# Buc-ee's Murfreesboro Travel Center Opens November 16 With 120 Fueling Stations > Buc-ee's will open its fourth Tennessee travel center in Murfreesboro on November 16, a 74,000-square-foot store. - Published: 2026-10-22T19:10:18+00:00 - Section: Expansion - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-22/buc-ees-murfreesboro-store-opening - Source: [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/buc-ees-murfreesboro-store-sets-184028097.html) ## Key takeaways - Buc-ee's will open its Murfreesboro, Tennessee, store at 6 a.m. on November 16, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon. - The 74,000-square-foot location off Interstate 24 will have 120 fueling stations and a 250-foot car wash. - Buc-ee's founder Arch "Beaver" Aplin III said the store will provide 250-plus livable-wage jobs. [Buc-ee's](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0002fev/buc-ee-s) will open its Murfreesboro, Tennessee, travel center at 6 a.m. on November 16, a spokesperson confirmed, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon. The store off Interstate 24 is the fourth Buc-ee's in Tennessee. [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/buc-ees-murfreesboro-store-sets-184028097.html) published the opening date. ## What the Murfreesboro Buc-ee's Will Include The Murfreesboro location sits by the I-24 interchange at Joe B. Jackson Parkway on the southeast side of the city. It will have 120 fueling stations, a 74,000-square-foot retail, convenience and food store, and a 250-foot car wash, according to the report. The store is larger than many grocery retailers, Murfreesboro planning records show. "We're excited to open our new location in Tennessee," said Crissy Gonzales, media manager for the Texas-based Buc-ee's. "We will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at noon." John Harney, a Murfreesboro real estate broker with ParkTrust Commercial who worked on the property transaction, said the store will operate on 47 acres. Buc-ee's founder Arch "Beaver" Aplin III spoke at the October 2025 groundbreaking and said the company, founded in 1982, will provide 250-plus livable-wage jobs to the area. Those jobs will pay "well above minimum wage, full benefits, a 6% matching 401k, and three weeks of paid vacation," according to a news release from Gonzales about the groundbreaking. "It is very much our intention to be a very hospitable member of ya'll's community," Aplin said at that time. "If we're hospitable to our customers, people notice." ## Buc-ee's Scale Across the South Buc-ee's is a privately held Texas-based travel center chain operating 55-plus large-format locations across 11-plus U.S. states, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records list 36 locations in Texas alone as of April 2026 and a revenue estimate of $1 billion to $5 billion. Buc-ee's opened its first Ohio travel center on April 6, 2026, at 8000 State Hwy 235 in Huber Heights, a 74,000-square-foot facility with 100 fueling positions and 24 EV charging stations that created over 200 jobs. ## Earlier Buc-ee's Expansion Moves Buc-ee's submitted a site development plan for a second Colorado travel center in unincorporated El Paso County on October 15, 2026, a 74,000-square-foot facility that would have 116 fueling positions and 12 EV charging stations, Yahoo reported. On October 16, 2026, Yahoo reported that Buc-ee's is seeking rezoning for nearly 34 acres near the I-95 and Halifax Road interchange in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Charlotte County approved a 74,000-square-foot Buc-ee's travel center near I-75 and Harborview Road in Southwest Florida on October 7, 2026, with 120 fueling positions and 750 parking spaces, Yahoo reported. ## Buc-ee's Gallaway Store Buc-ee's has broken ground on a fifth Tennessee store in Gallaway, in the Memphis area, according to the report. The company's [own site](http://buc-ees.com) lists its locations and store amenities. ## Companies in this story - [Buc-ee's company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0002fev/buc-ee-s) · website: http://buc-ees.com --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt