Temecula Sport Chalet Closing Could Happen by Month's End

Sport Chalet is closing all its stores and has already shut down its online sales, the La Canada Flintridge sporting goods company announced this weekend.

The decision affects three stores in Riverside County and 33 stores in Southern 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.

Three Sport Chalet stores are located in Riverside County: at 3700 Tyler St. in Riverside, at 40432 Winchester Rd. at The Commons of Temecula, and at 12399 Limonite Ave. in Eastvale.

Sport Chalet was founded in 1959 by Norbert J. Olberz, with its first store in La Canada 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.

Sport Chalet went public in 1992.

— By City News Service, photo courtesy of La Cañada Flintridge Town Center