BASS PRO SHOP OUTDOOR WORLD - BALTIMORE

7000 Arundel Mills Circle, Suite E2 - Hanover, MD  21076

11/6/07, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Local Contact: Allan Ellis (410)689-2500 ext. 5217 or aellis@basspro.com

UPDATE - FINAL APPROACH TRAILER VISITS BASS PRO SHOPS

Big Sean Hammock Fills In for Jeff Foiles – Seminar at 7 p.m.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Hanover, Maryland – Jeff  Foiles was originally scheduled to appear at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World-Baltimore on Thursday, November 8.  Due to the sudden passing of Jeff’s father on Monday, November 5, he will not be able to attend. Big Sean Hammock, a member of the Foiles Pro Staff who has 22 calling championships to his credit since 2002 and is ranked 5^th in the Realtree Max-4 HDT ‘Power Rankings’, will appear instead.

Big Sean and representatives of Final Approach will meet and greet hunters and their families at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World-Baltimore on Thursday, November 8th from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m.  Sean will also conduct a waterfowl seminar at 7 p.m. that evening.

Final Approach is the leading manufacturer of layout blinds, decoys and waterfowl gear. The colorful Final Approach trailer, full of their product lines will invite visitors to Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World-Baltimore to tour the trailer and see the latest products.

You know it’s soon waterfowl season when you hear the plaintive honks of migrating geese overhead. Several regional waterfowl events mark the coming of the season including the Waterfowl Festival and World Goose Calling Championships in Easton, Maryland and the Grand National Waterfowl Hunt in and around Cambridge. Both these events focus on Maryland’s rich waterfowl hunting heritage.  Bass Pro Shops is the leading sponsor of the World Goose Calling Championships and is a supporter of the Grand National Waterfowl Hunt.

For more information, visit http://www.fabrand.com/home; www.foilesstraitmeat.com; www.waterfowlfestival.org,  and www.tourdorchester.org/event.php?eventid=68.

County $$ for Bass Pro

WKBW-TV—Buffalo, NY

City of Buffalo not matching Erie County contribution.

Plans to bring BassPro to Buffalo are finally falling in place tonight. Efforts to bring the mega-store to Buffalo’s waterfront are getting a major boost. A 7-million dollar boost to be exact. At one point, Erie County and the City of Buffalo each had agreed to kick in $7 million toward the Bass Pro project. The county’s ready to write the check, but don’t count on any money from the city. The County Executive Joel Giambra signed the deal Tuesday morning with the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation giving money toward the cleanup and demolition of the Aud to help make way for Bass Pro. “This footprint is probably the most valuable piece of waterfront land in the inner harbor,” said Giambra. “It has to be cleared. It has to be ready it has to be shovel ready for development.” But now there’s a discrepency over who promised what to get the job done. “When Bass Pro first appeared on the horizon we and the City of Buffalo jointly promised to come up with 14 million dollars to help in this effort.” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown sees things differently. “I understand that that committment was a gentlemen’s agreement.” Brown says he hasn’t been able to find any official record of then-Mayor Anthony Masiello’s promise to match the county’s contribution. “And the city is not prepared to provide $7 million.” So it appears the Harbor panel will now have to come up with that money. They have accepted a low bid of $525,000 to get remove hazardous materials from the Aud. Next will be the demolition and they want to get that job done faster than originally expected. “Two years is way, way way too long and we’re going to have to find a quicker way to do it,” said Harbor panel Vice Chair Larry Quinn. The Erie County Legislature and County Control Board still have to approve the county’s 7 million dollar share. Giambra and others hope to get that done before the election. “We want to get it done so that we don’t get caught up in that period of time that can delay the project that much longer,” said Jordan Levy, Chair of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation. Although Bass Pro has signed off an a pre-development agreement, the lead developer on the entire Canal Side project, Benderson, hasn’t had time to review it yet. So the Harbor Development Panel is holding off on its vote until Thursday. The final real deal with Bass Pro won’t be signed until after an environmental review.