While Bass Pro Shop is a nice store and I won't deny what it has done for the HBG Mall, it is a failure IMO when you look at the overall picture. From day one I had heard that it didn't do the business it was projected to do, and the last time I was in there it was totally dead.
The Harrisburg area is very shortsighted and what bugs me about it is people put all of their eggs in one basket; "This new Target will save us!"..."Bass Pro Shop will revitalize the mall!" One store is not going to have a huge impact on an area, and there needs to be a conjunction of items to really make an impact (and not stupid stores and restaurants you can already find A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, but that is a whole other matter).
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