Sidney faces challenge to replace 2,000 jobs, fill vacant homes after Bass Pro takeover of Cabela's

Jerry Cunningham knows he got a steal on the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home he bought last year in Sidney, Nebraska.

The 62-year-old retired California Highway Patrol trooper moved to Nebraska to be closer to his family. He purchased his house, a 2,200-square-foot home with a newly remodeled kitchen, for $180,000. Cunningham said he would have spent $500,000 on a similar home in Nevada, where he moved from.

He bought it from a former Cabela’s employee, who bought the house in 2012 for $189,000.

Unbeknownst to him, Cunningham benefited from a recent upheaval that has flooded Sidney’s housing market with properties.

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