{{Short description|Indoor shopping mall in Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.}} {{Distinguish|Frontier Centre (Saskatchewan, Canada)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = Frontier Mall | location = Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | address = 1400 Dell Range Blvd | opening_date = March 18, 1981 | manager = CBL & Associates Properties | owner = CBL & Associates Properties | number_of_stores = 67 | number_of_anchors = 5 | floor_area = {{convert|519471|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | floors = 1 | website = {{url|https://frontiermall.com/}} }}
'''Frontier Mall''' is an enclosed shopping mall located along Dell Range Blvd in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. The single-level, {{convert|519471|sqft|m2|adj=on}} mall opened March 18, 1981 Managed by CBL & Associates Properties of Chattanooga, Tennessee, it is Wyoming's second largest mall, boasting 67 shops, including four anchor stores: JCPenney, Dillard’s, Bomgaars, Planet Fitness, and Appliance Factory Mattress Kingdom.
== History == Frontier Mall was announced in October 1978 and would originally be {{Convert|550,000|sqft|sqm}} large. It was developed by CBL & Associates Properties of Chattanooga, Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1978-10-07 |title=New shopping mall to open in Cheyenne |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune-new-shopping-mall-to/182394238/ |access-date=2025-10-05 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |pages=18}}</ref> Construction began the following year, and the Sears location was the first to open on October 8, 1980, months before completion of the rest of the mall. Other areas of the mall remained under construction until they were completed in March 1981.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-03-18 |title=Frontier Mall Is Like New Industry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-herald-frontier-mall-is-like-new-in/182394422/ |access-date=2025-10-05 |work=Star-Herald |pages=43}}</ref> The mall's interior tenants included Chick-Fil-A, Denim Connection, Foxmoor, Kinney Shoes, Taco Etc., Thom McAn, Western Ranchman Outfitters, and Zales' Jewelers.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cheyenne Directory 1983 |publisher=R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers |year=1983 |pages=107–108 (Street guide)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |date=March 11, 1980 |title=Wyoming Tribune Eagle Photo Collection (P2017-4) |url=http://spcrphotocollection.wyo.gov/luna/servlet/s/z46np4 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=Wyoming State Archives - Historic Photo Collection}}</ref>
In the late 1990s, a Dillard's store was built as an anchor to the building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-09-05 |title=Dillard's planned for Frontier Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune-dillards-planned-fo/182395156/ |access-date=2025-10-05 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |pages=9}}</ref> Chain store Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts opened a new store on September 15, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=W. B. R. |date=2011-09-15 |title=Jo-Ann Fabric opens Cheyenne store today |url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economic_development/jo-ann-fabric-opens-cheyenne-store-today/article_dfcdecca-377e-55ab-a558-b7e2ac58e753.html |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Colleen |date=2011-09-13 |title=Joann's Craft & Fabric Stores Opening Six New Locations! |url=https://www.sewdaily.com/embroidery/joanns-crafts-fabric-stores-opening-six-new-locations/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Sew Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> The Frontier Mall's Jo-Ann store would replace several smaller tenants including Twills,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frontier Mall - Store Directory, Alphabetically |url=http://www.frontiermall.com/malls/frontier/frontier.nsf/Store+Directory+by+Alpha?OpenPage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124160600/http://www.frontiermall.com/malls/frontier/frontier.nsf/Store+Directory+by+Alpha?OpenPage |archive-date=2001-01-24 |access-date=2024-01-08 }}</ref> Natural Lites,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Way |first=Prange |date=2009-07-25 |title=Frontier Mall; Cheyenne, Wyoming - Labelscar: The Retail History Blog |url=http://www.labelscar.com/wyoming/frontier-mall,%20http://www.labelscar.com/wyoming/frontier-mall |access-date=2024-01-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> a former Asian Gifts storefront,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Way |first=Prange |date=2009-07-25 |title=Frontier Mall; Cheyenne, Wyoming - Labelscar: The Retail History Blog |url=http://www.labelscar.com/wyoming/frontier-mall,%20http://www.labelscar.com/wyoming/frontier-mall |access-date=2024-01-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> and a former RadioShack storefront.