JOHNSTOWN –The will be the largest store in Northern Colorado, and highway officials are preparing for a giant-sized traffic snarl when the retailer opens Saturday.
The 250,000-square-foot sporting goods store at 4755 Ronald Reagan Blvd. in Johnstown’s 2534 development opens Saturday at 9 a.m. — after two hours of early-morning festivities in the parking lot.
The Colorado Department of Transportation sent a press release Thursday afternoon warning drivers that Interstate 25 and U.S. 34 in the area will be unusually busy Saturday and Sunday.
Officials expect that 30,000 to 40,000 people will show up on Saturday alone, according to the release.
The megastore is the first in Colorado from the Fargo, N.D.-based, employee-owned company.
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