Ace Hardware opening another Cheyenne store

"Ace Hardware Coming Soon" - Optopolis

Ace Hardware is renovating one of the spaces in the Cheyenne Plaza on E Lincolnway here in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Here's a quick glance at the changes that have already taken place!

Ace's history and a glance at the space

Ace Hardware began an expansion to Cheyenne in May 2020 when they were actively remodeling what was once the lobby for the Rodeway Inn (built in 1963 according to the property assessor) off of I-25. If you were here in the mid-2000s, you may recall that the Rodeway Inn was then-called Capitol Inn.

Simultaneously, the rooms behind the lobby that once made up a crucial part of Rodeway Inn were being demolished for a new four-story hotel called Comfort Suites. By or before the time 2021 rolled around, Ace Hardware had already opened the new store.

LEFT: Rodeway Inn sign still standing when Ace Hardware was remodeling in 2020 | RIGHT: Comfort Suites Hotel after it was mostly built - Optopolis

Ace Hardware begins work on a new space

Fast-forward to 2023, and new permits have been submitted at the previous location of Cheyenne's Party America store, revealing plans for a new Ace Hardware. Party America had previously relocated to another spot in the same plaza, as mentioned in a recent article here at Optopolis.

Ace Hardware's permits have plans that include the addition of a garage-style door on the backside of the building which has already been added.

Newly added garage door where Party America's back door once was - Optopolis

Drawings found on March 7th in the Cheyenne City Planning website reveal plans to add Ace Hardware signage to the front and side of the building, and now, there is also a sign in a window on the front side of the building advertising, "now hiring," and, "coming soon," labeled with Ace Hardware's name/logo.

Now Hiring/Coming Soon sign in full, seen in a front window - Optopolis

As of right now, this Ace Hardware location has not been added to the directory page of the main Ace Hardware website, but it has already gotten a marker on Google Maps. The store hasn't opened yet as of the time of writing, but there is a job listed at the 3505 E Lincolnway store as seen on the webpage returned by the link displayed on the now hiring sign.

A small update 03-24

Since the time of posting this article last Sunday, they've set up a banner in one of the windows on the store clearly advertising that Ace Hardware is in fact coming soon to the space!

Ace Hardware's opening soon banner as seen on March 23rd - Optopolis

Now open! Update 05-03

It appears Ace Hardware opened sometime between May 3rd and, roughly, the last full week of April. Their store hours are as follows:

Monday - Saturday 7am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

Ace Hardware during the afternoon when the "open" sign could be seen lit up - Optopolis

Now that Ace Hardware is opening a location on the east side of Cheyenne, will you be shopping there? What do you think of this new location?

Originally posted: 3/19/2023 2:20 PM MT

Updated: 03/24/2023 1:13 PM MT with new info/a new image

Updated: 05/03/2023 10:28 AM MT with new info/a new image