Ryan:
Athough it pic may look altered, Ryan, I can assure you that it's legit. The story of the typo was all over the newspapers here.
Here's the newspaper article content:
One big typo
BY MATT OLBERDING / Lincoln Journal Star
Sunday, Dec 17, 2006 - 12:14:23 am CST
What do you do if you’ve got a big grand opening planned and one of your big signs shows up with a spelling error in it? If you’re Cabela’s, you put it up and hope no one notices.
Apparently, no one did. When the outdoor retailer opened its La Vista store Nov. 3, customers streaming in through the front entrance saw a sign calling Cabela’s the world’s foremost outfitter of “Hunting, Fishnig and Outdoor Gear Since 1961.”
Cabela’s spokesman James Powell said the company was aware of the misspelling and had ordered a replacement, but it needed a sign for the grand opening of its nearly 129,000-square-foot store along Interstate 80.
“We knew it had a typo from the start when it arrived from the signmaker, but we needed it up temporarily for the opening,” Powell said.
He said the sign was replaced as soon as the new one arrived, and so far as he knew no one pointed it out to the company.
The sign ran with a Dec. 7 story in the Journal Star about a Cabela’s expansion in Sidney, and an alert reader pointed out the mistake.
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