UPDATE:

According to customers, Five Below in Cedar Rapids has opened for business early!

You've been waiting long enough! Five Below will finally open its Cedar Rapids and Coralville locations this Friday, March 8th!

Five Below is one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world, so it was only a matter of time until it arrived here in Eastern Iowa. If you're not familiar with the store, their official website states:

"Five Below is a store with unlimited possibilities where tweens, teens and beyond are free to Let Go & Have Fun in a color- popping, music pumping, super-fun shopping experience where you’ll always find the coolest stuff for $5 or less making it easy to say YES and smile big with our tech, tees, sports balls, beauty, candy, remote control toys and SO much more for literally everyone!"

The Cedar Rapids location is located at 180 Collins Rd NE in the Collins Crossing Shopping Center and the Coralville location is at 1451 Coral Ridge Ave outside the Coral Ridge Mall. Both grand opening weekends will kickoff this Friday morning from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. According to the Facebook pages, the first 100 people in line on Friday will receive a mystery ticket worth up to $100! They will also be selling hotdogs for only 5 cents a piece and giving away free cinch sacks while supplies last. The store's celebrations will also run Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

To get a feel of what types of items Five Below sells, you can visit their website HERE.

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