Cabela's to open store in Grand Junction

Sidney, Neb. Cabela’s said Tuesday that it will open a store in Grand Junction, Colo., the company’s first in the state.

Cabela’s said it expects to open the Grand Junction store in early summer of 2010. The 75,000-sq.-ft. store will anchor the south end of Mesa Mall, which is owned by Santa Monica, Calif.-based Macerich Co.

Construction is slated to start in early November.

Mesa Mall features four department stores, more than 100 specialty shops and a lineup of national retailers and restaurants. As the only regional shopping center between Denver and Salt Lake City, Mesa Mall draws shoppers throughout western Colorado and eastern Utah.