Sports Authority

It’s a close out sale!
Yeah of course I am here
Time to get some trunks for summer, if it doesn’t rain again in Los Angeles
Btw sport chalet is closing down too

A few years ago, I was reluctant to do any online shopping. Internet security was still developing/​evolving, so I wasn’t totally comfortable using my credit card on the web. However, Amazon and other web sellers have increased their presence and have actually decimated their brick and mortar competition. Some of my favorite sporting goods stores have filed for bankruptcy. Not just a reorganization, but total liquidation of assets. Sports Authority is now a statistic. They will be closing all their stores over the next few weeks, and the closing sales have been ongoing.

Store closing! Too bad we caught the last half of the sale. They still have lots of stuff that needs to go. Went there specifically to look for hiking shoes. Luckily I found the last pair of North Face hiking shoes in my size. Original price $ 120 after discount came down to $ 86. Not bad considering I’ll be getting some good use out of these shoes in the near future. The rest of the shoe selection for women mainly only large sizes from 8.5 and up. The apparel is still at 30% off so they still have lots to choose from. Go now while there’s still lots to choose from.

So, I thought liquidation means GOOD DEALS! Not here. Mostly everything was 10%-25% off clearance price and that price was not even marked down enough. All of the good stuff were packed on pallets and being transferred to other stores. Liquidation sale FAIL!

Nice store. Clean. Decent selection. Could use more of a clearance selection and a better Nike selection for running shoes but I go to the website for that.

Perhaps these people are on a different calendar than the rest of us because you’d never know its the last Saturday before Christmas based upon how few registers they have open. Very poor business processes contribute to extended check out times at the register. I can buy an iPhone for 600.00 faster than 4 Nike apparel items.

parking is plentiful & the location is easy to get to. the staff is very friendly & seem readily available to assist you. their selection is great & well organized. I’ve come here on numerous occassions. five stars for this store!

Wish I could give them negative stars. NEVER buy a product in which you need an extended warranty from this company. They will lie about the coverage when you buy it, saying you can exchange in the store then you go to exchange they will advise you need to contact the warrenty company, you contact the warrently company they will advise you need to contact the manufacturer who advising you no longer have a manufactuerer warranty to go back to Sports Authority. I’m done. Run do walk from this company. Will never purchase another item from them. EVER
I purchased the same item, FIT BIT CHARGE HR on Amazon for my daughter with an extended warrenty from Brookstone and not issues. They didn’t ask her to send the FIT BIT back and overnighted a new one. SPORTS AUTHORITY IS THE WORST, THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD ISSUES AND PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE HAD ISSUES.

Although they didn’t have the shirt I was looking for I want to write this quick review and thank Lily for her exceptional customer service. She search for other options for me at the other sports authority stores and found the t shirt I wanted at the northridge location. Thanks Lily for your help.

Service was amazing. I needed a new tennis racket and shoes. I walked in. Got sized. Got fitted for shoes. Got a free bag on top of it all. She even gave me a discount for 20% at the register that beat the Unilocal coupon. Be nice and they will hook you up. Be patient though b/​c they don’t have a lot of employees on the floor and they can be with a customer for 15 mins or more sometimes. Look around in the meanwhile and think of questions you want to ask.

They have a fair selection of shoes and I found some training shoes on sale. I used the $ 10 off a $ 50 purchase that I found on Unilocal and the cashier said it expired. Luckily she honored it for this time only. The store was clean and nicely lit. This was my first time here. I’m sure I’ll be back in the future.

Had a great experience tonight. We started shopping for baseball season and Elisabeth was extremely helpful. She helped us with sizing, colors and finding the perfect cleats.

They were so awesome to accept my return past 30days. However the staff was lacking on the customer friendliness side– there was no interaction, I had to say have a nice day and thank u.

Overpriced. I went in with my kid to look at heavy bags for MMA. They had an Everlast Omni bag. $ 99.95
I asked if that was the best they could do, and the manager told me if I found it cheaper online at Big 5 or Dick’s, (horrible name for anything by the way, he would match the price. 2 seconds later I showed him Big 5 had it for $ 89.95. He said he would match that. Big deal. How about matching it and 10%? He said he could match it or I could go to Big 5. OK, I’ll go to big 5. Right around the corner. They sold me the same bag for $ 89.95 plus 10% off ! So I bought more stuff. Sports Authority needs much better service.

