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Bass Pro Shops coming to South Fayette

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SOUTH FAYETTE – Bass Pro Shops has announced plans to build a new store in the Pittsburgh region.

It is set to be located in South Fayette Township’s Newbury Market, according to a news release from the retailer. Located just off Interstate 79 near Bridgeville, it would be the third Bass Pro Shops store in Pennsylvania and the first in the Pittsburgh region.

The 100,000 square-foot, two-level store, called “Outdoor World,” is projected to open early in 2026. The announcement that a Bass Pro Shops store is coming to the region has been a long time coming – almost 20 years ago, ambitious plans were announced for a Bass Pro Shops store off Racetrack Road in South Strabane that would have sprawled over 200,000 feet and included attractions like a 200-room hotel, nature park and restaurants.

An opening date of 2008 had been projected, but the store never materialized. In the years since, Bass Pro Shops merged with Cabela’s, another retailer specializing in goods for hunters, fishermen, campers, hikers and more. A Cabela’s store is located along Interstate 70 outside Wheeling, W.Va., and a Bass Pro Shops is in Morgantown, W.Va.

“They’ve been looking at the market for quite some time,” said Jon Altman, a partner in the investment group led by Craig Cozza, the Newbury Market’s developer. “In Pennsylvania, we’ve got one of the largest hunting and fishing populations in the country. They’ve always had a target for Western Pennsylvania.”

In a news release, Cozza explained, “We are extremely excited to have such a great and unique retail brand join our Newbury Market development. This one-of-a-kind super retailer will differentiate our project from all others, and will catalyze other one-of-a-kind, new-to-market concepts to join us.”

Other high-profile tenants that have already taken up residence in the Newbury Market include Tesla, the electric vehicle company, and BJ’s Wholesale Club, the membership-only warehouse retailer.

“My hope is we’re going to start getting things underway by the fall,” Altman said.

The South Fayette Bass Pro Shops store will be custom-designed, with localized imagery. It was founded in 1972 by fisherman Johnny Morris when he started selling tackle out of his father’s liquor store in Springfield, Mo.

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