I'll be heading South from the Hartford area.  Is it right off 95 somewhere?  Generally when I head down this way I go 91-Merrit-rte 8-95

10+1 still GTG right?

its literally right off 95.

Thanks 10+1

From your way take Exit 29. left on Seaview then a right on Stratford ave.

Address is 1 Bass Pro Dr Bridgeport.

It wasn't bad to check out but I won't be going back unless I drive past it during my work travels.

It was interesting except for getting shanghai'd buy the guy selling vacation packages.  

It was really f'ing annoying to deal with this while I was looking for my wife and trying to navigate around the store for the first time with my son.

Much like Cabela's it is interesting to walk around and look. I never bought anything at Bass Pro and I have been to the MI store 5 or 6 times and a couple other locations too. Prices are insane.

They had some guy selling vacations or timeshares? Sounds like a hassle. Does it have a disgusting smelling trailer out front selling some sort of fried donut thing? I hate that about Cabela's. That trailer stinks like old dirty grease.

Both used to be fantastic and inexpensive catalog outlets. Now they are shopping destinations with no good prices.

No need to shop there.

When I read this I thought of this

I'm not condemning those that do. I go to these places all over the country when I travel for work. I just never see any deals. I buy stuff once in a while at the PA Cabellas on 78.  Low sales tax.

No greasy donut shack here.

It was a pretty easy in and easy out.  I don't usually go near stores this time of year but I figured we should check it out before it goes to sh!t.

I give it about 5 years and it will be run down and closed.

Prices were stupid high for the most part although it was too crowded to browse efficiently.

My son hit me up for the restaurant as he always does at Cablea's (food court there).  Eating is always his favorite part of the Cabela's visit.

Surprisingly, the food wasn't bad and I would prefer that they had a court as apposed to a restaurant.

The bowling alley was cool but I think the bar is a really bad idea.  I can see it getting ugly in there in the future, real ugly.

Honestly, the restaurant/bar/bowling alley seemed out of place to me.

Oh, we didn't buy anything except for the meals.  They had a couple decent door buster deals but we were there well after those were expired.

Next time I am on my way home from Long Island I will stop just to check it out. I don't expect to buy anything just look around.

Bass Pro will only survive if the whole area gets built as proposed. Otherwise it will under perform like our Cabela's.

There is a bar in the store?  Now THAT is funny!  Bass Pro in the ghetto makes me laugh every time I think of it.

The last time I was in Bridgeport was around 1972.  It was a shit hole then.  I can only imagine how bad it is now.

I stopped in yesterday with a buddy.  Like others have said, much like Cabelas, and very crowded.  However, when I went up to the firearms section, I was pleasantly surprised to see a very large supply of .22LR by various manufacturers. When was the last time you saw new .22 short on the shelf?   I wound up buying just over 3K at about .06 each OTD.  Then, just for good measure, I bit the bullet and ponied up about .11 a round OTD for a 500 round box of Winchester sub-sonic.  That was no bargain, but I was there, it was there, and I have yet to see it for less the .09, so I did a convenience buy.

Didn't really look at the guns, but what I did notice was straight retail.  The do seem to have a bit more firearms accessories then Cabelas, but a smaller gun, and gun safe section.

Hopefully, Bass Pro, and any other development they do down there succeed.  I despise Bridgeport as it is now, but it was once a great little city, and I wish it could be again.