HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Dunham’s Sports is inviting Hutchinson and the surrounding communities to its grand opening weekend. The ribbon cutting will be hosted on Friday, Oct. 28, at 9:00 a.m. at the new 1500 E. 11th Ave. location at the Hutchinson Mall.

Store hours are Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The first 100 adults in line on Friday will receive a Dunham’s Sports T-shirt. Also on Friday, there will be free 6-packs of Coke or Diet Coke to anyone making a $10 purchase, while supplies last. The first 100 adults on Saturday, Oct. 29, will receive a Dunham’s Sports baseball cap.

On Sunday, Oct. 30, the first 100 adults in line will receive a Dunham’s Sports gift card, with one being worth $500. “We are excited to be opening a store in the Hutchinson community,” Jeff Lynn, chairman and chief executive officer of Dunham’s Athleisure Corporation, said.

The opening of the Hutchinson location is the first Dunham’s Sports in the state of Kansas and marks over 225 stores chain-wide. The new Hutchinson store offers a full line of traditional sporting goods and athletic equipment, as well as a wide variety of active and casual sports apparel and footwear featuring Under Armour, Nike, adidas, Reebok and more.

Dunham’s, one of the nation’s largest retail sporting goods chains, was founded in 1937 in Detroit as Dunham’s Bait and Tackle and has grown to over 225 stores in 21 Midwestern and Southern states.