Sports Authority Closing All Stores; Shutdown Sales Begin Next Week

Sports Authority is closing all 450 of its stores nationwide, including all 10 locations throughout Maryland. Liquidation sales are expected to begin as soon as next week.

The company filed for bankruptcy in March and at that point announced it would close 140 stores. The Sports Authority store in Columbia was marked to shutter in the bankruptcy process; its doors closed in late April.

Leases at the Columbia and Waldorf stores were immediately put up for sale with the Chapter 11 filing in March, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The company reportedly had hoped to simply close some of its underperforming stores and reorganize its business.

Nationwide, the chain has 14,500 full- and part-time employees.

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But earlier this week, the company announced it had failed to find a buyer for its stores, according to CNN Money. In a bankruptcy auction on Monday, a consortium of liquidators including Tiger Capital Group, Hilco Global and Gordon Brothers purchased the retailer's merchandise and other inventory and plans to sell everything off, according to The Coloradoan.

Sports Authority was at one time the nation's largest sporting good retailer. Now, going-out-of-business sales could begin as soon as May 25, according to the AJC.

Here is a list of Sports Authority's locations in Maryland:

Catonsville

6510 Baltimore National Pike

Pike Park Plaza

Baltimore, MD 21228

Bowie

4520 Mitchellville Rd

Bowie, MD 20716

Frederick

5425 Urbana Pike

Frederick, MD 21704

Gaithersburg

110 Odendhal Ave

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Landover

1000 Shoppers Way

Largo, MD 20774

Laurel

14704 Baltimore Ave

Laurel, MD 20707

White Marsh

8200 Perry Hall Blvd

Nottingham, MD 21236

Phone: (410) 931-2135

Rockville

12055 Rockville Pike

Rockville, MD 20852

Towson

1238 Putty Hill Ave

Towson, MD 21286

Waldorf

3326 Crain Hwy

Waldorf, MD 20603

»Columbia Sports Authority held clearance sales before closing at the end of April. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Janney.