Horrible store with horrible management. They waste people's time, advertised a product would be in stock and did not inform me you could reserve through phone, instead I showed up early and was denied product. They cater to scalpers and have no actual reservation system other than phone calls which can be faked. Shop elsewhere where they value actual customers, foot traffic and repeat customers mean nothing here read more

*Business itself is good, whenever I've gone here staff is helpful if I have trouble.* Not sure where else to put this, I can't find anything on security for this parking lot, but I work graveyard and needed money out of the ATM (*right* outside Big 5). No signage saying no one in the parking lot after a certain time, *nothing.* light comes on and suddenly a man on a speaker says I'm "trespassing and have been recorded." I'm sorry, don't have an outside ATM then - honestly. This has never happened at another ATM in my 30 year life-span. If you can't be bothered to even put a simple sign out, don't have something on your lot that's accessible past business hours. Plain and simple unjustified to accuse people of trespassing when they *haven't been asked to leave* and *again no clear signage saying you cannot access to ATM in this timeframe.* The dude on the speaker was obnoxious about it too. Whoever your security is needs to relax and get some proper signage at *all* entrances. I was just pulling out money for my fucking rent at an outdoor ATM. read more

The man in the shoe department was super friendly and helpful, but I gotta give a bad review because there was this idiot cashier with dyed hair telling a customer in front of me the shoes he was buying were too small for him. I listened to the conversation this man had with the shoe salesman and he had the right size, but she wouldn't accept that he was okay with buying it. She even says "we have benches in the back, you should try on an eight and a half." like it's any of her business?? If he doesn't like the shoes he'll bring them back. Don't mommy grown men, lady. Just sell him the shoes. read more

I was in Big 5 tonight with my son getting cleats and Gary was very helpful tried on like eight pairs of cleats and he was very patient and very helpful read more

The only place I go now when shopping for shoes, they always have good prices on shoes, and other stuff. This store is very clean and very friendly and helpful employees, the main drawback to this place is getting out of the parking lot! Specially now with Costco right by it basically. read more

Big 5 Sporting Goods - Sporting Goods Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

See all

I bought hiking shoes. I didn't expect to get specialized hiking-shoe information when I went into Big 5 in Tacoma. I figured I'd have to go to the REI. However, Gary in the shoe department had good knowledge to guide me on what to buy. He was also natural and personable. The checkout was friendly too. read more

Eric (Store Manager) is awesome. This year my family and friends have decided to put together 100 care packages to give out to our homeless women and men. One of the item to include in our packages that was heavily requested was hand warmers. Eric provided excellent customer service. He was patient and took the time to show me the best way to maximize our budget. Thank you Eric....every dollar saved will help us towards providing more necessities to include in our packages. read more

Came into the store to pick up an item that was on sale. They only had the display model left and after asking if there were some in the back, a employee went and checked. They ended up not having it and I was given the display model. They took the packaging out and made sure it was in working order Attention to detail, problem solving and giving the customer what he wants is appreciated read more

I need a bike pump. I ask 3x and am rejected & told to go to the gas station. My first and last trip to Big 5.

Attentive and helpful. Smaller store, but there were enough people working to help the customers in a timely manner!

Punching bags on display along with boxing gloves. A worker decided she had nothing better to do so she walked over to my son and asked him to stop punching the bag. Word of advice to the manager... maybe not put punching bags on display. Every year I buy my son wrestling shoes from this location. NOT THIS YEAR! read more

We came in about and hour before closing and only one person seemed to be actually working. I believe his name is Eric. There were 5 other employees just standing around talking. They never bothered asking if we needed any help the whole almost hour we were there. Then while Eric was cashing us out and the other employees were just standing around chit chatting, the only other couple that was in the store ended up running out with a bunch of merchandise. Not one of them but the person that was actually working noticed. At least one of the employees was helpful. read more

very nice clean store. I get there e-mail discounts. get anywhere from 10 to 25% extra off. buy a lot of golf balls here. I loose about six a round and now just starting to play again. fifth time this year. hope I get mote tee times. also great place to but shoes and fishing gear. always has good sales and I like the staff. the gm at this store is a client of mine. I love sales. don't forget they allow you not to print so if you have a smart phone you can show them your discount and they will take the code off your phone read more

