Costco sets June 24 opening for Syracuse, Utah warehouse and hiring wave

Costco’s Syracuse warehouse is set to open at 3151 W 1700 South on Wednesday, June 24, and the buildout around it shows how the company launches a new store as a full operating system, not just a sales floor. The opening will bring tire service, hearing aid, optical, pharmacy and a gas station, all of which point to a heavy staffing lift before the first members walk in.

For workers, the most important detail is timing. Costco says applicants can usually apply to new locations about 12 weeks before opening, which makes the pre-opening stretch the window that matters most for anyone trying to land a job before day one. Costco’s Syracuse posting says it is hiring for any position in Syracuse, and Elite Eyecare has also posted for a role inside the new warehouse, a sign that hiring is widening beyond Costco’s own payroll.

That kind of opening normally means a fast ramp-up in training, merchandising resets and coverage planning across the front end, service desk, pharmacy support, optical support, gas station staffing, tire service and stocking. The Syracuse page also lists executive member shopping hours, another signal that Costco expects traffic to build in tiers, not all at once, as the warehouse settles into its routine. To pull in early sign-ups, Costco is offering digital shop card incentives for new memberships joined before July 26, including $40 for Executive Members and $20 for Gold Star Members.

The local footprint is already visible in the city’s planning record. Syracuse said construction began in June 2025 on a project that includes a wholesale warehouse, fuel station and additional commercial spaces, with a new roundabout on 3000 West and new connecting roads planned between 3000 West, 1950 South and Antelope Drive to improve traffic flow. Public-hearing notices placed the site plan at about 17.6 acres at 3000 W Antelope Drive and later described an eight-lot subdivision of about 32 acres in the GC zone.

City leaders have tied the store to the broader growth around West Davis Highway, and Mayor Dave Maughan said the warehouse could bring roughly 150 to 250 jobs. Residents have already expressed both excitement and concern, especially over traffic and the loss of farmland near the site. For Costco employees, that mix of demand and disruption is familiar: a new warehouse can mean opportunity, but it also demands a lot of coordination before the operation feels stable.

The Syracuse opening also fits Costco’s larger expansion pattern. As of May 10, 2026, the company said it operated 931 warehouses worldwide, including 639 in the United States and Puerto Rico, and it reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 net sales of $69.15 billion, up 11.6% from a year earlier. Syracuse is one more sign that Costco is still adding capacity, and the work of staffing that growth begins long before the doors open.