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Article: Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., Leaders Cope with Loss of Sports Store Headquarters.
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- March 3, 2003
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By Toni Marshall, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 3--LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. -- This city is dusting itself off again from the loss of another major business, this time the corporate headquarters for Sports Authority.
The Lauderdale Lakes-based sporting goods company that began in 1987 announced last week it would merge with Colorado-based Gart Sports Co. and relocate headquarters from the Lakes Mall to the Denver area.
The departure of Sports Authority, with its 600 white-collar jobs, is happening when city officials are trying to bring new economic life to their business districts.
"Without a ...