Shanon was such a sweet heart to my boyfriend and I! She was informative and answered any questions we had about specific camping gear we were looking for. You rock Shanon! Thanks for all your help and patience! read more

Good place to look for some inexpensive sporting goods and outdoor gear. Not the highest quality stuff, but a lot cheaper than shopping at REI. This company has a new circular out every week with a ton of stuff marked down 20-60%, so try to get the goods while they're on sale! read more

Pleased with the shoe attendant at Big 5. She helped us search for "Pink soccer cleats". Unfortunately they didn't have a solid pink. So we settled for black Nike cleats. :) forgot her name but she was very helpful!!:) read more

Three times I have been in, and three times they rejected my coupons. It took me 15 minutes to get a employee to pull one pair of shoes for me from back. The customer service here really blows. I like Big 5, but not this one. The one in Lakewood blows the doors off of this one. read more

I have had my fair share of bad experiences with Big 5 stores in Washington but this one Manager makes up for it all..... My daughter left for camp Waskowitz tuesday (as most fifth graders do) so we ran to Tacoma (from Vashon island) to go to big 5 to get her some hiking boots and a duffle bag for all her gear. Well we bought our stuff left the store,ran some errands and took the long trip back home to the island. When we got home we started to pack her stuff last thing that needed to be put in was her boots.... Taking out the boots I immediately noticed they were wrong sizes. I panicked. I proceeded to call the store in Tacoma and spoke to a young lady at the register and let her know that even though they checked our shoes when we returned our shoes were two different sizes. Clearly frustration in my voice the lady passed me to her manager, he answered the phone and listen to my spiel about how frustrated I was that this happened he was so patient on the phone and had such a gentle and calming voice clearly sympathizing with what I was going through. He told me he would look for the shoe that I was missing and give me a call back... Around seven he called me and said he could not find the missing size shoe, and told me he would drive from Tacoma to Puyallup to get a brand-new pair at their big five, he then told me that he would be willing to drive the 40+ miles to my daughter's camp to make sure she had her hiking boots. Totally shocked and amazed that he would even be willing to do this on his own time. We agreed that he would pick up the shoes in Puyallup and drive them out to her. Around 9 PM he phoned me again thank God he found the missing shoe. He told me he would get up early and make sure he got to the camp and drop off the missing shoe. Me and my husband looked at each other after the phone call and thought now this doesn't sound real... I called the camp the morning of her arrival (Tuesday) and there it was the boot just as he had promised. I cannot believe it! This store manager of Tacoma big five drove the 40+ miles to make sure my daughter had her missing boot. Never in my life have I ever have this done for me, I am forever grateful to the store manager. If anybody deserves recognition for what he's done it is this man! Thank you so much Greg store manager at big five in Tacoma Washington on 38th St. you are truly amazing. And I hope you had a fun visit with your daughter! read more

Nice to sit down and try on lots of shoes before decidiing. Friendly checkout people. Parking lot has plenty of space but the timing and traffic the light by costco makes it hard to get out sometimes. read more

Me and my wife are business owners. We are also minorities so whenever we go to stores we watch for how people treat us. We purchased a item for our kid for Xmas. After our kid opened it we noticed that the manual was missing and some other items. We called big 5 and talked to the manager named Greg. He was super nice and told us bring it in and he would take care of it. We brought it in and he was SUPER professional and SUPER courteous to our needs. Now the other manger there some young looking punk with dark hair treated us like we were stealing when we tried to return a broken bow and for our son. One of the items that Greg Sold us didn't work so we came in tonight to see if they could fix it. The young punk manager said where did you get the scope. I said I got it here at this store from your manager GREG. He looks at me with a contempt in his eyes and said we don't sell this product here sir. OK YOUNG PUNK WHO GOES TO A STORE TO HAVE YOU TRY TO FIX SOMETHING AFTER THEY STOLE IT??? If I was the boss there that kid would have been fired the way he treated a paying customer. But don't let him stop you from going there just deal with the more professional manger Greg. read more