Bass Pro Shops.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

Bass Pro Shops Outpost in Anchorage opened in July. The eighty-thousand-square-foot store located at 3046 Mountain View Drive has hired two hundred associates from the Anchorage area. It offers something for everyone who enjoys the outdoors, whether it's camping, fishing, hunting, boating, and more. Bass Pro Shops' uniquely designed, award-winning stores are often considered to be part museum, art gallery, antique store and aquarium, and centers for conservation education. Hand-painted murals wrap the store's interior and depict familiar scenes of the region. In the archery range, a mural done by Alaskan artist, Susan Watkins, portrays the northern part of the Brooks Range and prime hunting terrain. A wall in the camping...