IKEA Continues Midwest Expansion By Submitting Plans To Open A Milwaukee-Area Store Summer 2018 In Oak Creek, Wisconsin (Graphic: Business Wire) The Swedish furniture and home goods chain, which has been considering the Milwaukee area for nearly a … OAK CREEK, WI — The IKEA in Oak Creek opened to fanfare at just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, marking the Swedish home furnishing's entree into Wisconsin. Kruger/Now Media Group Fullscreen ... With IKEA Oak Creek now open, … The 290,000-square foot IKEA Oak Creek is the first IKEA store in the state of Wisconsin and boasts one of the largest rooftop solar arrays in the state. Ikea will open May 16 in Oak Creek. Inside look: Ikea preps first Wisconsin store for summer . The first 1,000 adults in line will receive a "welcome" gift. Opening ceremonies for the first IKEA in Wisconsin begin at 8:15 a.m. and the doors open at 9 a.m. Ikea to open first Wisconsin store in Oak Creek May 16 . OAK CREEK -- IKEA Oak Creek, Wisconsin's first IKEA store, is set to open on Wednesday, May 16 -- and on Sunday, May 6, customers got a unique sneak peek in Milwaukee. … IKEA holiday schedule: check IKEA hours of operation, the open time and the close time on Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. IKEA officials said the store will officially open for business at 9 a.m. May 16, 2018. Plenty of fans will be more than willing to make the trek, so expect a lot of traffic to this first Ikea store in Wisconsin and 48th in the U.S. IKEA wants to build a 295,000-square-foot store — its first in Wisconsin — in Oak Creek and open it in summer of 2018. Construction continues on the new Oak Creek Ikea store as the building is fully enclosed and work is on pace to open the Swedish furniture retailer's first Wisconsin location in the summer of … The Swedish-founded, Dutch-based IKEA is prepared to open is first Wisconsin store at I-94 and Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek on May 16. Ikea is planning its first Wisconsin store for a large site along I-94 in Oak Creek. C.T.