Spirit Halloween returning to Cheyenne with two locations! (2023 Halloween Season)
Spirit Halloween banners on the former Big Lots in 2023 - Optopolis |
In addition to using the space they occupied last year, Spirit Halloween is now planning to open in a second vacancy along the Dell Range corridor!
Glance at Spirit's history in Cheyenne and as a whole
For those unaware, Spirit Halloween is a seasonal/Halloween pop-up chain store that typically opens up shop in former retail spaces such as Sears, Toys R Us, and Bed Bath and Beyond (although they have been known to occasionally set up in a large tent). As noted on Business Insider, Spirit Halloween was founded in 1983.
Spencer's Gifts as seen in the Frontier Mall - Optopolis |
Spencer's Gifts (a store which has a location in Cheyenne's Frontier Mall) acquired Spirit Halloween in 1999. Since this time, Spirit Halloween has expanded to include locations in both the United States and Canada, operating at over 1,400 locations as explained by Hanold Associates.
Here in Cheyenne, Spirit Halloween has been opening locations since at least the 2010s. Locations here in Cheyenne include...
- 2011 in the former Hollywood Video on Converse between Pershing and 19th,
- 2017 in the former Sports Authority at the Frontier Mall,
- 2018 at the former Sears in the Frontier Mall,
- 2019 and 2020 inside Kmart on Dell Range Blvd, and
- 2021 and 2022 inside the old Big Lots on E Lincolnway.
Spirit Halloween in the left half of Cheyenne's former Kmart along Dell Range - Optopolis |
Spirit has also had locations in many cities surrounding Cheyenne in years past including Laramie and Casper in Wyoming; and Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Longmont, Boulder, and others in Colorado.
Spirit Halloween officially lists two Cheyenne locations for 2023
Perhaps the obvious one, Spirit Halloween has already been actively setting up shop in the former Big Lots on E Lincolnway, even before the Spirit Halloween locations list for Cheyenne (2023) went live.
Spirit Halloween in the former Big Lots as seen in 2023 - Optopolis |
However, sometime between the 24th and 25th of July 2023, a new Cheyenne location was added in addition to the former Big Lots. If you've been keeping up with the latest on chain stores that have closed this year, you already have a huge clue as to where this new one will be.
As reported here at Optopolis, Cheyenne's Bed Bath and Beyond had closed earlier this year. It started closing in early February very discretely although it was later added to the official list of closures. Bed Bath and Beyond announced in the morning of Sunday, April 23rd that they would be filing for bankruptcy, and the same day, the Cheyenne store closed.
Bed Bath & Beyond on Rue Terre as seen previously - Optopolis |
The former Bed Bath and Beyond location does not yet display an opening date, Google does not yet display a marker for the location, and the space still appears as the former Bed Bath and Beyond. On the other hand, the former Big Lots location is expected to open in August according to both Spirit Halloween and Google Maps, and banners are already posted in the windows of the location.
Update 08/02 - Opening date of Lincolnway location now known
A pass by the former Big Lots space on E Lincolnway next to Sportsmans Warehouse revealed signs (including the one below) posted posted in the windows. They all say that the store will open on Thursday, August 3, 2023.
Sign seen posted next to the entry of Spirit Halloween on E Lincolnway - Optopolis |
Update 08/07 - The Lincolnway store is open!
The store indeed did open on August 3rd, and it currently is open. Their hours are as follows:
Cheyenne's Spirit's 2023 hours - The Retail Photographer |
For new information on the Rue Terre location (Bed Bath and Beyond), please click into this new article.
Thinking long term, what do you think should take over each of the two spaces that Spirit is occupying this year? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Originally published: 07/26/2023 at 1:43 PM MT
Updated: 08/02/2023 at 9:44 PM MT to include new info on the E Lincolnway Spirit Halloween (2023)
Updated: 08/07/2023 at 2:42 PM MT to include hours of the store.
Updated: 08/11/2023 at 2:33 PM MT to include a link to a newer article covering the second location. Corrected information about Bed Bath and Beyond and the last day; in hindsight and with doing new calculations, the store was planning to close on the 23rd all along.
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