The Cleveland Indians will be closing its three remaining satellite stores next month, according to news reports.
WEWS said it confirmed with Indians staff that the team would be closing its stores on Jan. 27 while keeping the store at Progressive Field open.
The remaining stores are in Jackson Township on The Strip, at Southpark Mall in Strongsville and Westgate Mall in Fairview Park.
According to WEWS, the Indians were one of only a few teams that had their own stores and had as many as nine at area malls during the 1990s when the team was not only hot but also was owned by Dick Jacobs, who made his money in developing malls.
That was also before Internet shopping took off and, in recent years, the stores served as “more ticket outlet than anything,” Tribe Director of Communications Curtis Danburg told the television station.
A store in Summit Mall closed sometime in 2012.