Texas
World’s largest Buc-ee’s opens: Here’s where
LULING, Texas (KXAN) — Travelers and residents can now visit the largest Buc-ee’s travel center in the world.
The new convenience store is located in Luling, Texas, and opened its doors to the public Monday morning, according to a news release from the company.
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Largest Buc-ee’s in the country opens in Luling, Texas on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) -
Patrons get Buc-ee’s merchandise on the day of the opening of the largest Buc-ee’s in the country in Luling, Texas on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) -
Patrons get Buc-ee’s merchandise on the day of the opening of the largest Buc-ee’s in the country in Luling, Texas on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) -
Largest Buc-ee’s in the country opens in Luling, Texas on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) -
Ribbon cutting held for the new Buc-ee’s travel center in Luling, Texas, on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Ed Zavala) -
Gov. Greg Abbott attends the ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Buc-ee’s travel center in Luling, Texas, on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Ed Zavala) -
Ribbon cutting held for the new Buc-ee’s travel center in Luling, Texas, on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Ed Zavala) -
Ribbon cutting held for the new Buc-ee’s travel center in Luling, Texas, on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Ed Zavala)
The new 75,000-square-foot center is symbolic for the Luling community, replacing the city’s current Buc-ee’s store, the first one built in 2003.
“We are thrilled to open the doors to the world’s largest Buc-ee’s travel center right here in the Great State of Texas,” Stan Beard, of Buc-ee’s, said in a statement. “It’s particularly exciting, considering this is the Buc-ee’s that started it all, so we are really looking forward to celebrating with the incredible people of Luling.”
Before the opening of the Luling store, the largest Buc-ee’s was in Tennessee.
The new travel center was expected to add at least 200 jobs to the Luling area. Now that the center is open, Buc-ee’s has 50 stores across Texas and the South.
“This store provides 250 full-time jobs; minimum wage is $18 an hour, so it’s a great wage, it’s a great place to work,” said Josh Smith, the Southeast director of operations, “and then we get to turn around and put that money back into Caldwell County and Luling, and, you know, it’s just a win-win for everybody.”
The new Buc-ee’s can be found along I-10 in Luling. Local leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Buc-ee’s, which has set records for the world’s largest convenience store and the world’s longest car wash, is open 24 hours, seven days a week. It also boasts having the cleanest restrooms in America, winning a Cintas nationwide restroom contest in 2012.
The Texas Longhorns entered the 2025 season with more expectations than any team has had to deal with in recent memory.
Many among the media were ready to crown the team and quarterback Arch Manning before they even played one game. Of course, those unrealistic expectations were never met, even though the team finished with a 10-3 record and a Citrus Bowl win over the Michigan Wolverines.
2026 is heading in the same direction for the Longhorns. Many believe head coach Steve Sarkisian has the most talented team in the country. But in order to fix the issues from this past season, the Longhorns needed to fix one issue that has cost them in the past.
Changing The Narrative
One of the biggest issues the Longhorns had last season was the play of the offensive line. It was apparent in the first game of the season against the Ohio State Buckeyes that Manning didn’t have the pocket time needed to make big plays.
This offseason, Coach Sarkisian went out and found two massive transfer portal additions that should completely change the narrative on this offensive line.
It starts with potential starting right tackle Melvin Siani. Siani has spent time with the Temple Owls and last season with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Longhorns are set at left tackle with Trevor Goosby, who could play himself into being a top 10 pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. If the team can get competent play from Siani, the offense will be able to open up the playbook, and the world may finally see Manning at his college peak.
The Longhorns also went out and found a potential fix at left guard for the 2026 season. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers transfer Laurence Seymore could be another strong patch for the holes in the offensive line.
After spending the first two seasons of his college career with the Miami Hurricanes, Seymore made stops with the Akron Zips and the Hilltoppers.
Of course, the one concern with Seymore is wondering if he can compete at the SEC level coming from the C-USA.
This season for the Longhorns starts and stops with the play of Manning. Coach Sarkisian and the rest of this coaching staff understood that protecting their quarterback was the most important goal when building the 2026 roster.
The Longhorns are going to be leaning on veteran talent to protect their quarterback, and it may very well be the best decision they made this offseason.
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