{"id":625,"date":"2025-10-13T22:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/625\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T22:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:15:10","slug":"a-big-dicks-is-opening-in-brandon-on-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/625\/","title":{"rendered":"A big Dick\u2019s is opening in Brandon on Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"345465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/dicks-house-of-sport-opening-in-tampa-at-brandon-mall\/attachment\/dickshouseofsportfacebook\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DICKSHouseOfSportFacebook.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DICKSHouseOfSportFacebook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The front of typical Dick\u2019s House of Sports store.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DICKSHouseOfSportFacebook.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DICKSHouseOfSportFacebook.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DICKSHouseOfSportFacebook.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior view of a large retail store entrance with the sign reading &quot;DICK'S HOUSE OF SPORT&quot; in white letters with a basketball graphic.\" class=\"wp-image-345465\"  \/>The front of typical Dick\u2019s House of Sports store. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=483249761460368&amp;set=pb.100093260443695.-2207520000&amp;type=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DICKSHouseOfSport \/ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brace yourself, Brandon. A big ol\u2019 Dick\u2019s is opening at the mall.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s website says that a <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.dickssportinggoods.com\/fl\/brandon\/1633\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods House of Sport is opening at Brandon Exchange<\/a>, formerly known as the Brandon Mall, on Friday, Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening at 686 Brandon Town Center Dr. happens Friday-Sunday, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and includes appearances from current and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Bucky Irving, Rob Gronkowski), plus mystery gift cards (up to $500) for the first 100 adults in line each day, soccer balls for the first 100 kids on Friday, and Stanley cups, too.<\/p>\n<p>Dick\u2019s House of Sport stores have girthier footprints than normal Dick\u2019s stores thanks to the addition of interactive elements like batting cages, running tracks and climbing walls.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let the opportunity to celebrate slip through your fingers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/oct-9-15-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 9-15, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The front of typical Dick\u2019s House of Sports store. Credit: DICKSHouseOfSport \/ Facebook Brace yourself, Brandon. 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