This is one of the bigger store locations. There are so many items to choose from, based upon your own special interest.
They have just about everything for Team and Individual sports.
Team sports include: Baseball, football, basket ball, soft ball, volley ball, hockey and even water polo.
Individual sports are numerous. Some of them include: Hiking, skiing, snowboarding, cycling, tennis, bowling, badminton, weight lifting and many more.
The prices are generally good and there are always seasonal specials which one can take advantage of.
My biggest surprise today was that there were no real deals for Black Friday. The prices were labeled at normal prices but on the side, there were labels of 10 to 25% off of the normal retail price. That put the price about 10 to 15% higher than the sale price of one of the local competitors.
I did manage to make a purchase of an everyday item that I needed but without any form of discount whatsoever.
They do offer an onsite coupon by way of a check in from Unilocal app. The coupon gives you $ 10 off of any purchase of $ 50 or more.
There is plenty of parking in the giant parking lot. The store is kept in a neat and clean order. The staff is friendly and they do greet you as you walk in.

So I went to this place two days in a row. Good sales and good prices. YOU HAD BETTER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT AND BE READY TO SEARCH BECAUSE THE SALES PEOPLE HIDE – or maybe they are on break, or maybe it is just a coincidence that 5 or 6 people in red shirts are scurrying all over the place doing nothing or if they are doing something IT AINT HELPING CUSTOMERS.
How about just keeping cashiers and passing on more savings – we’ll continue to serve ourselves.

Ughh… I had to come in here again… why don’t I ever listen to my own reviews :)
I had to get a couple things today; a basketball, baseball pants, baseball belt, and hopefully a Blackhawks championship shirt.
As usual… there’s NOBODY around — ever — to help you. There’s just nobody on the floor to help at all. I finally found one of the workers at the registers and dragged him to the section to ask some questions.
— Baseball pants; I was looking for a pair of Nike ones. Only Easton. The guy said, «Well, it’s Fall baseball season coming up.» Um, we’re in mid-​baseball season. I passed.
— Baseball belt; Found one.
— Basketball selection; not bad but mostly mid-​level balls. I was looking for a nice «indoor» ball but it was all indoor/​outdoor ones. I know most people like these but there still are some people who need «indoor» ones, which are the higher end ones.
— Blackhawks Stanley Cup shirt; the worker said there’s never any «out of market» shirts. Not even a couple? Like 10? Most people aren’t «born and raised» in LA… most people, like, me are transplants. Some of us are actually from cities like Chicago.
Anyway… it’s just an annoying experience to shop at this location.

Question (Sports) Authority, man. Viva la revolucion!
Why are you reading a review on a sporting goods store anyway? You have better things to do. Get out there and live your life, you guys! Adventure awaits! You might be able to get a pretty good deal on some shoes for it here, though.

I thought it was pretty cool that they had Unilocal deals here when you checkin.
The store itself is pretty nice. Staff is generally friendly with greetings when you walk in the door. I know i’ve biked here before and they have set aside area to park my bike. Big place with lots of different sporting choices. The price range for some of the stuff here fluctates all over but they do have good deals for quality stuff sometimes. you just got to time it right. Definitely cheaper than Sports Chalet.

I’m a little perplexed as to how many stars I really want to give them. The options are good, they have a little bit of most popular sports covered and the quality ranges from recreational to competitive.
What perplexes me is the service. While the guy at the shoe department was helpful and attentive for the 5 minutes he spent with us he seemed to be the only one wanting to do his job. When we walked back up towards the front, he and another sales associate were helping one customer out with a treadmill. There were probably 3 other customers standing around waiting to ask questions.
When finally checking out, the shoes my friend purchased had a shoelace missing. The sales associate said he would get us one when we checked out. The cashier rang us up without a smile and when we mentioned the shoelace, she looked bothered by our request, but dutifully asked for any associate on the other end of the radio to bring up a shoelace. She did this about 4 times in something just under 10 minutes. The guy that helped us was the one that was bringing the laces out… he also seemed to be the only one working the floor. the other guy that was originally helping the man with the tread mill was standing around not even trying to look busy. In fact when the one cashier line got busy he stood at the other register watching for a good 3 minutes before asking the next customer in line to com over to his side.
Terrible customer service from the majority of the staff. The least you could do is butter me up by at least telling me you appreciate my business and our patience, knowing we were going to wait a long time. Big props to the ONE guy that at the very least took pride in his customer service, I hope he gets a raise!