Pheasant Lane Mall , occupying 979,427 square feet (90,992 m), is one of the largest shopping malls in the state of New Hampshire and the focal point of the commercial area in south Nashua .
29-579: As of 2024, the mall has about 139 stores and kiosks, including four anchor stores: Dick's Sporting Goods , JCPenney , Macy's , and Target with one vacant anchor last occupied by Sears , plus 15 restaurants. Since 2012 it has been owned and managed by Simon Property Group of Indianapolis . Located just south of Exit 1 of the F.E. Everett Turnpike ( U.S. Route 3 ) in Nashua and directly at northbound exit-only Exit 91 off US 3 in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts ,
58-454: A border between a state with no sales tax (New Hampshire) and a state with one (Massachusetts) was shown in the changing plans and problems. Originally, the mall was to straddle the border, with retail on the no-sales-tax side. Restaurants were to be on the opposite end, since Massachusetts has a lower meals tax. However, the government of Massachusetts declared all customers, in all stores, would have to pay sales tax to Massachusetts. Therefore,
87-957: A digital golf range. Dick's also launched Public Lands in 2021, a chain of stores that focuses on outdoor recreation including camping, hiking, and biking. In 2021, Dick's opened its first Public Lands store. Public Lands donates 1% of sales to the Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation's Public Lands Fund, which promotes conservation and outdoor activities. In 2022, Dick's Sporting Goods launched DSG Ventures, an investment fund worth $ 50 million. Dick's acquired Galyan's in July 2004. The company agreed to purchase Golf Galaxy for $ 225 million in November 2006. Dick's confirmed plans to close Golf Galaxy's headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota , in mid-2008. Dick's acquired Chick's Sporting Goods in November 2007 for $ 71 million. At
116-799: A few inches of the structure was in Massachusetts. The mall site was first re-zoned by the Nashua Board of Aldermen in December 1978 with the intention of clearing the way for primary owners Yankee Greyhound Inc. to build a major regional retail center on the site. By early 1984, the property was owned by State Properties of New England, previously a minority owner; ground work had been started and steel had been ordered. After more than two years of construction, Pheasant Lane Mall opened on July 23, 1986. The original anchors were JCPenney , Jordan Marsh , Lechmere , and Sears with Filene's added in 1993. The site
145-672: A mobile scoring app company. In February 2023, Dick's Sporting Goods purchased Moosejaw from Walmart for an undisclosed amount. The company signed a 20-year naming rights agreement for Dick's Sporting Goods Park , a soccer-specific stadium for the Colorado Rapids team in Commerce City, Colorado , in 2006. Dick's has sponsored the Pittsburgh Penguins and the team's home arena, PPG Paints Arena (formerly Consol Energy Center). Sporting events sponsored by Dick's have included
174-576: A plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 2, 2020. Dick%27s Sporting Goods Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is an American chain of sporting goods stores founded in 1948 by Richard "Dick" Stack. It is the largest sporting goods retailer in the United States and is listed on the Fortune 500 . Dick's is the largest sporting goods retail company in the United States, with over 800 stores as of 2023. The public company
203-467: A redesign of the food court , new lighting and fixtures, ceramic tiles and carpeting, as well as an expansion to the number of retailers and restaurants. The renovations were finished by September 2012. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Pheasant Lane Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties. On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of
232-453: A youth sports organization to receive a $ 75,000 grant. As of 2023, Dick's Sporting Goods and its foundation has pledged $ 170 million USD for youth sports initiatives. Burtons Grill %26 Bar Burtons Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts , specializing in contemporary American cuisine . It operates 20 restaurants along
261-548: Is based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania , and is physically located in Findlay Township, Pennsylvania , outside Pittsburgh , and has approximately 53,000 employees as of August 2023. The company's subsidiaries include Golf Galaxy, Public Lands, and House of Sport. In 2017, there were 690 Dick's stores and close to 100 Golf Galaxy locations. The company acquired Affinity Sports, Blue Sombrero, and GameChanger. Edward W. Stack
