They say everything’s bigger in Texas, but the new Buc-ee’s coming to Arkansas might put that to the test.
The Texas-based chain of super-sized gas stations/convenience stores/ kolache peddlers has announced that they are breaking ground on the new Benton, Arkansas, location on February 19. As we previously reported, the Texas-based brand’s expansion into Benton was first announced in September of last year.
Although, as local news outlet KARK reports, Buc-ee’s initially kicked off some kolache-fueled dreams back in 2023 “when a proposed land purchase on a 29-acre track from the city at a cost of $77,586.21 an acre for an anticipated travel center began fueling the speculation.”
Now, they are getting to work to build what will be tied for the largest location ever built. That translates to over 100 gas pumps and a 75,000-square foot store filled with Beaver Nuggets, Dr Pepper Icees, every kind of jerky, and all the hot biscuits and pickles you can imagine.
This outpost of the oversized travel center, a.k.a. The South’s Best Travel Stop, will be perfectly located for folks traveling through the Natural State, as it’s smack in the middle and less than 30 miles from Little Rock at the northwest corner of Interstate 30 and Highway 229.
While Benton’s Buc-ee’s is going to be big, tied with the Buc-ee’s outpost in Luling, Texas, for the country’s largest, the one expected to open in Ocala, Florida is going to be even larger. That one, opening some time this year, is supposed to be a whopping 80,000-square feet. Buc-ee’s loves to constantly break its own records for the world’s largest convenience store, and it’s unlikely any one location will wear this crown for long.
