Cabela's offers more than just great hunting and fishing equipment, each store is a virtual wildlife museum and outdoor education center as well as a popular destination attraction.  The showroom is a paradise for the outdoor enthusiast.  It offers an outstanding collection of  hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and other outdoor merchandise. Cabela's is the world's foremost outfitter and has been an innovator in their field  since their humble beginning in 1961 when Dick Cabela decided to sell fishing flies for "free".  Since then, Cabela's has expanded its world-famous catalog business to include, incredibly successful retail shops and outfitting services for hunting and fishing that are second to none.   In recent years they have developed a thriving web site and The Cabela's Connection, an electronic newsletter, informing web surfers of new products, special offers and outdoor news.
The Cabela's store located in Glendale, Arizona is near the new Cardinals Stadium. In addition to offering quality outdoor merchandise, the 160,000 square foot showroom is also an educational and entertainment attraction. With in its walls lies  museum-quality animal displays interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats. The Glendale store also features a fish tank filled with native Arizona fish, including the state fish, the Apache Trout and even some endangered species.  The management team of Cabela's and the Arizona Game and Fsh Department cooperated together on this successful endeavor.