290-559: Is currently the executive chairman. Lauren Hobart is president and chief executive officer of the company and Navdeep Gupta is chief financial officer, as of 2024 . Hobart succeeded Edward W. Stack as CEO on February 1, 2021, becoming the company's first female CEO. Richard "Dick" Stack started the company as a fishing tackle store in Binghamton, New York , in 1948. He began with a $ 300 loan from his grandmother. Edward W. Stack and his siblings purchased Dick's from their father in
319-597: The Dick's Sporting Goods Open and the Pittsburgh Marathon . Dick's began sponsoring ESPN 's college football kickoff week in 2009. In 2015, the company sponsored Olympic and Paralympic athletes and hopefuls and became the "official sporting goods retailer" for Team USA for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics . Dick's and Team USA established the Ambassador Program and Contender's Program in partnership with
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#1732851596622348-659: The East Coast of the United States . The first Burtons Grill & Bar opened in 2005 in Hingham, Massachusetts . It gradually expanded to 20 other locations in eight states, on the East Coast. Cofounder and former CEO Kevin Harron has celiac disease , and restaurants in the chain maintain extensive protocols for serving guests with food allergies and dietary restrictions and provide a dedicated gluten-free menu. Burton's menu features
377-930: The Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018, Dick's stopped selling assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and increased the minimum age for purchasing guns to 21. Dick's-branded stores had suspended assault-style weapon sales following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, but the guns were still available for purchase at Field & Stream locations. Dick's has never carried bump stocks . The company currently operates five distribution centers. The most recent, in Conklin in Southern Tier , New York opened in January 2018, and
406-494: The United States Olympic Committee , employing Olympians and prospective Olympic athletes. Dick's employed approximately 200 Team USA athletes competing in 35 different Olympic and Paralympic sports as of March–July 2016. The athletes worked in 89 stores in 32 states. Dick's partnered with Carrie Underwood in 2015 to launch Calia, a fitness lifestyle line. In 2017, Dick's entered a multiyear partnership with
435-680: The United States Youth Soccer Association to provide team management technology and sponsor the US Youth Soccer National Championships . Since September 2021, Dick's has been in a multiyear agreement to be the official retail partner of the WNBA . In 2021, Dick's collaborated with Nike and DeVonta Smith . In 2023, the company worked with the Boston Athletic Association , making Dick's
464-675: The Washington, D.C. metro area. The shops closed in 2017. The company launched Dick's Team Sports HQ in early 2016, offering youth sports teams websites, uniforms, and sponsorship options. Dick's opened its first Field & Stream store in Cranberry Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, in 2013. Thirty-five Field & Stream stores were open across the country as of 2018. In 2023, Dick's shuttered its Field & Stream brand by converting its remaining Field & Stream stores to its House of Sport concept or large format DICK'S stores. After
493-578: The state border in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, to Exit 3 of the Everett Turnpike , just south of Rivier College . The rise of South Nashua spurred by Pheasant Lane Mall has elevated Nashua's municipal identity beyond gateway to New Hampshire, and helped create its current status as part of the Greater Boston economic area, and a hub for surrounding bedroom communities . The nature of building on
522-715: The Eastern United States until 2009 and has since expanded across the country. There are more than 800 Dick's stores in 47 states, as of 2023. In 2012, the company opened three True Runner stores targeting runners in Boston , the St. Louis suburb Brentwood , and Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood. The stores closed in early 2017. Dick's launched the women's athleisure , fitness, and lifestyle store Chelsea Collective in 2015, opening two stores in Pittsburgh and Tysons, Virginia , in
551-526: The United States, at a bankruptcy auction in October 2016. Dick's bid approximately $ 70 million for all of Golfsmith's intellectual property and inventory. The company planned to retain around 30 of Golfsmith's more than 100 locations and 500 employees. Dick's rebranded 36-38 Golfsmith stores in 16 U.S. states as Golf Galaxy in 2017. This increased the number of Golf Galaxy stores to 98, located in 33 states. In 2016, Dick’s Sporting Goods also acquired GameChanger ,
