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instead. Its parent company,

FGL Sports FGL Sports Ltd. is a Canadian sporting goods retailer based in Calgary, Alberta. It operates under these corporate banners: ''Sport Chek'', ''Atmosphere'' (renamed from ''Coast Mountain Sports''), ''Sport Mart'' (all stores closed as of March 20 ...

, also owns over a dozen sporting brands. In 1999, a ''Sport Supercenter'' flagship store was opened on the top level of the

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, replacing an existing Walmart store. In 2014, the Londonderry Mall store relocated to Manning Town Centre, and was replaced by

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in 2017. There was a second one in

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, but it was converted to Sport Chek/Nevada's Bob Golf in 2012. In 2011,

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bought Sport Chek's parent company,

(then known as Forzani), for $771 million, and has since embarked on a large scale brand restructuring. New SportChek stores with Samsung OLED screens, tablets, and high tech were opened at West Edmonton Mall in 2014, Square One and Yorkdale in 2015, and a flagship SportChek/Atmosphere opened in Sherway Gardens in the GTA in July 2016.''Canadian Tire buys Sport Chek, Athletes World owner'', The Guardian, 9-May-2011
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, Mississauga Sport Chek Atmosphere Sherway Gardens 2021.jpg, Sport Chek Atmosphere at Sherway Gardens in Toronto, Ontario SportChek - Scarborough TC.jpg, A Sport Chek store at the

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in Toronto, Ontario. This is now closed and replaced with a

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Sport Chek website
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