Sports Authority to close upscale S.A. Elite store in Boulder

BOULDER — Troubled Englewood-based sporting goods retailer Sports Authority is planning to close its S.A. Elite store at Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street shopping district, a source close to the company confirmed Wednesday.

The impending closure comes as the company gets set to shutter roughly 140 of its 463 stores nationwide, including its location in the iconic, 91-year-old Sports Castle at 1000 Broadway in downtown Denver.

The status of Sports Authority’s other store in Boulder, as well as stores in Longmont, Fort Collins and Greeley, remain unknown, the source said, noting that the chain still is working through its evaluation of all sites…