Store known for local sports fan gear opening first store in this Triangle town
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- Rally House will open its first Cary store in Crossroads Plaza soon.
- Hiring events set March 31–April 1 for full- and part-time Cary roles.
- Chain reached 300 stores in 2025 and now operates in 24+ states.
A popular clothing retailer specializing in gear for sports fans is expanding in the Triangle.
Rally House will open a new store in Cary on Friday, April 17. This will be the company’s first store in the town and its third in the Triangle, joining others in Chapel Hill and Durham.
Offering sports apparel, gifts and home decor representing collegiate and professional teams, the store is moving into the old Home Centric at Crossroads Plaza, at 337 Crossroads Blvd.
The company is hiring for full- and part-time roles. Hiring events will be held 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 1 at the Cary location.
Crossroads Plaza is home to several big-box stores such as Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Duluth Trading Company, HomeGoods, Old Navy, Marshalls, Michaels and Petco.
What is Rally House?
Each Rally House location carries merchandise related to the collegiate and professional teams in the area.
Cary’s store will sell apparel and merchandise for fans of UNC, NC State, Duke University, East Carolina University, Wake Forest University, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers, the store announced in a news release. Triangle shoppers will be able to browse brands including Nike, Champion, Peter Millar and Onward Reserve.
In 1989, Peg and Tim Liebert opened a storefront called Kansas Sampler in Overland Park, Kansas, offering state-themed gifts. Years later, in 2008, the Liebert family saw a surge in demand for licensed sports merchandise in the Kansas market, and they decided to expand and rebrand the concept to Rally House.
Rally House opened its 300th store in 2025, and now has locations in more than two dozen states.
This story was originally published March 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM.
