Bass Pro Plans Store in Foxboro, MA - 2007

One is rumored to be moving in to the Pease area of Portsmouth.
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Oh, that would be SWEET. I think I'd have to take John's advice and see about getting a part time job there (unless Bob's is hiring nights and/or weekends, that is...)
 
I was just reporting what I had been told by someone involved in commercial real estate in that area, coupled with the lack of interest shown by Kraft's operation when I approached them about placing Carole's shows there (same person running the Marlboro and W. Springfield shows). I have a reasonable suspicion that Bob Kraft is anti-gun, just like most of the American Jews that I know (I'm of the same tribe, just see things very differently).

Time will tell if Kraft and Ed (Foxboro Chief) will give them the OK to sell everything that they normally sell. I'll be very surprised if this is the case.

I'll be very happy to be wrong, as it would be very convenient for me and a potential place to work.

So time will tell!
 
Well Len, what I heard yesterday on the radio was that it was a "done deal" between the Krafts and Bass Pro. We'll see....
 
Jon,

Yes, if Bass Pro put it on their website, the ink is dry on the contract.

Now they (and us) can just pray that they get all the permits to actually sell guns, ammo and supplies! That is the variable that can't be predicted in advance.
 
True but I'd be surprised if Bass Pro let the Krafts dictate what they can sell. I think if that were the case, BP would locate nearby and screw the Krafts. Bass Pro is going in paying "full freight", not looking for any incentives from the town unlike Cabelas who is looking for some relief.
Do you think the town will give them a hard time with permits (firearms/ammo)?
Like you say, it'll be interesting to see....
 
An article that I read says that Kraft and Bass Pro is watching carefully what Plainville is doing (Cabela's is looking for tax breaks) and that they WILL ask for the same consideration should that come to pass.

Yes, I think that the chief may restrict the sales of certain things. e.g. some Wal-Marts have been told that they can't sell paintball, others that they can't sell BB/pellet rifles/supplies, etc. I've personally run into these weird combos in this area and it has been the local police chief every time.

Chief Ed O'Leary was our instructor for most of the courses I took when I went thru the Police Academy, I've since then run into him here and there (he also lives across the street from a former co-worker/friend) and I've stopped in to talk with him about gun issues a few times (personal invites to Ron Glidden's seminars for $0 cost) . . . he is elusive about guns and shows no interest in learning about the MA gun laws. He allegedly "lost" the Fed paperwork that a friend filed with him to get a smg. So, I'm not at all sure about him.
 
I bet the permits have allredy gone though for Bass Pro to announce it on their website.
Funny thing is the next town over, Walpole. Has a no bb gun / bb's and I think paintball gun rule. Cant get them anywhere in town.
 
LenS said:
Jon,

Yes, if Bass Pro put it on their website, the ink is dry on the contract.

Now they (and us) can just pray that they get all the permits to actually sell guns, ammo and supplies! That is the variable that can't be predicted in advance.
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And Len, I was just razzing you above. And that's what I was thinking as well.

I was talking to a friend tonight also, and he was worried about the sale of guns at these two shops. I guess that he's been to either a Bass Pro or a Cabela's that didn't sell pistols. But instead sold long guns and the like.

Either way, I would love to work in the reloading and the Cowboy leather and clothes department/s.
 
C-pher said:
Either way, I would love to work in the reloading and the Cowboy leather and clothes department/s.
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Really?
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I'm sorry c-pher, couldn't resist [twisted]
 
C-pher,

I'd be really shocked (pleasantly surprised) if Ed would allow them to sell handguns in Foxboro!

Don't know enough about the town politics or PD in Plainville to give a rational judgment about what they would be allowed to do or not.

Re: Stupidity of PDs - Wal-Mart in Attleboro was forbidden by local chief from selling airsoft/BB/pellet guns/supplies (this was before they lost their City issued license to sell guns/ammo for stupidity). Yet Dick's next door (almost literally) was allowed to sell all of the above.

Another example is a person in Quincy who was trying to open a gun shop (in commercial space). Chief denied him a City License to sell guns/ammo claiming he was "not a suitable person", yet the same chief has issued him renewals on his LTC and MG License with no problem!!

If you look for logic, you'll only drive yourself crazy!
 
Jon....that's bad...


And I hear ya Len...it's just wierd. But we can only hope that it will be OK. Plainville strikes me as a town, while they are strict on LTC's, would let Cabela's have guns because of the business it would bring to the town. But then I could wrong. :D
 
"Don't know enough about the town politics or PD in Plainville to give a rational judgment about what they would be allowed to do or not."

I'm not sure I'd use "rational judgment" in a sentence about Plainville PD firearms licensing, unless it was for contrast.

That said, as noted, the chief would probably put commerce over his personal anti-gun agenda. Plainville threw away the Premium Outlets by 1 vote at town meeting and has been sorry ever since. See what 1 vote can do!

