much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message scheels all sports type privately held company industry sporting goods retailing chain founded 1902 114 years ago 1902 in sabin minnesota united states headquarters fargo north dakota united states number of locations 26 key people steve m. scheel chief executive officer products apparel sports equipment shoes exercise equipment website scheels.com scheels all sports is an american privately held employee owned and operated sporting goods and entertainment chain store headquartered in fargo north dakota . scheels operates twenty six store locations in twelve u.s. states . its slogan is gear . passion . sports . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 scheels outfitter brand 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit scheels began as a hardware and general merchandise store in sabin minnesota in 1902 . 1 frederick a. scheel a german immigrant used the 300 he earned from his first harvest of potatoes as the down payment on the first scheels which was a hardware store . scheels started adding a small selection of sporting goods to its stores in 1954 . over the years scheels opened in surrounding communities including fargo north dakota where the corporate office clarification needed and the second largest all sports store in the world are now located . scheels first all sports superstore opened in grand forks north dakota in 1989 . this store relocated to columbia mall in 2014 . 2 ceo steve m. scheel great great grandson of frederick a. scheel oversees the company of over 6 000 associates . his father steve d. scheel is the chairman of the board . locations edit scheels in sparks nevada the largest all sports store in the world scheels owns and operates twenty six stores in ten u.s. states . 3 scheels can be found in springfield illinois . in iowa stores are located in cedar falls coralville sioux city west des moines and waterloo . in minnesota stores are located in eden prairie mankato moorhead st. cloud rochester . in south dakota sioux falls . montana has two locations billings and great falls . nebraska has two as well in lincoln and omaha . at 295 000 square feet 27 400 m2 the store in sparks nevada is both the largest scheels store and largest all sports store in the world . 4 the headquarters are located in fargo north dakota along with two stores one traditional all sports store and a store focusing on home and hardware store that is now in the old sports store after being in its university avenue location since 1962 . all sports stores are also located in bismarck grand forks and minot . stores can also be found in rapid city and sioux falls south dakota . scheels is also located in appleton and eau claire wisconsin . on june 25 2011 a new scheels location opened in springfield illinois . the sandy utah store opened september 29 2012 . on december 3 2012 scheels announced that it would be opening the company s new flagship store in overland park kansas in corbin park outdoor retail village . the store would be a 222 000 square foot two story building . ceo steve scheel said that he had grand plans for the interior of the store . customers will enter the store under a 16 000 gallon aquarium complete with a coral reef and scuba divers to feed the fish daily . a 65 foot 16 car ferris wheel also will be in the store in addition to sport simulators and a walk of u.s. presidents . scheels opened its new flagship store in overland park kansas on june 27 2015 . 5 on june 3 2015 scheels announced plans to open its next store in johnstown colorado which is slated to open in september 2017 . citation needed scheels outfitter brand edit scheels outfitters is a premium brand exclusive to scheels . merchandise is designed for field experts by scheels experts . 6 this includes gear for camping fishing and hunting . see also edit companies portal sports portal academy sports outdoors bass pro shops cabela s coral ridge mall dick s sporting goods gander mountain legendary whitetails sportsman s warehouse list of north dakota companies references edit about scheels scheelssports.com dead link 1 . grand forks herald . scheels locations scheelssports.com new 295 000 square foot 27 400 m2 sparks nevada store opened in 2008 scheelssports.com 2 scheels outfitters scheelssports.com external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to scheels all sports . scheelssports.com the company s official website scheels on facebook scheels on twitter scheels s channel on youtube retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scheels all sports & oldid 739399046 categories 1902 establishments in minnesotaclay county minnesotacompanies based in fargo moorheademployee owned companies of the united statesfargo north dakotaonline retailers of the united statesprivately held companies based in minnesotaprivately held companies based in north 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