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Katy, Texas-Based Sporting Good Company to Build Second Tulsa, Okla., Store.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2001

By Debbie Blossom, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 24--Academy Sports & Outdoors confirms that it will build a second store in Tulsa.

A site plan for a new location at 81st Street and Mingo Road was approved Wednesday by city authorities, said Casey Ramm, executive director of communications for the Katy, Texas-based sporting goods retailer.

The city's surging growth to the southeast has made that part of town ripe for another retail outlet, he said.

"We look at Tulsa as a viable market -- we've done well there," Ramm said.

Ramm said it is too early to estimate a construction or opening date.

"We're working through the permit process, and it all depends on that process," he said....

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