{"id":334715,"date":"2026-06-13T06:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/334715\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:15:13","slug":"tecovas-to-open-first-store-in-major-texas-college-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/334715\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecovas to open first store in major Texas college town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s difficult to picture cowboy boots without imagining new frontiers, and so it&#8217;s no surprise to learn that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/culture\/article\/austin-texas-boot-stores-south-congress-21045232.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Tecovas;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tecovas&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tecovas<\/a> is yet again bringing their boots where they haven&#8217;t been before. This time, closer to Texas&#8217; biggest university, where they are known to love cowboy boots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Austin-based retailer plans to open their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026022669\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:first location in College Station this fall;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;first location in College Station this fall&quot;}\" class=\"link \">first location in College Station this fall<\/a>. It&#8217;s part of an expansion to Century Square, the mixed-use destination near Texas A&amp;M University that features an array of shopping and restaurant options, and regularly hosts community events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The\u00a0Tecovas $700,000 construction project will reportedly be 1,744 feet of boots and boot-related accessories in Century Square at 155 Century Court, Suite 109. It is currently slated to be completed in mid-October, smack dab in the middle of football season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are excited to expand our presence and bring our handcrafted, heritage-quality cowboy boots and Western footwear to more communities,&#8221; a\u00a0Tecovas spokesperson told Chron.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The boot display at Tecovas (Photo by Brett Coomer\/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (Houston Chronicle\/Hearst Newspap\/Staff photographer)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/263f734b410f6af9e22fcafe2d08dabe.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The boot display at Tecovas (Photo by Brett Coomer\/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (Houston Chronicle\/Hearst Newspap\/Staff photographer)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tecovas recently opened its first location in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/texas\/article\/tecovas-boots-pnw-portland-22249662.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Pacific Northwest;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Pacific Northwest&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Pacific Northwest<\/a>, and currently has more than 50 locations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Founded in 2015 by Texan Paul\u00a0Hedrick, Tecovas has become widely popular in and outside of Texas for men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s boots. But they don&#8217;t just sell you the boots. The shops are a sort of one-stop service station as well, offering to shine them, stretch them and give them a personalized stamp. 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