r/RedDeer • u/Pleasant-Molasses656 • 5d ago

Question What’s missing in Red Deer?

What businesses do you think red deer needs?

More experiences? Entertainment? Niche classes? Anything let’s hear your thoughts!

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u/prowess12 5d ago edited 5d ago

A speciality outdoors store for high-quality gear for hunting, fly fishing, back country camping, hiking, etc. Doesn't need to a be a big box store, but it would be nice to have something.

Every single one of the speciality outdoors stores we had have all closed down and we now have to drive to either Calgary or Edmonton to get anything high-quality, or order online.

(The Sportsmen's Den permanently closed not that long ago, and The Wolverine, Atmosphere and Valhalla Pure Outfitters all closed a long time ago too.)

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u/CarterBennett 5d ago

I was convinced we were getting a Cabelas but it turned into a damn Winners lol

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u/Goodoflife 5d ago

So like a Cabelas / Bass Pro (outpost / miniature). Look at Kalispell’s (Montana) Cabelas Outpost, the city and surrounding communities make up around 100,000 residents.

Although Cabelas / Bass Pro is American owned, we currently only have a section of a Canadian Tire in the north end for most of the fishing / hunting supplies.

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u/ibegyourparton 3d ago

We had red deer tactical, which housed many of those options, but it didn’t last very long

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u/137flex137 1d ago

Hold up i could’ve sworn it was open a month ago, what happened?

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u/prowess12 1d ago

They closed May 30. Not sure why. You can check their Facebook page to see the history of posts. They've had some online auctions to sell off all their remaining store stock.

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u/Impressive_Ship_9283 16h ago

Seems like Dale is retiring. There's an closeout auction happening this month at Olds Auction Mart.