The real loser's in this will probably be the good people of Sidney Nebraska & the surrounding area.
One of the first things that will happen will be the merging and streamlining of the corporate operations. Sidney is the corporate headquarters of Cabela's. It is a small town of approximately 5000, 2000 of those are somehow connected to Cabela's for their livelihood. If Bass Pro moves the corporate offices out of Sidney the tax base will feel the effects along with the schools & home values.
I've been lead to believe what BP was really after was the bank Cabela's owned that their credit cards were issued out of. This alone had tremendous assets. The real money in this business is in the credit cards and clothing. Not guns & ammo.
Think about what you see when you walk into a Cabela's store. Front & center is a kiosk hawking their credit card. Followed by two thirds of the store filled with cloths racks & shelves which you have to walk through to get to the back corners where the guns, ammo, decoys etc. are hidden.
Last edited by dogon; 10/03/16 09:27 PM.
