Sporting Goods

Sports Authority

LBO loaded massive debt preventing e-commerce investment. All 463 stores liquidated in 2016. 14,000 jobs lost.

FOUNDED
1987
ACQUIRED
Leonard Green & Partners, 2006, $1.3 billion
IMPACTS
1 documented

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Timeline

1987

Sports Authority founded

2006

Acquired by Leonard Green & Partners for $1.3 billion

2016

Sports Authority liquidated all 463 stores after $1.3B LBO

CriticalClosure / Bankruptcy

Leonard Green's leveraged buyout loaded massive debt preventing e-commerce and store modernization. All 463 stores closed by August 2016. 14,000 workers lost their jobs.

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Sports Authority to Close All Stores

Fortune

Before / After

Store count

reported 2016

before 463 stores

after 0 (liquidated)

-100%

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Tracked Locations

CA · 1

8100 Main St

Los Angeles, CA 90001 · 555-120-6027

FL · 1

9789 Main St

Tampa, FL 33601 · 555-933-4879

IL · 1

6449 Main St

Chicago, IL 60601 · 555-526-4010

NC · 1

548 Main St

Charlotte, NC 28201 · 555-893-8989

TN · 1

2473 Main St

Nashville, TN 37201 · 555-875-3802

WA · 1

4363 Main St

Seattle, WA 98101 · 555-485-2311