Eastern Mountain Sports in North Brunswick Closing

North Brunswick, NJ - It's not just Sports Authority. The Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in North Brunswick will be closing, an employee confirmed to Patch Monday.

Similarly to Sports Authority, the news comes as the parent company of Eastern Mountain Sports, Vestis Retail Group, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. For the past five years, the sporting goods store has been located right off Rt. 1, in the North Village Shopping Center in North Brunswick.

"We don't have a set date yet, but will probably close sometime in mid June," the employee told Patch. Meanwhile, everything in the store must go, he said, including all the clothing, outdoor gear and even the store fixtures such as shelves and clothing racks. There are even things like kayak racks for sale, he said.

There are huge signs outside the store saying "Everything must go!"

Eight EMS locations nationwide are closing as part of the filing by Vestis Retail Group. The other New Jersey location to close is the Eastern Mountain Sports in Moorestown.

The remaining EMS locations in New Jersey are at Princeton MarketFair, Bridgewater and in Eatontown. Those three will all remain open.