Colorado’s very first Buc-ee’s travel center will break floor in Johnstown at noon Tuesday, with an opening date predicted someday in 2024.
The Texas phenomenon that is Buc-ee’s will be 74,000 sq. toes — it will tie with Sevierville, Tennessee, as the biggest in the country — and incorporate 116 fueling stations along with all the other favorites that made the travel middle famous: do-it-yourself fudge, Texas barbecue, kolaches, Beaver nuggets, jerky, new pastries and “the world’s cleanest loos, freshest food items and friendliest beaver.”
Found at 5201 Nugget Road, the travel heart will be on the southwest corner of Interstate 25 and Larimer County Street 48. Johnstown officers accepted Buc-ee’s strategies in May well.
Capture up:Beloved Texas mega-chain Buc-ee’s is ready to develop to Johnstown
The 40-year previous chain that initially opened in Clute, Texas, has 35 shops in Texas as properly as others in Alabama, Florida and Ga. It a short while ago opened its to start with shops in Kentucky and South Carolina with development of extra web-sites underway in South Carolina and Tennessee.
It programs to insert shops in Mississippi and Missouri next.
“We picked a fantastic husband or wife in the local community of Johnstown for our to start with shop in Colorado,” explained Stan Beard of Buc-ee’s in a information release “At the foothills of the beautiful Northern Entrance Array, this Buc-ee’s will introduce all kinds of bikers, hikers, skiers, and campers to the cleanest restrooms, friendliest personnel, and freshest meals they are going to ever uncover on a street vacation.”
Buc-ee’s Johnstown ideas to include 175 new full-time positions to Northern Colorado, with a starting wage of $16 an hour, comprehensive rewards, 401(k) retirement benefits and 3 weeks of paid out trip.
Pat Ferrier is a senior reporter covering company, health care and expansion challenges in Northern Colorado. Make contact with her at patferrier@coloradoan.com. You should assist her function and that of other Coloradoan journalists by acquiring a membership nowadays.
