With billboards visible for miles and rows of gas pumps stretching across the site, Buc-ee’s has become a hard-to-miss roadside stop. The Texas-based chain is expanding across the South, and its next Tennessee location is scheduled to open November 16, 2026, in Murfreesboro.

The travel center will sit on roughly 47 acres at the Interstate 24 interchange with Joe B. Jackson Parkway. Plans call for about 120 fueling positions, a store of approximately 74,000 square feet, electric vehicle charging, and a car wash more than 250 feet long. Like other Buc-ee’s locations, it is expected to offer the chain’s signature snacks, brisket, jerky, fudge, and extensive merchandise selection, along with the well-known clean restrooms.

Buc-ee’s already operates Tennessee stores in Crossville (opened 2022) and Sevierville (opened 2023). An earlier Clarksville proposal was withdrawn due to traffic concerns, but the Murfreesboro project has moved forward. Groundbreaking took place in October 2025, and the company has confirmed a 6 a.m. opening on November 16 with a ribbon-cutting later that morning.

The location is expected to add jobs in the area. Other Buc-ee’s stores in Tennessee have hired well over 100 full-time employees with starting wages above minimum wage, benefits, and paid time off. Murfreesboro has seen steady growth in recent years, and the travel center is anticipated to draw both local and interstate traffic.

Site work and infrastructure improvements have supported the project. Earlier approvals covered right-of-way adjustments along Elam Road, drainage easement abandonments, and the realignment of Butler Drive to improve traffic flow near Joe B. Jackson Parkway. Those roadway and utility upgrades were part of the broader preparation for the large commercial site.

Once open, the Murfreesboro Buc-ee’s will join the chain’s growing network of destination-style travel centers across the region.