PSA to open first retail location inside new Burbank Sportscards store
PSA will open its first retail location inside the new Burbank Sportscards store. (Credit: PSA)
Two of the biggest names in the trading card hobby are collaborating for a first-of-its-kind retail location later this month.
On Friday, grading giant PSA announced it will open its first retail location on May 30 alongside the grand opening of the new Burbank Sportscards location.
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The PSA storefront will be located inside Burbank Sportscards and be staffed by PSA employees.
'We're excited to partner with Rob [Veres] and team on the first-of-a-kind experience,' PSA president Ryan Hoge told cllct. 'We know customers value being able to interact with PSA employees at our popular local events. This gives us an always-on location now.'
Burbank Sportscards owner Rob Veres told cllct on Friday that the new location will feel more like a sports card show than a shop.
Already known as one of the largest and most popular card stores in the world, Burbank's new 14,000-square-foot location will feature an inventory of more than 40 million cards, as well as kiosks with access to cards that can be retrieved by store employees on-demand.
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The store also plans to have more than 1 million cards available on the floor for just 25 cents, sorted by year and sport.
According to Veres, the goal is to offer as many types of cards as possible to collectors in a more organized way than what they may find at other stores and card shows. When a customer arrives with a checklist, Veres wants Burbank to check off as many cards as possible.
'I want [customers] to feel like they have just entered the pulse of the hobby … we're melding the virtual experience with the physical experience,' Veres said.
'The best shops are the ones that can say 'yes' to more queries than anybody else, including card shows,' Veres added, 'and I think that's the experience people are going to get.'
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PSA's retail location will accept grading submissions for trading cards, autographs, tickets, packs, Funko Pops and memorabilia. Items can also be submitted for storage in the PSA Vault or for consignment on eBay.
The Burbank retail location appears to be the latest attempt by PSA to simplify the submission process for customers. PSA has greatly increased the number of pop-up events hosted at shows and card shops in recent months, which allow collectors to submit cards in person or have questions answered by PSA employees.
It's currently unclear if PSA has plans to open other physical locations at other stores.
A new location, including a PSA storefront, is the latest in a number of key moves for the Burbank brand in recent years. Veres stunned collectors during the 2024 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland when he announced that Burbank was moving its full inventory of cards from eBay to the new Fanatics Collect marketplace in an exclusive deal.
Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture. He was previously the Collectibles Editor at Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on X and Instagram @benmburrows.
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