Texas City's huge new Buc-ee's coming sooner than expected

Some of the cool and crazy things you can buy at Buc-ee's

It's not a real Texas road trip without a stop into Buc-ee's. Here's some of the things we saw for sale at the Buc-ee's in Luling on a recent trip. Some of the cool and crazy things you can buy at Buc-ee's

It's not a real Texas road trip without a stop into Buc-ee's. Here's some of the things we saw for sale at the Buc-ee's in Luling on a recent trip. Photo: Brett Mickelson Photo: Brett Mickelson Image 1 of / 42 Caption Close Texas City's huge new Buc-ee's coming sooner than expected 1 / 42 Back to Gallery

Texas City residents will be addicted to Beaver Nuggets and cheap gas sooner than they expected, according to the Galveston County Daily News.

The newspaper reported Tuesday that the gas station chain with the devoted following will be opening its sprawling Texas City location in "late April or early May," earlier than the later summer date initially planned.

"They are ahead of schedule, which is good for all of us, including the tourists going to Galveston in May," said Jimmy Hayley, president of the Texas City Chamber Of Commerce.

Buc-ee's owner Arch “Beaver” Aplin III wasn't available for comment on Wednesday, but in earlier interviews he's said that the 60,000 square-foot location was progressing nicely.

The Texas City stop is coming up at I-45 and Holland Road, just steps away from a Tanger Outlet Mall.

Roads around the location had already been widened for the impending Buc-ee's when the outlet mall opened last August, Hayley said.

The chain of roadside gas stations and travel centers will be adding two new locations within a year, including this one and the Baytown one.

The location in Baytown is sprouting up off I-10 and John Martin Road. That one will boast 96 gas pumps for your filling pleasure.

The company is the brainchild of owners Aplin III and Don Wasek, based in Lake Jackson.