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Sandlot Goods is a Kansas City maker of handcrafted leather goods and USA-made hats, founded in 2014 by Chad Hickman. Born from a baseball-nostalgia hobby of stitching wallets, the company designs and manufactures wallets, bags, belts, journals, accessories, and a now-signature line of domestically made hats at its Kansas City facility, with a flagship retail store at Park Place in Leawood, Kansas.123

Locations

  • Flagship retail store — 11530 Ash St, Leawood, KS 66211 (Park Place). Hours: Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 12pm–5pm. Opened August 2023 (soft open Aug. 15, grand opening Sept. 16, 2023).345
  • Workshop / manufacturing facility — 3120 Terrace St, Kansas City, MO 64111 (Downtown Business Park, KCMO). ~6,000 sq ft; this is where goods are designed, cut, and stitched. The company relocated here Nov. 1, 2019 from its earlier hybrid workshop-and-retail space at 2125 Washington St in the Crossroads.6

Description

Sandlot Goods is a Kansas City apparel-and-goods maker that designs and manufactures handcrafted leather products and domestically made hats.1 Founder Chad Hickman, a former photographer, taught himself the basics of leatherworking and began stitching wallets inspired by a lifelong love of baseball; that hobby grew into a manufacturing company that the brand still describes as having begun in 2014.12 Its product range spans leather wallets, bags, belts, journals, coasters, and accessories alongside a hat line, and the company markets itself on the promise that “each product is handcrafted at our facility in Kansas City.”17

The company is part of a small group of domestic hat manufacturers, a niche it leans into as a point of differentiation.8 A Sandlot executive told Kansas City Magazine, “We are one of the few domestic hat makers,” noting that “ninety-nine percent of the hats that you see on the street are going to be made overseas.”8 The brand’s hat business expanded sharply in 2024 after it co-manufactured the New Heights podcast cap (a Travis and Jason Kelce collaboration), which exploded in demand after Taylor Swift was photographed wearing one at Coachella, prompting Sandlot to produce thousands of caps in weeks.8

Sandlot operates a dual footprint: a manufacturing-and-workshop facility in Kansas City, Missouri where production happens, and a flagship retail store at Park Place in Leawood, Kansas where the full line — including an extensive hat wall — is sold.36 Its goods are also carried at local retailers such as Made in KC and sold directly online.89

Ownership and history

Sandlot Goods was founded in 2014 by Chad Hickman, who remains its owner and CEO.18 Hickman, a former photographer, learned leatherworking and began making baseball-inspired wallets; the brand’s founding narrative is tied to a period of personal grief in 2014 that he channeled into creative work drawing on nostalgic childhood memories.1 The company landed early on the shelves of Kansas City boutiques such as Made in KC and grew from a one-person leather hobby into a manufacturer.29

The business operated a hybrid workshop-and-retail space at 2125 Washington Street in the Crossroads before relocating its production to a larger ~6,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at 3120 Terrace Street, Kansas City, MO on November 1, 2019.6 It later opened its current flagship retail store at Park Place in Leawood (11530 Ash St) in August 2023.35 Sandlot reportedly scaled from roughly seven employees to dozens following a pandemic-era pivot and the surge in hat demand.28

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See also

  • _Tier1-Non-Service-Local-Businesses

Footnotes

  1. https://sandlotgoods.com/pages/about-sandlot-goods — asserts: founded 2014; founder Chad Hickman (owner/CEO), former photographer who learned leatherworking and made baseball-inspired wallets; products include handcrafted hats, wallets, and accessories; “Each product is handcrafted at our facility in Kansas City.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. https://startlandnews.com/2019/11/sandlot-goods-2/ — asserts: manufacturing in Kansas City since 2014; led by founder Chad Hickman; growth from leather hobby; products on shelves of KC boutiques such as Made in KC. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. https://www.startlandnews.com/2023/08/sandlot-goods-leawood/ — asserts: new Leawood storefront at Park Place, 11530 Ash Street; soft opening Aug. 15, grand opening Sept. 16 (2023). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. https://www.yelp.com/biz/sandlot-goods-leawood — asserts: Sandlot Goods, 11530 Ash St, Leawood, KS; leather goods listing updated May 2026 (operating status confirmation). ↩

  5. https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/08/21/sandlot-goods-park-place-219776/ — asserts: Sandlot Goods opened at Leawood’s Park Place (Aug. 2023). ↩ ↩2

  6. https://www.copaken-brooks.com/sandlot-goods-relocates/ — asserts: relocated Nov. 1, 2019 to 3120 Terrace Street, Kansas City, MO (Downtown Business Park), ~6,000 sq ft manufacturing/workshop; previously at 2125 Washington Street in the Crossroads; makes leather journals, wallets, belts, bags, coasters, accessories. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  7. https://sandlotgoods.com/pages/flagship-store — asserts: flagship at 11530 Ash St, Leawood, KS 66211; hours Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 12pm–5pm; phone 913-238-8881; retail space with extensive hat wall. ↩

  8. https://kansascitymag.com/apparel-company-sandlot-goods-was-already-known-for-its-hats-but-the-local-makers-popularity-exploded-after-taylor-swift-was-spotted-wearing-one/ — asserts: founded 2014; makes hats, apparel, and leather goods (journals, wallets, coasters, belts); “We are one of the few domestic hat makers”; Taylor Swift / New Heights cap surge; flagship at 11530 Ash St, Leawood; published July 15, 2024. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  9. https://madeinkc.co/collections/sandlot-goods — asserts: Sandlot Goods products carried/sold at Made in KC. ↩ ↩2

See also

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