Big 5 Sporting Goods

Great customer service from walking in to checking out… much much much better than Sports Authority down the way. They are small but mighty! :)

This is a great sporting goods store. I find that the location on Colorado Boulevard is very close. Store carries a little of everything at very reasonable prices.

This was my first time into this retailer. I went there to buy a trampoline for my kids that i saw on sale in the newspaper. They had the item in stock, they loaded it into my truck and the trampoline was an excellent product. This store has lots of inventory at great prices with great service.

The store feels like its straight out of the 1990s. The items throughout the store just reek of poor quality and shabby construction. The staff members look disinterested. I needed a pair of super cheap flip flops. I found them thankfully. I couldn’t get out of that store fast enough though. I wonder how a crappy place like this survives.

This location of Big 5 Sporting Goods is about the same as the others I’ve been to in the Denver area. That is a good thing. I like consistency. I was able to find a couple of Adidas gym bags, a few Nike Dry-​Fit Tees in my size and some accessories. They seemed to have a more comprehensive MMA and/​or boxing selection at this store than at others. They have a fitting room. Free parking out front and a competent staff rounded out my pleasant shopping experience at Big 5. Greatest sporting goods store ever? Not really, but very functional and useful for what I needed on this trip.

Big 5 is the poor man’s or (women’s) version of REI minus the expertise of an REI staff. I can’t say that I’ve ever had a bad experience at Big 5. As for a sporting goods store with great prices on things, if I need something in a split second I know I can come here and find what I need usually with no problem.
The staff here is ok, they at least acknowledge you as you come in and will ask if you need help finding something. That’s all I really ask for when I go somewhere to purchase something. Nothing more, dont hover over me or ask me the same thing ten seconds apart from the first time you asked me. Here so far when I’ve gone that hasnt happened.
There’s always a huge sale of some kind going on. Check the paper every Sunday as they have a huge ad each week. I’ve purchased many pairs of running shoes, as well as hiking boots, ski goggles and many other items from this Big 5.

I seem to have had a much better experience than Hans at this place; then again, I dropped by about 6:30 on a Saturday night after driving back from Colorado Springs. I’d decided I needed some new shoes, both normal and a pair just for working out, and a combination lock.
I walked in and the place was pretty quiet, thank goodness. Outside of an occasionally overzealous sales clerk who may have been bored, but occasionally creeped me out with his questions as soon as I was done on the phone (like asking me excitedly if my brother was coming down when I left him voice mails about the good prices), the selection was excellent and the prices couldn’t be beat — Big 5 typically sells sporting goods and shoes, but shoes are where you can make out like a bandit — even though their normal prices are extremely low, they were offering about ¹⁄₃ of their models at an additional 30% off — there were so many $ 50 – 60 pairs of shoes priced at $ 20 or under I was too lazy to count them all. They have both «2^nd tier» manufacturers and then the big names like Reebok, Nike, New Balance, and all the rest. Running shoes, walking shoes, tennis shoes, basketball, skate shoes… you name it. They probably have a secret shelf somewhere with ballet slippers too. :) They even have «service shoes», so like any good respecting person in a position of authority, you too can get some steel-​toed boots (that aren’t hiking boots) and kick the living hell out of whomever bugs you. ;) And all on sale.
The running shoes I settled on were implied that they were $ 50 down from $ 85…that turned out not to be the case; there was an almost identical model that was however. But I liked the color scheme on the ones I picked out. Aforementioned salesclerk discussed with cashier… and I got it at the $ 50 price. Awesome. :) The ‘normal’ shoes were normally $ 55, I got them for $ 28.
Don’t be a sucker and go to places like Foot Locker, Dick’s Sporting Goods, or any mall store/​specialty sporting goods store. Check out these peeps first — I got excellent service, people went out of their way to bend prices for me, and I walked out saving well over $ 50. I mean, unless you get off on some kind of ego-​high paying full store asking price for shoes — then by all means, go to those other stores. (Nice selection of combo locks, baseball bats, helmets, biking clothing, hunting stuff and other things too…)
There are many locations around the Denver metro area, but this one happened to be convenient for my whereabouts at the time.

This used to be my favorite place to buy sporting gear when I used to live in SF.
This one sucks, it feels like you are inside of the movie «Waiting», young kids as staff and playing around throwing objects like they were in a park, no one greets you or ask if you need assistance,
They have cheap stuff, cheap tennis parafernalia, and not to many to choose from. Sports Authotity down the road is a better stop.