580-459: The early 1980s, when the company had two locations in Upstate New York . Stack established a board of directors, opened additional stores, and relocated the company's headquarters to Pittsburgh in 1994. He became chairman and chief executive officer following his father's retirement in 1984, and led the company during its initial public offering in 2002. Dick's operated primarily throughout
609-534: The mall was redesigned so that all stores and restaurants were on the New Hampshire side of the border. However, the site lines had been drawn up incorrectly, placing one corner of the JCPenney building in Massachusetts. Consequently, the corner of JCPenney was cut off and re-bricked into its current pentagonal shape. The Jordan Marsh location was occupied in spring 1996 by Macy's , which then moved in early 2006 into
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#1732851596622638-513: The official sponsor of all of the association's events, including the 2023 Boston Marathon and associated events. They also became the official sporting-goods retailer of the NCAA . That same year, Dick's subsidiary GameChanger signed a deal with Major League Baseball to promote youth sports. In 2014, the Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation committed up to $ 2 million annually to fund youth sports via its Sports Matter program. The Sports Matter program
667-420: The property straddles the state line , although the entire mall is in New Hampshire. Proximity to the border has long drawn shoppers from Massachusetts seeking to take advantage of New Hampshire's lack of a sales tax . Approximately one third of the parking lot and water runoff area is located in Tyngsborough. Shoppers who park in front of the former Sears entrance closer to Buffalo Wild Wings walk across
696-473: The space formerly taken by Filene's when Macy's was merged with Filene's. The original Jordan Marsh location in the mall is now occupied by Dick's Sporting Goods , restaurants Burtons Grill & Bar and Red Robin , and Shops Visionworks and Massage Envy Spa. Lechmere closed in fall 1997 and was rebuilt into the Target store in fall 1999. In 2011, Pheasant Lane underwent a $ 10 million renovation that included
725-472: The state line in front of the building on the sidewalk to get to and from their cars. The JCPenney store was originally built with a square corner that reached slightly across the border into Massachusetts, but was then modified to an unusual pentagonal shape at the state line to keep it entirely within New Hampshire by a few inches. Without that modification, the entire mall would have been subject to Massachusetts sales taxes on non-clothing items, even though only
754-542: The time, Chick's operated 15 specialty sporting goods stores in Southern California. Dick's purchased the San Diego–based sports management technology company Affinity Sports for an undisclosed amount in mid-2016. In September, Dick's acquired Sports Authority 's brand name and intellectual property. There were 450 Sports Authority locations at the time. Dick's acquired Golfsmith , the largest golf retailer in
783-576: Was further expanded to fulfill online sales a few months later. In 2019, Dick's launched its private-label clothing line called DSG. The company's other brands include the women's line Calia, and their menswear brand VRST. Dick's opened its first "House of Sport" concept stores in Victor , New York , and Knoxville , Tennessee , in 2021. The stores are larger than Dick's flagship locations, sell higher-end gear and include features such as an outdoor turf field and track, climbing wall, batting cages, and
812-454: Was initiated in 2014 to provide grants, equipment, and sponsorships to underserved youth sports programs. Since its inception, Sports Matter has pledged more than $ 100 million. In 2023, Dick's Sporting Goods launched the 'Sports Change Lives' campaign to encourage participation in sports. The campaign partnered with Nike, Inc. , to feature athletes such as Mike Trout , A'ja Wilson , and Carmelo Anthony . Participating athletes each nominate
841-462: Was previously a drive-in movie theatre, and for several years following its opening, the former movie screen was used to display the double pheasant logo of the mall. The resulting mall development transformed South Nashua. It turned the southeastern portion of the city, roughly conforming to the city's 8th ward, from a sparsely populated outlier area into a swath of financial, retail and high-density residential development that stretches from over
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