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Outdoors store opens on WCU campus

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Western Carolina University once more has an outdoors store on campus following the closure of Blackrock Outdoor Company. 

Bryson City Outdoors, which offers a variety of outdoors gear as well as a craft beer taproom, opened its campus store Jan. 11 in Noble Hall. The taproom offers seating for 45 people and BCOutdoors offers a series of special event nights, including “WHEEopardy” at 7 p.m. Tuesdays and a team trivia at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Ben King, a 2011 WCU alumnus founded Bryson City Outdoors in 2013 and is now one of three partners operating a home store on Main Street in Bryson City and now the outpost in Cullowhee. Winter hours are noon to 10 a.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. 828.736.4480.

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