Governor Rhoden begins his ‘Open for Opportunity Tour’

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Now that the legislative session in Pierre is over, Governor Larry Rhoden is ready to travel around the state. Monday morning, the Governor, First Lady Sandy Rhoden and Lt. Governor Tony Venhuizen toured the Silencer Central headquarters in northern Sioux Falls. The company is expanding and the group looked at the the construction site and the existing headquarters.

“Kind of a niche product like silencers, the magnitude that they went, we looked at a hundred million dollars of inventory sitting in one spot and that kind of blows my mind.”

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Silencer Central’s founder says having the governor tour the growing business is special.

“We feel honored, we are excited he supports economic development, and also in the firearms space, we are the largest firearms manufacturers within hundreds of miles form here so we are excited he picked us to come to first,” said Brandon Maddox.

Rhoden says this is the first of many stops he has planned in the state. The Open for Opportunity Tour will highlight economic development efforts, give the Governor a chance to learn about different community needs and help them find opportunities.

“It’s important for me to get a feel for industry in South Dakota,” said Rhoden. “And look around this facility ad talk about numbers its incredible the economic development that is represented right here in this one location in Sioux Falls so its important to get out and see the progress we’ve made and the possibility for expansion in the future.”

Both the Governor and First Lady purchased suppressors for their guns and filled out the proper paperwork with the help of Silencer Central staff.