Dunham’s Sports opens in former Sears building

QUINCY — Dunham’s Sports is now open in the former Sears building on the east end of the Quincy Town Center at 3415 Broadway— just in time for last minute holiday shopping.

Guests can visit the store during their extended holiday hours this weekend from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday. The store will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day. Regular hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily will resume Thursday.

The store offers adult and youth apparel, accessories and equipment for a variety of sports and other athletic activities, including:

• baseball
• basketball
• boating
• bowling
• boxing
• camping
• cycling
• disc gold
• fishing
• football
• golf
• hiking
• hockey
• hunting
• kayaking
• lacrosse
• pickleball
• skating
• soccer
• softball
• table and regular tennis
• volleyball
• wrestling
• and yoga.

Gear for various water and winter sports as well as games to play in the yard and in the rec room are also available. Additionally, the store offers a wide range of gym equipment and nutritional supplements. Popular brands like Adidas, Oakley, Carhartt, Nike, Champion, Under Armour and Levi’s are among the store’s repertoire. 

According to their website, Dunham’s Sports began as a bait and tackle shop in West Bloomfield, Michigan in the late 1930s. Since then, the store has diversified their inventory to include a full range of sporting gear and expanded to more than 250 stores across 25 states throughout the midwestern and northeastern regions of the country.

A market analysis by sporting goods intelligence agency SGI Europe indicated Dunham’s Sports generated nearly $1.27 billion in revenue in 2023, ranking the chain as the 13th largest American-owned sports retailer and 25th in the world. 

Local property developer Tom Marx, who died in November, purchased the building in 2020 following the 2018 closing of Sears. A spokesperson for Marx Commercial Properties and Development Company confirmed the Quincy debut of Dunham’s Sports in September.

The Quincy City Council unanimously approved on June 17 a request by Marx for $250,000 from the Mid-Town Business District (MTBD) fund to help finance the redevelopment of the former Sears store. Marx has invested an estimated $2.445 million into the approximately 68,000-square-foot building.

The former Sears Automotive Center at 420 N. 34th also closed in 2018 and is now being leased by Blessing Health for the Blessing Express Clinic.