A photo of a Buc-ee’s in Athens, Alabama, provides a glimpse of the variety of items in the sprawling travel centers that have been called the “Disney World of gas stations.” Gretna officials have been working with Buc-ee’s for months and believe one is on the way near the intersection of Interstate 80 and Highway 31. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
GRETNA, Nebraska — Gretna is poised to become home to Nebraska’s first Buc-ee’s travel center — a prospect city officials expect will kickstart further tourism development in the area’s once-conflicted “good life district.”
The path to landing what’s been described as “the Disney World of gas stations” was paved Tuesday night when the Gretna City Council gave initial approval to a request to annex about 43 acres southeast of Interstate 80 and Highway 31.
Testimony during the meeting confirmed that a 74,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s store with 100 gas pumps would be built upon that tract, if all goes as planned. To access incentive benefits associated with a state-designated good life district, the project must also be within the city limits…