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New Buc-Ee’s coming to Central Florida now touted as ‘world’s largest’ for the already oversized chain

This will be the third location in Florida

By Matthew Moyer on Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 10:48 am

Photo courtesy Buc-Ee's/Facebook

The world's largest Buc-Ee's is coming to Ocala

The new Buc-Ee's coming to Central Florida just became a bit of a bigger deal — it's now touted as being the world's largest outpost of the already ginormously scaled gas station chain.

Buc-Ee's new location will be an 80,000-square-foot facility, complete with 120 gas pumps and 750 parking spots, sited east of I-75 in Ocala near State Road 326. This new Buc-Ee's steals "world's biggest" rights from an under-construction location in Texas that is planned to come in around 75,000 square feet.

Back in April, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state would be directing funds toward a new highway interchange that will ultimately accommodate this Buc-ee's location. He then proceeded to toss bags of beaver nuggets into the crowd.

“It’s basically like the Shangri-La of service stations," enthused DeSantis, like a very normal person.

Meanwhile, glam-rock oddballs Sparks posed in front of rival chain WaWa last week.

Gov. DeSantis puts millions toward I-75 expansion to accommodate new Central Florida Buc-ee’s location: The governor called Buc-ee’s the ‘Shangri-La of service stations’

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