A new Buc-ee’s travel center opening in Texas is set to become the largest convenience store in the world. The 75,000 square foot gas station in Luling, Texas, will surpass the previous record holder – another Buc-ee’s location in Sevierville, Tennessee – by just barely 300 square feet when it opens on Monday June 10. "The new Buc-ee’s Luling will be the largest Buc-ee’s location in the country, bringing the largest Buc-ee’s back where the legend began," the company said in a press release .
The Texas store – opening two hours west of Houston – will replace the current Buc-ee’s in Luling, which was built as the brand’s first travel center in 2003. The American chain of enormous gas stations and general stores has become known for roadside snacks – featuring BBQ brisket sandwiches and its signature Beaver Nuggets – as well as the “world’s cleanest bathrooms” and the “friendliest” beaver mascot. The record-breaking gas station will consist of 120 fuel pumps, at least 200 employees, and “thousands of snack, meal and drink options for travelers on the go,” the company told USA Today .
That’s compared to the previous record-holding Buc-ee’s in Sevierville, which also has 120 pumps, 22 electric vehicle charging stations, and a 250-foot-long car wash within its 74,707 square foot location. This isn’t the only Buc-ee’s drawing in thousands of visitors across the country; a new location will break ground along Interstate 75 near Ocala, F.