The Greenville Drive touted its economic impact from Fluor Field. A former Big Lots is for lease on Woodruff Road.

Only months after announced closures, nearly 80 Big Lots stores are set to reopen in early June across nine states.

Tennessee previously had almost 50 Big Lots locations, but economic pressures led to store closures and the company's bankruptcy filing. Big Lots was the fourth-largest home goods retailer in the ...