Highlighting a WWBA Business
Stadium Hardware
After 45 years, Stadium Hardware remains a prime destination for building
contractors and the “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) types. The business
is owned by its corporate officers: president Mark Mayne, vice-president
Skip Hackbarth, and secretary-treasurer Mike Kruzel.
Having three owners, says Skip, enables each of them to take time off for
family and still have one or two owners always on the premises. The store
employs 18 people, which ensures a customer can always find someone to help
them.
Skip Hackbarth explains that in comparison to their competitors, Stadium
Hardware takes a more hands-on approach to selling hardware. Their goal
is to help customers with a project instead of just selling them parts.
They provide advice on projects ranging from changing the washer in a faucet
to adding a room to a house. It’s not uncommon for the staff to help
the same customer three or four times in a single day as their projects
proceed in unexpected ways. Most of Stadium Hardware’s employees have
a background in one of the trades, which their customers appreciate.
Stadium hardware has an extensive warehouse of often-needed hardware and
they work with several local wholesale suppliers to quickly obtain unusual
items not in their warehouse. The products are of good quality and mostly
American-made. The store is an especially good source for things that are
normally available only to contractors or for obscure parts for older fixtures.
And if Stadium Hardware doesn’t have what a customer needs, they do
their best to steer that customer to another source. Skip says they are
not shy about sending someone to a competitor because “it’s
more about making sure the customer gets what they want rather than making
money.”
Stadium Hardware is located at 2177 West Stadium Boulevard. They are open
between 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Sunday.
Photo L-R: Bruce Cooper, Bob Kruzel, Berny Groth, Mike Samborn, Jackie Jolliff, Skip Hackbarth of Stadium Hardware.
