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Old Kum & Go/Go Fresh Market sign sits next to newly installed Maverik sign - Optopolis Maverik has rebranded the Cheyenne stores, and the Cheyenne-themed ampersand ("&") sculpture previously located at the Dell Range location has been saved. Maverik to retire Kum & Go, begins rebranding stores Maverik was set to only rebrand Kum & Go in the four main states where there was overlap between the two brands (in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho), but they decided they want to retire Kum & Go entirely by 2025. This has been a point of mild controversy on the internet with some people saying they shouldn't rebrand any Kum & Go stores, others saying they should've stuck with the original plan to partially rebrand, and others yet saying they should retire Kum & Go entirely. In spite of the debate on the internet, Maverik has already long-since begun the rebrand process. Utah stores were rebranded to Maverik earlier this year. Kum & Go in t

Sideways Ziggi's Coffee sign hangs off the side of City Center Building - Optopolis Ziggi's Coffee just put out an announcement on their Thomes Avenue Facebook page, stating that the location will be closing permanently. It operated for less than two years. A glimpse at recent events with Ziggi's Ziggi's Coffee first made their way into Cheyenne with a drive-thru-only location on Yellowstone Road that opened at the end of July 2021. They expanded in 2023 to a second location inside of the City Center building that Western Vista Credit Union currently occupies; this is on the corner of Thomes Avenue and West 20th Street, across from the Cheyenne Civic Center. This location didn't have a drive thru, but did feature a small dining room and was set to feature a walk-up window. The walk-up window at Ziggi's on Thomes was installed as of July 20th, 2023 - Optopolis The Thomes Avenue Ziggi's Coffee opened on February 21st, 2023 . Western Vista and Ziggi's hel

Sprouts billboard advertises the day the Cheyenne store is set to open, November 22nd - Optopolis Cheyenne's Sprouts Farmers Market, a chain that labels itself as an "organic and natural food store," is nearing completion and is planning to open near Prairie Avenue in late November 2024! Previous events with Bed Bath and Beyond The soon-to-be Sprouts store front, officially located on Rue Terre, is a former Bed Bath and Beyond that was built in 2007. In early February 2023 , Cheyenne's Bed Bath and Beyond began the process of their store closing sale prior to being added to the official, public list of closing Bed Bath and Beyond stores. Bed Bath and Beyond closed the Cheyenne store on April 23rd, 2023, the same day that the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . Store closing banners seen after hours one night on the then-closing Bed Bath and Beyond - Optopolis For the duration of the 2023 Halloween season, Spirit Halloween temporarily used this space for their seco

Absolute Flooring, former Carpet Works, has recently closed. - Optopolis It appears Cheyenne's Absolute Flooring store, located in the Cheyenne Plaza near North College Drive and East Lincolnway, has closed. The signage is down, and the inside of the store is empty... well, except for Spirit Halloween supplies. A look at the history Cheyenne city directories from the years 1990 and 1994 display "Old America Store" at this location. The 1995 directory, however, lists Carpet Works as present inside one of the two suites that, at the time, now made up this larger space; the directory lists Carpet Works in space G2 and Sav-On in space G. On the contrary, Carpet Works filed with the state in April 1992. Carpet Works continued to operate until around the start of the 2010s. In a save from 2017 on the Wayback Machine , Absolute Flooring's website states that the business was established on October 1, 2011 by Lee and Nani Goepfert. The website says that Absolute Flooring was

Madhouse signage has been installed on a space near JAX at Frontier Mall - Optopolis Recently, a local jiu-jitsu studio named Madhouse Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been setting up shop in the Frontier Mall in a space near JAX Outdoor Gear and Jo-Ann. Tonight at 5 PM, they open. A glimpse of the history Space 95 at Frontier Mall Throughout the last few months, Madhouse BJJ has been setting up in space 95 at the Frontier Mall. Most recently, this space was occupied by Asian Gift, but they relocated next door (nearer to JAX) to make way for the temporary Barnes & Noble that never came . (Barnes & Noble did reopen in Cheyenne, ultimately switching spots with Natural Grocers ). Asian Gift before it moved next door to JAX - Optopolis Comparing the mall map published in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in 1981 to the present day mall map, space 95 was once assigned a much different number--space 77. The Frontier Mall Grand Opening page that appeared on March 17th and 18th of 1981 did not include

Closing banners have already been plastered all over the Big Lots store front. - Optopolis Cheyenne's Big Lots is now closing, which means Wyoming will soon be down to just one remaining Big Lots location in Casper. This is following hundreds of other Big Lots recently announced to close. A look at the history of Big Lots in Cheyenne Although the current Big Lots location in Parkway Plaza has only been around for about five years, Big Lots has been in Cheyenne for well over a decade. Cheyenne's Big Lots used to be located in the Cheyenne Plaza next door to what is now Sportsman's Warehouse (long-since former Z's Furnishings, Albertsons, and others). The old Big Lots in Cheyenne Plaza during its relocation/closing sale in 2019 - Optopolis This building was built in 1981 according to the Laramie County Property Assessor, but Big Lots was not the original tenant. The original tenant appears to have been a store called Pay 'n Save, noted in the city directory from 1983,

Mi Tierra's OLD location in the Greenway Commons Plaza after closing. - Optopolis Back in March 2024, Mi Tierra announced they would open a new location, and now, the restaurant on East Lincolnway is open! A glance at Mi Tierra's history and announcement of a new location It appears Mi Tierra's roots date back to at least the 2010s, located on Dell Range Boulevard nearer to Yellowstone Road--sharing the building that C-Mart currently occupies. Mi Tierra shares this building with C-Mart. There used to be Cenex gas pumps at this location, but the pumps were removed many years ago. - Optopolis In 2021, Mi Tierra was in the process of opening a second location on Stillwater Avenue in the Greenway Commons Plaza, roughly one mile away from their Dell Range Boulevard location. This location is no longer affiliated with Mi Tierra on East Lincolnway, although Mi Tierra on E Lincolnway states that they still use the Mi Tierra branding and Mi Tierra recipes. Tortilla Factory Expre