I was looking for a Vikings t-shirt to wear to my first game. My original thought was to visit…read moreDick's Sporting Goods while at Ridgedale Center. Things changed and I found Fan HQ while I was at the mall. I headed into the store. The clearance items greet you immediately. You could get a t-shirt for $5. Not shabby at all. I made a left and there was a table with more clearance items. There was a Minnesota Wild bear plushie that was adorable. Okay, focus. Vikings stuff. I have Wild stuff already. The Vikings apparel was across from the table with the clearance items. I found a Vikings t-shirt that I immediately loved. It had a ringer neck in black. The shirt was in team colour purple, with the logo on the front in yellow, black, and white. More importantly, the t-shirt felt nice. It was made with the softest cotton. I overheard a conversation between a male staff member and a customer as I was finding the t-shirt size that I needed: "Are you Canadian?" asked the male staff member. "Nope. I'm from Iowa," the customer answered. "Close enough," said the male staffer. My first reaction: What?! My late friend was so proud to be an Iowan and definitely did not sound Canadian to me. I thought about it some more. My friend was an honourary Canadian to me. She was kind and thoughtful. The staffer's comment changed my mind when I went beyond the accent and focused on character. I'll take it and put my initial outrage aside. I went to pay for my item at the counter. A young woman helped me out. I didn't get asked whether I was Canadian. Their loss... haha! I paid with a credit card. Tapped. Done! My purchase was placed in a small bag. I thanked the woman and happily left the store, all prepared for the game the following day with my t-shirt. I may need to return and get a Twins t-shirt down the road. I like this store. I'd come back when I'm at this mall again. (421)

Fan HQ is a great store. They host autograph signings, most of which are paid, but they also…read moresometimes have free signings (they just hosted a free event with Louie Varland from the Twins). This place is the most reliable one around to host autograph signings and also functions day-to-day as a sports memorabilia and apparel store. Staff is really friendly and welcoming, and the owner Shawn is very personable. They have some Fan HQ exclusive items, such as T-shirts and limited signed and numbered memorabilia. I hope this place stays open forever, as chances to meet local (and sometimes National) athletes is really fun.

This is certainly the nicest Dick's I've ever been in. I like be the wide variety of options and…read morehow they have nicely organized sections by brand. The Yeti section in particular is very impressive! They've usually got employees by the entrances and exits so greet you and ask if there's anything they can assist with which is a nice touch. I feel like they offer a little retry good value with some decent discounts that run throughout various times of the year. If you're not a name brand person their DSG brand has some pretty good options for a low cost as well!

Stopped by Dick's to grab a pair of shoes. Was looking for a pair of converse. The store was laid…read moreout well, looked like they had various interactive sports activities on first floor. Mostly sports gear and equipment. Upstairs was shoes, clothes and various accessories. We did browse some clothes. For sure on the spendy side but they had some cute stuff. When we got to the shoe dept it was a bit busy but they have a system where you scan the barcode of the display shoe you want to try on and you put what sizes you want to try as well as what color you are wearing so they can find you. It was a decent system, only waited 2-3 minutes after requesting my size. The checkout process was a bit slow as they only had one cashier by the mall entrance door (hopefully they had other checkout areas). The cashier was nice & kept things moving. Overall I felt like the store was organized and I liked colorful displays of each brand. Worth checking out even if you aren't into sports.

Workers are very rude and unpleasant. Hard to deal with and disrespectful towards customers.read more

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I have not had as much attention and service in a retail clothing store and as long as I can…read moreremember except for maybe an extremely high-end designer shop. The store was having a 25% sale and it was well attended. Every sales person was helpful, upbeat, and even suggested some alternative styles or complementary clothing to the purchases I was making.

I love Athleta, I usually make my purchases at Mall of America, but at times I go to the Ridgedale…read more This is the second time I go in and not once am I asked if I need anything and I haven't been greeted. Multiple women that don't look like me came in and they were immediately greeted and even helped to pick out outfits. I really love this brand and I hope the store gets it together.

Not to be confused with the Border in Sweden when you cross into Finland, which is the Finnish…read moreLine. Or when you pick up a girl in Helsinki using local Suomi dialect, you basically give her your best Finnish Line. And if you're an actor and you say the same kind of crap that Diesel tends to come out with, you're using another Vin-ish Line. It's a very quiet store and they don't sell out of everything as quickly as a lot of places do. I'm a fan of some of their athletic shoe varieties and I'd probably be coming here on a regular basis if they had sales all the time cuz they're just a little bit pricey in with the regular prices. The sale prices mean that you can get pretty good athletic shoes for a pretty reasonable prices but still not as good as somewhere like DSW or an outlet mall or something. And I generally just date girls, but when I'm frustrated I'll get down with a dude. I call him my Outlet Male.

The sales guy who was trying to help me buy shoes (I believe his name was Jerry), had me try on…read moreshoes he thought was similar to the kind I would buy online. They were not the ones I was getting online because they were out of stock. He was confident that being men's shoes, but 2 sizes smaller, would fit my feet. They were fine for walking around in for a minute or two at the store. I got them at home from ordering them online. I walked around for a few minutes and my feet HURT SO BAD!!! I am definitely never spending any more money at this shoe store. The sales guy obviously knew nothing about sizing, fitting, and the stores shoes. I came into return them, I could NOT get my money back, only STORE CREDIT. such BS!!! So I took my business to STARTLINE! where I should have gone in the first place! Much smarter to get more expensive shoes that will not hurt your feet in the first minute of using them, then getting very cheap crappy shoes; where the sales people obviously know much less about their products and shoes. VERY dissatisfied, would NOT RECOMMEND Finish Line to ANYONE, ESPECIALLY if you're a runner! I would give them less than 1 star if I could.