwinnett Stripers.
On April 28, prior to the three-day grand opening celebration, the new store will provide a $5,000 donation to the Sheriff’s Activities League (SAL) of Rockdale County. Twenty local youth from SAL will receive a shopping spree worth $4,000 and be among the first to shop the store for new footwear, apparel, sports equipment, bikes, fishing and camping gear, and more. Academy will also donate a $1,000 gift card to Rockdale County’s SAL to purchase additional sports and outdoors items. Additionally, teachers and school staff receive 10% off online and in-store purchases until May 8, 2022.
Academy has 260 stores across 16 contiguous states.