This Big 5 has been around forever. I'm 29 and it has been here as long as I can remember. Being that they are pretty much the only sports-type store on the East side I imagine that is what has kept them in business.
There are no Dick's, Sport Chalets, or any other big-box sports retailers in the area.
The store itself is small, cramped, and crammed with merchandise. I walk INTO clothes and sports equipment and racks of weights here -- because there is nowhere else to go, but into them and THEN around them.
It is really CRAMMED with merchandise, every spare corner is filled, the floor where all the clothes are situated leaves no room to maneuver.
The GOOD thing is they have sporting good, clothes, and shoes at SUPER discounted prices. Also, going here saves me from having to make an hour+ long trip to Henderson or the South side of town for sporting goods.
They do not have everything and they may not be the "nicest" place. But it will do.