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It’s crazy how the sports card industry keeps exploding, and now, one of the biggest sports retailers is getting in on it
That’s right. No longer is Dick’s Sporting Goods just a place to test drive putters while your wife browses her way through Sephora
According to The Athletic, the sports retail giant has plans to start offering Collectors Clubhouse sections in its House of Sports locations
Dick’s Sporting Goods will add Collectors Clubhouse areas to its House of Sports locations.(Photo by Marcin Golba/NurPhoto)
These locations aren’t just where you buy a mouth guard and tape on your way to a beer league hockey game. They have all sorts of things like batting cages, golf simulators, and rock climbing walls
But the interesting thing about the Collectors Clubhouses is that they’re not supposed to just be a section of the store with boxes of cards that you can buy and then shred open in your car
Sports cards have become wildly popular and even lucrative at times.(Photo by Steven Garcia/
Instead, the team at Dick’s Sporting Goods has been buying highly sought-after cards to attract the real-deal collectors to their stores
The company bought the Paul Skenes 2024 Topps Chrome Update MLB Debut Patch autographed rookie card for $1.11 million. At the recent National Sports Collectors Convention, Dick’s had buyers going around and purchasing collectible cards from the show floor
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I dig this idea
Why? Because next to Guitar Center, Dick’s Sporting Goods is my favorite store to waste time in. I’ll cruise around and look at sneakers, check the clearance rack, practice my batting stance, and then kick the tires on a Yeti cooler
The Collectors Clubhouses won’t just sell packs of cards, but will also have highly-sought after rare cards.(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/
Now, you’re telling me that they’re going to have sports cards in select stores with batting cages, golf sims, and rock walls?
Why is every kid in the country not having their birthday party there?
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Throw in bad pizza, and it’s like your local family fun center, but with high-end sports cards worth more than your house
