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Frontier Mall underwent a renovation in 1995 that drastically changed the appearance of the mall nearer to what it looks like today.<ref name=":0" /> The renovation included work to make the entrances more visible from the outside, provide more natural light during the daylight hours with redesigned skylights, and replace the brown floor tile with tile made up of a mixture of five colors. The renovation added movable benches and planters, updated the existing restrooms, and added new restrooms near Arby's (which, at the time, was located<ref>Cheyenne City Directory 1995</ref> in then-space-91).<ref>"Frontier Mall to get new look". Friday, May 5, 1995. Joe Gardyasz. Wyoming Tribune-Eagle.</ref> In addition, neon lighting was added throughout the mall. A Grand Re-Opening event was set to be held on Thursday, October 26th,<ref>"Discover a new Frontier Mall". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. October 25, 1995.</ref> during which time a ribbon stretching throughout the mall was cut by the managers of each store.<ref>"Mall celebrates reopening". Joe Gardyasz. Wyoming Tribune Eagle. October 27, 1995.</ref>
By the end of 1995, anchor Fashion Bar (now owned by Stage Stores) would be renamed to Stage.<ref>"Fashion Bar will rename stores." Fort Collins Coloadoan. May 3 1995.</ref><ref>"Stage" advertisement. Wyoming Tribune Eagle. November 5, 1995.</ref> Cheyenne's Stage lived on until approximately the turn of the century, no longer being listed on Frontier Mall directory as of the time of an archived snapshot from January 24th, 2001 even though it was still listed in the 2001 city directory.<ref name=":7" /><ref>Cheyenne City Directory 1999</ref><ref name=":5" />
In the late 1990s, Dillard's would build a new store (which would become known as [[Dillard's 999|Dillards (East)]]) as an additional anchor to the Frontier Mall. The store silently opened on Saturday, March 8th, 1997, and it had a ribbon cutting at the mall entrance at 9:45 AM on Saturday, March 14th. The grand opening celebration continued through March 16th.
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