Buc-ee’s plans 1st Indiana travel center in Greenwood along I-65

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Buc-ee's plans to soon build its first location in Indiana.

Buc-ee's is equal parts food court, clothing store and souvenir shop. Customers can not only gas up at dozens of pump but they can also venture inside and buy everything from brisket sandwiches carved on a butcher's block to Buc-ee's T-shirts, shorts and even swimsuits. It prides itself on clean, roomy bathrooms, hot food and its branded snacks.

The travel center chain is looking at Greenwood, Indiana, to build a 74,000-square-foot store off of Interstate 65. That's southeast of Indianapolis.

The proposed mega travel center would feature 120 gas pumps as well as electric vehicle charging stations.

Construction is expected to take two years.

Right now, the closest Buc-ee's location to Louisville is in Smiths Grove, Kentucky, off I-65. There is also a location in Richmond, Kentucky, off Interstate 75. And another is planned for Oak Grove in southwestern Kentucky.

Buc-ee's was founded in 1982. Since beginning its multi-state expansion in 2019, Buc-ee's has opened travel centers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri and Colorado.