REI

[bombermwc]

Yeah and OCU is about 200 yards from crack town. One of the lovely things about OKC and why it's difficult to get retail in here. A little distance means the world. That .3 miles is the difference of Bell Isle and Nichols Hills.....

[BDP]

OCU is retail? Man, crack has really helped push up those home values in Gatewood.

Also, Classen Curve isn't Nichols Hills.

It's about 0.3 miles from NH. lol.

[jn1780]

You would think they would want to be open before the holiday shopping season but they don't seem to be in any hurry.

They really picked up the pace after you posted this. Exterior work is practically done now.

[Pete]

They really picked up the pace after you posted this. Exterior work is practically done now.

Right and they just let the contract for interior finish. My understanding is they plan to open in early November.

[GoGators]

Yeah and OCU is about 200 yards from crack town. One of the lovely things about OKC and why it's difficult to get retail in here. A little distance means the world. That .3 miles is the difference of Bell Isle and Nichols Hills.....

Aww man i didnt know i lived in Cracktown
Hopefully one day i can get clean and ill finally be able to move to MWC. Fingers crossed.

[aDark]

Aww man i didnt know i lived in Cracktown
Hopefully one day i can get clean and ill finally be able to move to MWC. Fingers crossed.

People tend to toss around "lol"- I literally laughed, out loud, at this comment.

[Plutonic Panda]

Aww man i didnt know i lived in Cracktown
Hopefully one day i can get clean and ill finally be able to move to MWC. Fingers crossed.

Ah so that’s why you love streetcars so much!? It all makes sense now

[Pete]

[PaddyShack]

Hmm, a little sad at how it looks compared to other REI locations

[Pete]

The interior finish out should start moving pretty quickly now.

[Plutonic Panda]

Hmm, a little sad at how it looks compared to other REI locations

The building doesn't look that bad. Everything else around it? Yeah. Pretty off-putting.

[AP]

Pete, do you know when they are trying to open?

[Pete]

11/15

[Brett]

REI is now open. Pretty cool store for all your outdoor adventures.

[CCOKC]

When I was at the Member' Open House event on Thursday night they said they said the grand opening was the 15th.

[cinnamonjock]

I went here and was impressed. I couldn't really tell a difference between it and some of their other locations, but I normally just shop the camping and hiking sections. An employee told me they are still getting inventory and will have to rearrange some things to accommodate a large kayak display. They'll also begin having more classes in the future and it should be a great way to show people how much outdoor recreation Oklahoma has.

[OKCisOK4me]

I went this past Sunday. I rather enjoyed the wall background behind the registers (Charon's Gardens at sunset in Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge). They also used the same for their member's catalog I received in the mail the other day for the upcoming grand opening. I am gonna try to make it on Sunday afternoon.

[MadMonk]

I went here and was impressed. I couldn't really tell a difference between it and some of their other locations, but I normally just shop the camping and hiking sections. An employee told me they are still getting inventory and will have to rearrange some things to accommodate a large kayak display. They'll also begin having more classes in the future and it should be a great way to show people how much outdoor recreation Oklahoma has.

I was wondering about the lack of kayaking stuff in-store. Glad to hear they'll be squeezing some of that in.

[shawnw]

A friend was looking for a particular product they have on their website (a particular brand/type of cycling shoe) and the salesperson commented that the OKC store was too small of a store to carry everything and so that particular product would not be available at this store...

[CloudDeckMedia]

A friend was looking for a particular product they have on their website (a particular brand/type of cycling shoe) and the salesperson commented that the OKC store was too small of a store to carry everything and so that particular product would not be available at this store...

As web commerce grows & physical retail contracts, it isn't uncommon for an item to be available on the website but not in a retail store. I wouldn't knock OKC on this at all. The last cycling shoes I bought from an LBS had to be ordered.

[shawnw]

I was kinda sorta replying to the comment about lack of kayak stuff by saying it's a smaller store that doesn't have as much stuff....

[HOT ROD]

I dont think there's ANY store that has everything. ...