Joliet Losing Dick's Sporting Goods To Plainfield: WJOL

JOLIET, IL — At a time when growth has come to a standstill and the city no longer staffs its economic development department, Joliet is losing its one and only Dick's Sporting Goods retail store to the village of Plainfield, according to Joliet's news radio station, AM-1340 WJOL.

Scott Slocum and his morning crew revealed on Tuesday morning that the Dick's Sporting Goods store on Plainfield Road/Route 30 will be vacating its store location once its lease expires. In the alternative, Dick's Sporting Goods will build a new storefront, over in the village of Plainfield boundaries of The Boulevards, the commercial redevelopment anchored by the Costco store, off Interstate 55.

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Joliet Patch has reached out to Joliet City Manager Beth Beatty and Rosemaria DiBenedetto, spokeswoman for Mayor Terry D'Arcy, for comment on the development, and Patch will update this story later.

In early March, Joliet's economic development Cesar Suarez was let go by the city of Joliet after nearly two years on the job. Aside from announcing two separate Starbucks construction projects, Joliet has had no practically no major business news under Suarez's direction.