Mississippi finally has Buc-ee’s, but for now the state has only one confirmed location.
Buc-ee’s official location list shows the Mississippi store in Harrison County, at 8245 Firetower Road in Pass Christian, just off the Menge Avenue exit on Interstate 10. The store opened June 9, 2025, becoming Buc-ee’s 52nd location nationwide and — at the time — the chain’s largest store anywhere. That puts Mississippi on Buc-ee’s expanding Southern road-trip map and gives the state a place on the Gulf Coast portion of the chain’s national strategy.
The Pass Christian-area store is built for I-10.
That corridor is one of the most important travel routes in the Gulf South, carrying drivers between Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. A Buc-ee’s there can pull in beach travelers, casino visitors, families headed to the coast, and curious locals who want to see what the hype is about. Pass Christian also sits just over an hour from downtown New Orleans, which matters more than usual: Buc-ee’s notably canceled and then reversed plans to expand into Louisiana, making the Mississippi store the de facto Buc-ee’s for the entire New Orleans metro area.
The store is built at a scale that matches that geographic importance. The 74,000-square-foot travel center features 120 fueling positions, 24 EV charging stations, and 165 toilets, with $80 million in private investment behind it. Buc-ee’s says the location created 200+ jobs, with starting pay well above state minimum wage, a 6% 401(k) match, three weeks of paid vacation, and some positions paying six-figure salaries.
The Mississippi location follows the familiar Buc-ee’s formula: a huge store, clean bathrooms, barbecue, Beaver Nuggets, jerky, fudge, snacks, drinks, and rows of branded merchandise.
Local officials prepared for the opening years in advance. Harrison County spent $15 million expanding a two-lane bridge at the Menge Avenue exit to five lanes to handle the expected traffic surge before Buc-ee’s even opened its doors. Stan Beard, Buc-ee’s director of real estate and development, said at the opening that Harrison County “is perfectly situated along I-10 between our Texas and Alabama stores.”
For Mississippi drivers, the opening was a big deal because it eliminated the need to cross into Alabama or Texas for the full Buc-ee’s experience.
It also put the state into the chain’s broader Gulf Coast strategy. Buc-ee’s already has locations in Alabama and Florida, and the Mississippi store helps fill in another key piece of the I-10 route.
But what comes next?
For now, there does not appear to be a second Mississippi location on Buc-ee’s official estimated opening list. The company’s future projects include places in states such as Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, and others, but no additional Mississippi site is currently listed by Buc-ee’s.
That does not mean Mississippi will never get another store.
It simply means there is no confirmed second location with a public company timeline.
The obvious places to watch would be other major highway corridors, especially areas that could catch I-55 or I-20 traffic. But until Buc-ee’s or local officials announce a project, those are just guesses.
The current count is simple: Mississippi has one Buc-ee’s.
The future plan is also simple: no second Mississippi store has been officially announced.
For now, Pass Christian is Mississippi’s beaver-branded destination.
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