The Shoppes at Grand Prairie is an outdoor

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, United States, which opened in April 2003. It features

Dick's Sporting Goods Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (stylized as "DICK'S Sporting Goods") is an American sporting goods retail company, based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The company was established by Richard "Dick" Stack in 1948, and has approximately 854 stores an ...

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and many more stores. Original stores include

Bergner's P.A. Bergner & Co. (also known as Bergner's) was an upscale Midwestern department store established in 1889. The chain is now an online retailer operated by BrandX.com, Inc. The flagship store was located in Peoria, Illinois at The Shoppes at Gr ...

, Galyan's, Borders, and

Linens N Things Linens 'n Things was a Clifton, New Jersey-based big-box retailer specializing in home textiles, housewares, and decorative home accessories. The chain operated 571 stores in 47 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces, and had 7,300 employees as ...

History

Famous Dave's opened in 1996 and closed in 2022. Seven years later in 2003, The Shoppes at Grand Prairie held its grand opening with

and Galyan's. Also in 2003,

AMC Theatres AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain fou ...

opened along with the mall. In 2004, Steak N Shake opened in the surrounding area of the mall. In October of that same year, all Galyan's stores became Dick's Sporting Goods. In 2005,

Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings (originally Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, hence the nickname BDubs, or BW3) is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada, India, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Unit ...

opened to customers. In 2006, a strip plaza with a

Gordmans Gordmans (stylized as gordmans) was a retailer founded in Omaha, Nebraska. The chain is owned by BrandX as of May 2022. In 2019, Stage Stores began converting other retail chains it owned into Gordmans stores, with the goal of having 700 Gordmans ...

and a

Hy-Vee Hy-Vee, Inc. () is an employee-owned chain of supermarkets in the Midwestern and Southern United States, with more than 280 locations in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and soon Indiana, Kentucky, ...

opened to the left of the mall. Also in 2006,

LongHorn Steakhouse LongHorn Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain owned and operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida. As of 2016, LongHorn Steakhouse generated $1.6 billion in sales in its 559 locations. History ...

held its grand opening. In 2009, Old Chicago Pizza opened in front of the mall. That same year, all Linens N Things Store closed as part of bankruptcy, followed by Borders in 2011. City of Peoria HRT taxable retail sales fell during the recession, with sales recovering subsequently, reaching about $15 billion in 2013. H&M opened at The Shoppes at Grand Prairie on December 18, 2015 and closed in January 2021. In late August 2018,

closed along with all Bon-Ton locations due to bankruptcy. At Home moved into the vacated Bergner's space in 2022.

Anchors

Current

* At Home - opened in 2022 * Dick's Sporting Goods - opened in 2003

Former

* Bergner's - opened in 2003, closed in 2018 - converted to HomeGoods in 2022 * Borders - closed in 2011

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