Dick's Sporting Goods is expanding its Midwest regional distribution center in Plainfield, Ind. The expansion will allow the company to service up to 230 stores from this location, compared to 100 stores before the expansion, and employ up to 700 associates at full capacity.

Dick's Sporting Goods acquired the Plainfield facility in June 2004, as part of its purchase of Galyan's Trading Company. At that time, 190 associates were employed at the facility. Today there are 310 facility associates, and the company expects to employ over 400 full-time associates by this time next year. All full-time time positions provide competitive wages and complete benefit packages.

"The decision to expand our Plainfield facility rather than build a new facility elsewhere was an easy one,” said Bill Colombo, president & COO.

The project that expanded the facility from 350,000 to 725,000 square feet was managed by Brandt Construction, an Indianapolis based contractor, who employed as many as 150 associates to complete the building project. Dick's Sporting Goods' total investment in the project is approximately $35 million.

Pittsburgh-based Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. operates nearly 300 stores in 34 states primarily throughout the Eastern half of the United States.

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