The former Sears location at the Ohio Valley Mall is being converted into two separate store fronts that will be occupied by Academy Sports + Outdoors and Burlington. T-L Photo/GAGE VOTA

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Three popular names in retail are about to land at the Ohio Valley Mall. Academy Sports + Outdoors and Burlington will soon occupy much of what used to be a Sears store, while Boot Barn will set up shop in part of another former Macy’s space.

Academy Sports + Outdoors is one of the nation’s leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor retailers. With more than 300 stores across 21 states, it offers a broad assortment of quality hunting, fishing and camping equipment and gear, along with sports and leisure products, footwear, apparel and much more.

Burlington Coat Factory started more than 50 years ago, selling off-price coats out of a factory building in New Jersey.

Today, what is now simply Burlington Stores is a Fortune 500, nationally recognized off-price retailer, which operated 1,138 stores as of the end of the second quarter of Fiscal 2025, in 46 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. When the Ohio Valley Mall store opens in late 2026, it will be accessible through an interior mall entrance.

Boot Barn will also open its doors later in 2026, in over 13,000 square feet of what used to be Macy’s. It will be located on the Interstate 70 side of the mall, not far from Coaches Burger Bar. Boot Barn started out as one store in 1978 and has since become the largest western and work wear retailer in the nation. The store proudly offers the broadest selection of cowboy boots, work boots, western wear, workwear, western-inspired fashion and outdoor gear.