Academy Sports + Outdoors to add Greenwood-area store in April

Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors will open its seventh Indiana store next month in Greenwood. (Photo provided by Academy Sports + Outdoors)

Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors will continue to grow its Indiana presence in April, opening a 75,000-square-foot store in the former location of an Old Time Pottery home decor retailer just north of Greenwood.

Academy is planning grand opening festivities April 12-14 at 8811 Hardegan St. in the Shoppes at County Line retail center. The new store is on the far south side of Indianapolis, just north of the Greenwood city limits. The retailer is calling the outlet its Greenwood store.

The new store will become Academy’s seventh in Indiana, with five of the stores opening since 2022. After opening locations in Evansville and Terre Haute in 2014 and 2015, respectively, Academy expanded to Jeffersonville in 2022 and added Avon, Westfield and Lafayette stores in 2023.

Founded in 1938 in San Antonio, Academy is now a publicly traded company with more than 275 stores in 18 states.

Academy focuses on selling sporting and hunting gear, athletic and casual shoes, outdoor clothing, bicycles and fitness equipment. Brands sold at the retailer’s stores include Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Columbia, Yeti, Drake Waterfowl and Timberland.

About 60 people will work at the new store, according to a company spokesperson. Hours of operation are planned for 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

Old Time Pottery closed its store at the location last year.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the location.