From the Web*:
Real Sportscards Blaine location opened in December 2025 with a ribbon-cutting alongside the North Metro Chamber of Commerce, bringing owner Ryan Holland’s “sports bar for collectibles” concept to the north metro. If you’ve been to the Champlin location, you know the format — but Blaine is bigger, and then some. The store features 16 televisions, a large sports lounge, glass display cases showcasing high-end singles, and a dedicated section called Real Gaming, a store-within-a-store focused on trading card games including Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, and others. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle valued at $35,000 was among the centerpiece display cards at opening.
The inventory spans the full spectrum of modern collecting: football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, PWHL, WNBA, WWE, NASCAR, and entertainment cards including Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, and Pokémon. The focus is on sealed product and higher-end singles rather than bulk, and the buying experience is deliberately curated — display cases, lighting, and layout designed to feel more like an art gallery than a traditional card shop. The location’s proximity to the National Sports Center is no accident; Holland has actively built co-marketing relationships with the NSC to capture visiting youth sports teams looking for something to do between games. Hitters Sports Cards & Collectibles is also just down the road.
With a 4.8 Google rating just months after opening and 90+ reviews, early reception is strong. Reviewers consistently call out the modern atmosphere, knowledgeable staff, great rewards program, and the sheer variety of inventory. A Real Breaks Live livestream platform and a dedicated app round out the online community side of the business. The Blaine location’s hours differ slightly from Champlin — opening two hours earlier at 10am daily — so it’s worth checking before you make the trip.
Also see the original Real Sportscards Champlin location in our directory.
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Our Take:
We stopped by the new Blaine location of Real Sportscards on our way back from Wisconsin back in February, and…I have to suspect that this store is what Holland really had in mind when he opened their first location. Not to say that the Champlin location is bad – but when I finally visited that store, I remember thinking it was smaller in real life than I expected, from the pictures I had seen online. I also happened to be visiting the Blaine location on a week day, shortly after opening (vs visiting Champlin on a Friday night during a trading night event), but they had tons of space for checking out cards, sitting & ripping packs, and sports on the TV. I didn’t pick anything up while there, but they had all the new releases you could imagine on hand and available.
