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Sport Chalet Closing All Stores
The company said stores will remain open until at least April 29 to accommodate gift cards and rewards certificates.
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE, CA- Sport Chalet is closing all its stores and shutting down its online sales, the La Cañada Flintridge sporting goods company announced Saturday.
The decision affects more than 40 stores in California.
A statement on the company's website said the stores will remain open until at least April 29 to accommodate gift cards and rewards certificates.
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The company was founded in 1959 by Norbert J. Olberz, with its first store in La Cañada Flintridge, where it remained headquartered for the next several decades.
What began as one specialty sporting goods location expanded into a string of full-service sporting goods stores across the Southland, and eventually expanded to Northern California, Arizona and Nevada as well.
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Sport Chalet went public in 1992.
The company operates 13 stores in Los Angeles County, seven stores in Orange County, four in San Diego County, three in Sacramento County, three in Riverside County, three in San Bernardino County, three in Ventura County, one in San Clara County and one in Kern County.
--City News Service, photo courtesy of La Cañada Flintridge Town Center