Buc-ee's grand opening in Mississippi is June 9: Here are 5 things to know before you go
Many fans and curiosity seekers are getting excited about the first Buc-ee's travel center opening soon in south Mississippi.
There are a few things visitors need to know about the new location ahead of the June 9 grand opening.
The Buc-ee's travel center will officially open at 6 a.m. Monday, June 9, but expect a crowd to pile up ahead of the store's opening.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 10 a.m. June 9.
Once the store is open, it will remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays.
The Buc-ee's travel center in Mississippi is at 8245 Firetower Road in Pass Christian.
Motorists can take Exit 24-Menge Avenue from Interstate 10, which turns into Firetower Road north of the interstate.
Buc-ee's locations do not have individual phone numbers, but the company offers a website to help customers get help with what they need: buc-ees.com/contact.
According to Southern Living, Buc-ee's founder Arch Aplin III was nicknamed "Beaver" as a child, which carried into his adulthood as the company's mascot.
Alpin also had a Labrador retriever named Buck, from which he derived the company's name.
The company was started in Texas in 1982.
Buc-ee's stakes its reputation on friendly service, fresh food and the cleanest bathrooms.
The travel centers are more like a department store with areas for clothing, home decor, sporting goods, food and more.
The Pass Christian location, like other travel centers, will offer 120 gas pumps and 24 EV charging stations at the 74,000-square-foot facility, joining the company's other travel centers in Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri and Colorado.
Lici Beveridge is a reporter for the Hattiesburg American and Clarion Ledger. Contact her at lbeveridge@gannett.com. Follow her on X @licibev or Facebook at facebook.com/licibeveridge.
This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Buc-ee's in Mississippi: 5 things to know
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