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People line up to shop at Arizona’s new gas-station cathedral

Jason Weisberger
Jun 23, 2026
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People waited in line outside Arizona’s first Buc-ee’s on Sunday, because America has reached the part of the simulation where a truck stop gets a rope line.

The new Buc-ee’s opened June 22 in Goodyear, just west of Phoenix, and it is not some humble roadside snack closet. This is a 74,000-square-foot monument to brisket sandwiches, Beaver Nuggets, jerky…

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