A DuBois landmark will soon meet the wrecking ball.

Last night, the city council approved plans for a new Sheetz. As part of the makeover, the store will also be selling alcohol.

Sheetz officials say they plan to tear down the current store at Park and Brady and put in a new one that’s nearly twice as big.

“Circulation throughout the site will be a lot better than the existing store. It’s giving us a little bit more room to maneuver your vehicles,” says Sheetz engineering/permits manager Brent Brubaker.

Sheetz officials told the planning commission last week that they’ll be going from 3,100 to 5,900 square feet, taking away three nearby buildings, and putting the gas pumps out back.

They say it will be bigger than the Bee-Line Sheetz, and will sell six packs of beer. How will it impact local beer distributors?

“I’m sure there’s gonna be some effect as with any change in the system, but we here, we’re more in the bulk game,” says Brady Street Distributor employee Brian White.

Brady Street Distributor can sell cases, and supplies a nearby six-pack shop. They’re interested in selling to Sheetz, which is also putting in beer in its Falls Creek store.

“I’ve stopped in there, but the lady I talked to just referred me to a corporate phone number,” says White.

White says his business buys from larger distributors, who have contracts with companies like Anheuser Busch and Coors to sell in Clearfield County. He hopes Sheetz won’t find a way to bypass the complicated system.

“They should just enter into the current system and play by the rules,” says White.

Customers here say the expanded hours for sales at Sheetz could hurt business here.

“It probably would hamper their business a little bit because you would have access to it 24-7 at Sheetz,” says customer Lisa Marchioni.

“I’d rather come here because they’ve been very helpful in the community all these years,” says customer Everett Lyle.

According to Sheetz officials, the building process for the new store will take about six months next year, from March to September, and the store will be closed during that time.

Brubaker says the DuBois city engineer had the idea to move the pumps to the back and have the store near the corner, and they adopted that idea.

“The existing store is kind of functionally obsolete and it’s not really up to the standards of our current brand, so we’re undertaking a rebuild of stores that are in that particular condition,” says Brubaker.