oshman's went out of business in 2005.
oshman's went out of business in 2005.
when did oshman's go out of business?
2005
the first anchor store to close at the mall was dillard's which converted its store into a clearance center. it closed in 2001 and was replaced with vf outlet 3 months later. in early 2003, oshman's sports, linens 'n things, and off 5th shuttered. later in 2003, cosmic mini golf opened in the former oshman's sports store and then relocated to the former off 5th store and then the dsw store. in 2005, marshalls relocated to a nearby strip center on the north side of olathe. that same year steve & barry's opened in the former oshman's store. old navy also relocated to a shopping center on the north side of the town in 2006 and was replaced with hibbett sports. famous labels opened in the former off 5th store in 2007 but closed at the end of 2009 along with vf outlet. steve & barry's also closed in 2009 when the chain declared bankruptcy. by 2009, the food court only had four restaurants in it.
the great mall of the great plains
in 1919, j.s. "jake" oshman, an immigrant from latvia, opened a store, oshman's dry goods, in richmond, texas. in 1931 he moved to houston by buying the stock of a bankrupt army-surplus store known as crawford-austin and liquidated its inventory. he discovered in the process that sporting goods, especially fishing and hunting supplies, sold well. in 1933 he opened the first oshman outdoor store, in downtown houston at capitol and fannin. founded as a proprietorship, oshman's business was incorporated as oshman's sporting goods 15 years later, in 1946, as the country emerged from world war ii.. as business increased, the store moved to a larger location at 902 main in downtown houston. oshman's opened locations in suburban shopping centers in greater houston and then in bay city, beaumont, corpus christi, and pasadena.
oshman's sporting goods