Overview
- The chain opened a large travel center in Goodyear, Arizona earlier this month, marking the latest step in a planned expansion into roughly 16 states.
- Buc-ee’s has announced four Florida sites, with Fort Pierce and Tallahassee expected next year and Ocala and Port Charlotte targeted for 2029.
- The company expects its first Wisconsin store to open in Oak Creek early next year, which would become the closest Buc‑ee’s to Chicago.
- Buc-ee’s declined to confirm any immediate plans for Illinois and noted that all locations are corporate‑owned, so outside developers cannot franchise stores.
- Local governments prepare traffic routing and extra policing for openings because the stores draw heavy vehicle lines, and Buc‑ee’s says construction typically takes 18 to 24 months once it begins.