{"id":345648,"date":"2026-06-22T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/345648\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:48:11","slug":"arizonas-first-buc-ees-sees-texan-wait-14-hours-in-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/345648\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona’s first Buc-ee’s sees Texan wait 14 hours in line"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you are reading this, the doors to Arizona’s first Buc-ee’s<\/a> have officially opened in Goodyear. For hundreds of shoppers, and likely thousands throughout the day, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief as they hunt for beaver-branded merch, beaver nuggets, beef jerky<\/a> and brisket sandwiches, earning a trip to those famously clean bathrooms. For one such fan, he’s been waiting so long his legs might be shaking.<\/p>\n

A fan named Richard<\/a> became the first person in line at the Goodyear Buc-ee’s, lining up at 4:45 p.m. MST on Sunday, June 21, almost 14 hours ahead of the 6 a.m. grand opening on Monday, June 22. TikToker @lavender_rosess spoke with Richard at 11 p.m., learning that he’s a Texan who now lives in Phoenix, 19 miles east of Goodyear.<\/p>\n

“We’re here for a good time,” Richard said in the TikTok. “I’m gonna buy a lot of things, I have a lot of friends who don’t want to wait in line, so I have a laundry list of things to buy, but definitely the beef jerky. Beef jerky is amazing and the brisket sandwiches to die for. Ten out of 10.”<\/p>\n

All the traffic appears to have occurred overnight, as numerous cars camped out along I-10 and Bullard Avenue, awaiting the parking lot’s\u00a0opening at midnight. Images from the Arizona Department of Transportation showed every single parking space was full ahead of the 6 a.m. opening, with cars taking up all the gas pumps hours before they could even start fueling up.<\/p>\n

The Goodyear Police Department has helped control traffic, alerting all Buc-ee’s visitors that they must take the I-10 and Bullard Avenue exit to reach the travel center. When exiting, all drivers must head eastbound on I-10, according to the City of Goodyear.<\/p>\n

An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place later this morning at 8 a.m. EST, or 10 a.m. CT.<\/p>\n

Find it: 1001 N. Bullard Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85338<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As you are reading this, the doors to Arizona’s first Buc-ee’s have officially opened in Goodyear. For hundreds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[821,820,87538,30030,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-345648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysabusiness","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatraffic","tag-mysatx","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}