Bucee's beloved convenience store to expand to this state Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY September 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM 48 Utah residents have reason to celebrate after news emerged that the state's first Bucee's is expected to open in Springville, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY September 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Utah residents have reason to celebrate after news emerged that the state's first Buc-ee's is expected to open in Springville, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. The news comes less than two months after reports that the Texas-based travel center was exploring Meridian, Idaho, as a possible location.
The much-beloved convenience store and gas stop, and the Springville City Council agreed to a potential partnership on Sept. 2 to build its first location in Utah, with plans to construct a 74,000-square-foot gas and convenience store on undeveloped land, Springville City administration said in a Sept. 3 press release.
"We are excited to welcome Buc-ee's to our community, and the great state of Utah," Springville City Mayor Matt Packard said in a statement. "We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship for both our community and Buc-ee's."
Packard added, "It has been a pleasure to work with Buc-ee's."
Buc-ee's convenience store and gas stop has become the world's largest convenience store with over 100 gas pumps and a 75,000 square feet store in Luling, Texas on June 12, 2024.
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However, a final document is yet to be signed, the Daily Herald reported citing Packard, who said: "We certainly wouldn't get to this point if we didn't have a lot of confidence in them and our ability to be able to finalize this transaction."
While Buc-ee's had no official comment to offer on the development, Stan Beard, the director of real estate and development for the company, according to the press release, said they're excited to open their first store in Springville.
"It's been a long time coming," Beard said. "But Springville is the kind of community where we are going to prosper, and our partnership is going to be bigger than I think either one of us think it is, and we're happy to be in Utah. We're ready to get going."
The new Utah location is expected to include a travel center spanning 74,000 square feet with 120 fueling stations, multiple EV chargers and 200 full-time employees.
When will Buc-ee's open in Utah?
Customers will have to wait some time for the store's opening. Authorities estimate the project will take just over two years to complete, given that the land is undeveloped, the press release said.
Multiple media outlets, including the Daily Herald, Salt Lake Tribune and KUTV reported that the company is about nine months to a year away from breaking ground, according to Beard. Once construction begins, the store is expected to open 15 to 18 months after that, bringing the total timeline to around two and a half years.
The city will reimburse Buc-ee's 50% for the cost of new roads from curb to curb, Assistant City Administrator and City Attorney for Springville John Penrod said, per KUTV, adding it will also reimburse Buc-ee's $625,000 for sewer and water infrastructure upgrades, amongst other costs.
Any future intersection traffic signals will also be the city's responsibility, Penrod said, according to KUTV.
Buc-ee the Beaver dances near a display of stuffed toys during the grand opening of Buc-ee's in Brunswick on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.Buc-ee's continues to expand national footprint
Buc-ee's, a travel center known for its long line of gas pumps, large restrooms, and beaver-themed merchandise, was established in Texas by Arch "Beaver" Aplin III in 1982, per the Buc-ee's website. Over the past 40-plus years, Aplin has led the opening of more than 50 locations, which began in Texas and then expanded throughout the South, Midwest, and are now heading West.
Shoppers recently celebrated the grand opening of Virginia's first Buc-ee's location, which opened its doors in Mount Crawford on June 30. That location opened just one day before another new store in Brunswick, on Georgia's southeast coast.
Other states with Buc-ee's locations include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund, Greta Cross / USA TODAY
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