- Tom Bisanzo, founder of Bruce Park Sports in Greenwich. Photo by Bill Fallon
March 2016 marks 45 years for Bruce Park Sports, the sporting goods and sports apparel store in Greenwich.
Even after all that time ”” and before the Mets lost the series to the Kansas City Royals ”” founder Tom Bisanzo still had the heart of a fan.
“I”™m excited for the Mets,” he said while holding a Mets hat and jersey, a full two days before they would lose Game 5 and the series. “They went all the way with pitching ”” these young studs they have. They”™ve had a couple of bad games, but you have to stay with them.”
The store opened in 1971 on Davis Avenue and relocated across town to 104 Mason St. in 1993. Tom Bisanzo said he is now semi-retired. The day he spoke, he was holding down the store for his son, CEO Mark Bisanzo, who had a day off.
“Mark has taken over and it”™s like I”™m on vacation,” he said. “The business is in good hands.”
Bisanzo said football gear was popular, perhaps no surprise to anyone who follows TV ratings and given the season. Behind him, a wall of youth-sized quarterback jerseys attested to football”™s No. 1-sport status and to its new heroes: the likes of Tom Brady and Eli Manning.
Not a Don Meredith or Fran Tarkenton jersey in sight.
“The kids are crazy for football,” he said.
