- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Buc-ee’s hops right over Louisiana into Mississippi. What gives?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:01 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:01 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
I often ponder what that would have looked like and looking at the utterly depressing general state of the French Quarter today, whether it might have actually been an improvement over what we got instead.
If there is anything that has worse drinks and crappy souvenir stands than the FQ... it's a casino...
1
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:03 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
If there is anything that has worse drinks and crappy souvenir stands than the FQ... it's a casino...
Yeah, but we are talking about Eddie's LUXURIOUS MONTE CARLO STYLE casino here.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:05 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
What "actual good food" can last all day in a car without needing to be in an ice chest and then somehow re-heated?
If only they had ice chests for vehicles to last all day.
Wait, isn’t this the OT, and isn’t the unofficial coolerYETI?
You serious Clark?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:11 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:Well, to make this even more OT-worthy, my Yeti was stolen by the same EBR thugs who relieved my Tundra of its catalytic converter.
isn’t this the OT, and isn’t the unofficial coolerYETI?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:13 pm to Mike da Tigah
We'll land one when they get around to plowing a new leg of Interstate through Cenla. They probably don't want to sink money into the I-10 Crime Corridor, TBH.... 
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:14 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:
f only they had ice chests for vehicles to last all day
You idiot... I said... what can be kept cool and easily reheated on the road?
No food that sits in an ice chest all day and then is eaten cold... is "actual good food".
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:17 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
They're building more in Alabama
Where?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:18 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
You idiot... I said... what can be kept cool and easily reheated on the road?
Oh, I see. I’m an idiot because I must not be aware that good food has to be re-heated food? Stands to reason I suppose when you consider the value placed upon hot food from Buc-ee’s.
Good food hot. Bad food cold. Gotcha
This post was edited on 1/3/22 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:20 pm to fallguy_1978
Alternative is to lock them all into a confined area with enough weapons and ammo to get the job done.
Maybe they can hold a Travis Scott concert in an abandoned building.
Maybe they can hold a Travis Scott concert in an abandoned building.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:20 pm to CaptainsWafer
quote:
Because it’s Louisiana and someone is trying to get greased to let them open something up?
This is 100% the reason and why they backed out of the BR location
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:21 pm to jennyjones
also same reason HEB is not here...they wanted in but the "costs" were too high
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:22 pm to LSUFanHouston
Maybe not the main culprit....but somewhere along I-12 in SE Louisiana is an ideal location.
The the new 6' center divider that they are putting up along I-12 reduces visibility from the opposite direction and hurts prospects for a primarily retail centric location. It makes choosing a location even more difficult, and Buc-ee's already has challenges with that given their needs for a large, highly visible piece of land immediately adjacent to a freeway exit.
There's just not a whole lot of options in Louisiana that fits their needs while also being close enough to some kind of town that can staff the place. The situation with Millerville was unique in that an old golf course closed down in a suburban area and made that development possible. It was choked in traffic and the site was prone to flooding.
The the new 6' center divider that they are putting up along I-12 reduces visibility from the opposite direction and hurts prospects for a primarily retail centric location. It makes choosing a location even more difficult, and Buc-ee's already has challenges with that given their needs for a large, highly visible piece of land immediately adjacent to a freeway exit.
There's just not a whole lot of options in Louisiana that fits their needs while also being close enough to some kind of town that can staff the place. The situation with Millerville was unique in that an old golf course closed down in a suburban area and made that development possible. It was choked in traffic and the site was prone to flooding.
This post was edited on 1/3/22 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:29 pm to Mike da Tigah
Back in the day local lafayette politicians/good ole boys screwed them on a deal where the target location is now. They vowed to never open a location in Louisiana after that.
This post was edited on 1/3/22 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:38 pm to BearCrocs
quote:
Louisiana is a shite hole
All I know is that there are super rest stops with big, clean bathrooms every 10 miles or so in Texas. There ain't none from the sabine river to the pearl river in louisiana.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:43 pm to Areddishfish
Would be great to have something between BR and Lake Charles on I10 there is nowhere good to fill up or use the bathroom in that stretch
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:45 pm to The Boat
quote:
The Millerville location would have been horrible anyways.
Yeah that seemed odd to me also. I have only stopped at a couple of them but aren't Buc-ee's normally outside of or at least on the edge of major population areas? Seems like one outside of Lafayette or the Northshore would have made the most sense. Only thing I could come up with was that someone in Louisiana government was trying to strong arm them into the Millerville location and finally someone with Bucc-ee's said yeah frick that place and pulled out of Louisiana all together.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:49 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:? ? ?
gas station
Who you callin' gas station?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:52 pm to Ponchy Tiger
We have one in Katy (25 miles west of downtown), one Baytown (25 miles east of downtown), one in Hempstead off US290, and one off I45 toward Galveston.
They got us surrounded.
They got us surrounded.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:53 pm to East Coast Band
quote:
quote:
They're building more in Alabama
Where?
Athens, AL and Auburn, AL just broke ground in October for the 3rd and 4th Buc-ee's in the state. other two are in Leeds, AL and Baldwin Co, Al (Exit 53 I-10).
One also just opened in Calhoun, GA and there is one in Warner Robbins, GA.
Sevierville, TN is also under construction as well as the one in South Mississippi.
Florida now has 2 Buc-ee's locations. One in St. Augustine and another in Daytona Beach. 3rd is about to break ground on I-95 in St. Johns County.
Looks like Louisiana is getting skipped over on purpose because the other southern states are filling nicely. I guessing it has something to do with politics but that is just a guess.
This post was edited on 1/3/22 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 3:56 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:
why would they consistently skip over their own neighboring state?
Well first you gotta do a study.
Page 5 of 10
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News