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Way |first=Prange |date=2009-07-25 |title=Frontier Mall; Cheyenne, Wyoming - Labelscar: The Retail History Blog |url=http://www.labelscar.com/wyoming/frontier-mall,%20http://www.labelscar.com/wyoming/frontier-mall |access-date=2024-01-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Sports Authority closed their store in 2016 in addition to closing the remaining stores still open after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Steve|date=2016-05-26 |title=The Beginning Of The End For Sports Authority Cheyenne |url=https://kingfm.com/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-sports-authority-cheyenne/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=101.9 KING FM |language=en}}</ref> In November 2017, the Sears store was announced to close, liquidation starting before the end of the year and the store closing in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Release |first=Jeremy Downing/Press |date=2017-11-03 |title=Sears closing Cheyenne store |url=https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/content/news/Sears-closing-Cheyenne-store-454962483.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107232220/https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/content/news/Sears-closing-Cheyenne-store-454962483.html |archive-date=2024-01-07 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Wyoming News Now |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-02 |title=110217_store_closing_list.pdf |url=http://searsholdings.com/docs/110217_store_closing_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104122236/http://searsholdings.com/docs/110217_store_closing_list.pdf |archive-date=2017-11-04 |access-date=2024-01-07 }}</ref> In the same month, Planet Fitness was in the process of opening in the former Sports Authority;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Downing |first=Jeremy |date=2017-11-24 |title=Planet Fitness coming to Cheyenne |url=https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/content/news/Planet-Fitness-coming-to-Cheyenne-459804663.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Wyoming News Now |language=en}}</ref> the new gym would open in February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WY |first=Planet Fitness Cheyenne |date=2018-02-27 |title=Planet Fitness Opens "Judgement Free" Gym in Cheyenne, Wyoming |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/27/1387765/0/en/Planet-Fitness-Opens-Judgement-Free-Gym-in-Cheyenne-Wyoming.html |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>
JAX Mercantile Company would begin working to open a new JAX Outdoor Gear, Farm and Ranch store in the former Sears space in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shortgo |date=2019-08-26 |title=JAX Mercantile Company Headed to Cheyenne |url=http://shortgo.co/jax-mercantile-company-headed-to-cheyenne/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Shortgo |language=en-US}}</ref> opening in late November. The Frontier Mall's JAX store would be the eighth location of the normal, full-line JAX stores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About JAX — JAXOutdoorGearFarmandRanch |url=https://jaxgoods.com/pages/about-jax |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=jaxgoods.com}}</ref> Later in December 2019, America's Best Contacts and Eye Glasses<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frontier Pets · 1400 Dell Range Blvd, Cheyenne, WY 82009 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frontier+Pets/@41.1616872,-104.8045061,3a,75y,29.11h,89.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIfN0OaWqU9sU_UDkGJk6sw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x876f3a50d4e26311:0xb013dc96a82a95b3!8m2!3d41.1627833!4d-104.8047858!16s%2Fg%2F1yglqbr4d?entry=tts |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Frontier Pets · 1400 Dell Range Blvd, Cheyenne, WY 82009 |language=en}}</ref> would actively be remodeling the remaining vacant space of the former Sports Authority, opening by the following year with an exterior entry to the store. In May 2023, an Appliance Factory & Mattress Kingdom location opened in the former space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Cap City |date=2023-02-27 |title=Appliance Factory & Mattress Kingdom purchases former Dillard's in Cheyenne |url=https://capcity.news/community/2023/02/27/appliance-factory-mattress-kingdom-purchases-former-dillards-in-cheyenne/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Cap City News |language=en-US}}</ref>
Bomgaars, a department store chain that sells a variety of American farming and ranch supplies expressed interest in opening a store in the Jax Outdoor Gear location. The owners of Jax Outdoor Gear located agreed and the store was eventually rebranded as Bomgaars. The store opened in late 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eagle |first=Ivy Secrest Wyoming Tribune |date=2024-11-27 |title=Jax location at Frontier Mall to become Bomgaars |url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/jax-location-at-frontier-mall-to-become-bomgaars/article_07dca092-acf5-11ef-8306-c7f07da4b1d2.html |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |language=en}}</ref>
Tilt Arcade announced it would open a store at the mall near Bomgaars in summer 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eagle |first=Taylor Staples Wyoming Tribune |date=2026-04-10 |title=Tilt to open in Frontier Mall this summer, providing community with a VR experience, arcade and more |url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/tilt-to-open-in-frontier-mall-this-summer-providing-community-with-a-vr-experience-arcade/article_a73a7cad-76f0-4e99-bacb-72ea80d517fd.html |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{coord|41.162114|-104.805579|display=title}} {{CBL Properties}}
Category:Shopping malls in Wyoming Category:Shopping malls established in 1981 Category:CBL Properties Category:Buildings and structures in Cheyenne, Wyoming Category:Tourist attractions in Cheyenne, Wyoming Category:1981 establishments in Wyoming Category:Shopping malls developed by CBL Properties