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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Sports Authority founded
Acquired by Leonard Green & Partners for $1.3 billion
Sports Authority liquidated all 463 stores after $1.3B LBO
CriticalClosure / BankruptcyLeonard 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.
Sports Authority to Close All Stores
Before / After
Store count
reported 2016
before 463 stores
after 0 (liquidated)
-100%
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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