{"id":373575,"date":"2026-07-15T04:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373575\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:18:07","slug":"norwegian-star-erling-haalands-dallas-visit-boosts-wild-bills-western-store-owner-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373575\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian star Erling Haaland’s Dallas visit boosts Wild Bill’s Western Store, owner says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild Bill’s Western Store<\/a> welcomed soccer fans from around the world over the past month, but owner Cody Newport says no visitor made a bigger impression than Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We got a call, and they said, ‘Hey, we want to bring in a player.’ We didn’t know who it was. We said sure, bring him in,” Newport said.<\/p>\n

An hour later, Haaland was trying on cowboy hats, getting fitted for boots, and posing in a T\u2011shirt that read, “Y’all Can Kiss My Dallas.”<\/p>\n

Before leaving, he bought a taxidermied raccoon holding a whiskey bottle \u2013 a store decoration \u2013 and was later spotted carrying it off a plane in Norway.<\/p>\n

“It was insane,” Newport said. “It was kind of a joke. We bought them just to put in the store as decoration.”<\/p>\n

Since Haaland’s visit, the store has sold more than 2,000 T\u2011shirts.<\/p>\n

For Wild Bill’s, the World Cup has become much more than a tourism boost.<\/p>\n

“Last month was the best month the store has ever had in the history of the store,” Newport said.<\/p>\n

The business, which has operated for more than 40 years, is now shipping merchandise internationally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newport expects orders to keep coming long after the World Cup concludes.<\/p>\n

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