Outdoor and sports enthusiasts will soon have a new opportunity to shop for equipment, shoes, clothes, and more in Boardman.

A sign announcing the opening of Academy Sports + Outdoors, a new outdoor and sports store, has gone up outside the former DSW and Michael's store in the plaza near Walmart on South Avenue.

The Katy, TX-based chain, near Houston, currently operates nearly 300 stores in 19 states, including two other stores in Ohio, one in Dayton and one in Zanesville.

The store will offer sporting clothing and shoes for men, women, and children, outdoor supplies, sporting goods, outdoor living and hunting supplies, hunting goods, backyard equipment, and recreation goods.

The store will carry brands such as Nike, Converse, Stanley, Carhartt, Birkenstock, Crocs, Yeti, Adidas, Bogg, New Balance, Rawlings, Brooks, Oasics, Under Armour, The North Face, Columbia, and much more.

According to the company's website, Academy Sports + Outdoors is one of the nation;s largest sporting goods and outdoor retailers, which has been around for more than 80 years and has more than 22,000 employees in the U.S.

The store is currently looking to hire a store operations manager, a store sales manager and a store logistics manager.

21 News has reached out to the chain and will update the total number of employees the store will be hiring for the new location.

The retailer has 16 locations in Alabama, 9 in Arkansas, 20 in Florida, 20 in Georgia, 3 in Illinois, 8 in Indiana, 6 in Kansas, 6 in Kentucky, 18 in Louisiana, 1 in Maryland, 9 in Mississippi,  12 in Missouri, 18 in North Carolina, currently 2 in Ohio, 13 in Oklahoma, 2 in Pennsylvania, 9 in South Carolina, 14 in Tennessee, 113 in Texas, 3 in Virginia and three stores in West Virginia.