Wawa Grand Opening In Manassas To Feature Freebies For First 100, Free Coffee

MANASSAS, VA — Wawa is ready to introduce its first location in the City of Manassas with a grand opening filled with freebies Friday, Dec. 20.

The new convenience store is located at 8704 Sudley Road, which is next to the UVA Health Prince William Medical Center. Wawa is a convenience store chain that opened its first location in Folsom, PA in 1964, marking the 60th anniversary in 2024.

This will be the first Wawa within Manassas city limits, as the closest location is on the Prince William County side of Liberia Avenue. There are three Wawa locations throughout the Manassas area of Prince William County.

Friday's grand opening starts at 7:45 a.m. with Wawa General Manager Aminata Dia counting down the time until doors open at 8 a.m. When doors open, the store will give away free "In My Wawa Era 60th Anniversary" t-shirts to first 100 customers. Customers all day can receive a free any size hot coffee.

At 8:30 a.m., there will be remarks from officials, Hoagies for Heroes hoagie building competition between police and fire departments, and ribbon cutting with mascot Wally Goose. Officials and organizations attending will be Wawa director of store operations Kim Dowgielewicz, Wawa area manager Nate Bates, Wawa general manager Aminata Dia, Manassas Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger, Special Olympics Virginia athletes and representatives, Manassas City Police Department, Manassas Volunteer Fire Company and more local officials.

As Inside Nova reported in 2022, the Wawa approval drew a split vote from Manassas City Council and concerns from the neighboring Manassas Baptist Church. That part of the church directly next to the Wawa is the Marsteller property, which the city purchased and intends to turn into a park, fire station and community center. Manassas Baptist Church maintained its main church building next to the Marsteller property.