Developing the 1/152 intersection with Target, Lowes, Chili's, the racetrack, etc., is its way of trying to catch up.
 
Now, Bass Pro doesn't sell much that is truly non-PC, except for handguns. You definitely won't find Surplus Ammo in one. Cabela's, on the other hand, does sell Surplus/Quantity ammo.
 
JonJ said:
Do you think the town will give them a hard time with permits (firearms/ammo)?
Like you say, it'll be interesting to see....
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The one issue we ran into at Gander Mountain was gunpowder.

The original plan was to sell black powder, pyrodex, and smokeless canister reloading powder. HQ even shipped a pallet of it in as part of the startup load.

We had to ship it back.

The fire marshall refused to give us a license to have it on premises.

We are in a mall, with other businesses on either side, and have been told that that makes it IMPOSSIBLE, due to the fire code, to store such things in the building.

It was a real PITA during hunting season - we had a lot of muzzleloader guys looking for black powder and pyrodex, couldn't help them.

Regards
John
 
I could see Black Powder being a problem here. But can't they just have a building off site to store Black Powder?

Anyway, I don't really see it...because I belive that the only place around here to get Black Powder is Kittery Trading Post. But then I don't shoot it, so I could be wrong.
 
C-pher said:
M1911 said:
Four Seasons stocks Pyrodex.
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Almost everyone sells Black Powder Substitutes. I would like to see someone local sell Black Powder.
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So would I. I'm sick of having to go up to Kittery everytime we run out of BP. [twisted] Granted, I'm not far from the NH border, however, due to the cost of shipping it, the guy that carries it only gets it in for hunting season....which is after re-eancting season. [roll]
 
Probably in 2 years or so!

Not sure that they have struck a shovel in the ground yet.
 
I was at the DFCI Field House (Pats Training Center, where Home Show is currently being held) last night. If Bass Pro is next to this location, they have broken ground, but not much of it as of yet. There is a fenced off area but very little excavation has been done there. Not sure if this is it or not.
 
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No permits have been issued for Patriot Place yet. The town is still trying to figure out how they can get more money out of Kraft.

The Crossroads project in Mansfield where the LL Bean outlet will go, is in the early construction phase.
 
My son and I rode our 4 wheelers behind the stadium on the tracks today. There is a tractor trailer parked behind the stadium facing the tracks that says Bass Pro Shops coming soon! [smile]
 
swatmedic said:
No permits have been issued for Patriot Place yet. The town is still trying to figure out how they can get more money out of Kraft.

The Crossroads project in Mansfield where the LL Bean outlet will go, is in the early construction phase.
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Yes, there's a lot being done at that site. They moved that house and it's a buzz with machinery.
 
LenS said:
An article that I read says that Kraft and Bass Pro is watching carefully what Plainville is doing (Cabela's is looking for tax breaks) and that they WILL ask for the same consideration should that come to pass.

Yes, I think that the chief may restrict the sales of certain things. e.g. some Wal-Marts have been told that they can't sell paintball, others that they can't sell BB/pellet rifles/supplies, etc. I've personally run into these weird combos in this area and it has been the local police chief every time.

Chief Ed O'Leary was our instructor for most of the courses I took when I went thru the Police Academy, I've since then run into him here and there (he also lives across the street from a former co-worker/friend) and I've stopped in to talk with him about gun issues a few times (personal invites to Ron Glidden's seminars for $0 cost) . . . he is elusive about guns and shows no interest in learning about the MA gun laws. He allegedly "lost" the Fed paperwork that a friend filed with him to get a smg. So, I'm not at all sure about him.
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I heard from a reliable source last Dec. thst the Cabela's deal was dead. they wanted too many subsidies from the town and state as well as sales tax exemption for mail order customers in MA and were denied on all accounts by Romney admin and town. The area isn't so bad off that the state needs to buy jobs and Cabela's has no interest in opening a store without a big heaping dose of socialist hand outs. I'm sure E. Hartford CT and Hooksett NH dropped trow and bent over good for the little commies at Cabela's.
 
LiquidTed said:
I heard from a reliable source last Dec. that the Cabela's deal was dead. they wanted too many subsidies from the town and state as well as sales tax exemption for mail order customers in MA and were denied on all accounts by Romney admin and town. The area isn't so bad off that the state needs to buy jobs and Cabela's has no interest in opening a store without a big heaping dose of socialist hand outs. I'm sure E. Hartford CT and Hooksett NH dropped trow and bent over good for the little commies at Cabela's.
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You are right that at least the Plainville location is a "dead issue".

The State will NEVER concede sales tax to anyone! Also to do so legally would require ALL vendors get the same deal . . . the state would "lose" much too much money to do this. They bitch about what they "lose" for the one-day sales tax holiday as it is.

Apparently the article I mentioned is wrong and Bass Pro doesn't go looking for "handouts or see ya" approach to store siting.
 

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