QuikTrip @ I-44 & Peoria

[jacobi]

If they left their HQ in east Tulsa they'd lose the go cart track that is the parking lot!  Also, they went as far east as possible without leaving the city limits.

Yeah My dad's office is across the street.  Also, it just would mean that they would have to build a go cart track on the top three floors of their building (most fun and dangerous idea I've ever had!)

[Hoss]

We are very lucky to have them based here.  I just wish they would move from their headquarters out in the sticks and move in/build something downtown.  I know they just built those headquarters not too long ago, so it's not likely.  Also, it would be ironic for a company that benifits from heavy car use and sprawl to build something that would promote density.  Also, since we they are based here Tulsan's seem to be gas station snobs.  When My wife and drove back from MA this summer I remember seeing the first QT and thinking "Oh God!  Civilization!"

But more on point,  I wonder if they will close the 45th and peoria location.  I live between riverside and peoria on 45th and use that QT all the time.  

Ok, one final note.  I realized the other day that a mythbusters episode (the one about cell phones causing gas station fires) had a segment in front of a QT.  I began to wonder where it was filmed.  I looked up the guy that the interviewed and sure enough, he (and the orangization he represents) are based in Tulsa.  I looked up his email and asked him if it was filmed here.  And it turns out yes, there is a mythbusters segment filmed in Tulsa.  We are now famous.

Boy talk about thread drift....

Not likely because their HQ is huge.  I work across the street from it.  It's not as 'out in the sticks' as you might think.

[patric]

I suspect whatever the lighting plan is, it will piss you off severely. 

They did quite well with the 21st and Memorial store, and eventually the 21st and Harvard one once the defective plan they filed was fixed.

The theory of "Moth-Effect Marketing" is an obsolete petroleum industry model to attract customers through the use of bad lighting, rather than by creating trust and goodwill in the minds of customers (as QT seems very capable of doing).

No reason a GenIII store cant be easy on the eyes, as well.

[jacobi]

Not likely because their HQ is huge.  I work across the street from it.  It's not as 'out in the sticks' as you might think.

Anything east of Harvard and south of 31st street is the sticks.  I'm being very generous.  For the record, by that definition, I live in the sticks.

[DolfanBob]

Anything east of Harvard and south of 31st street is the sticks.  I'm being very generous.  For the record, by that definition, I live in the sticks.

Wow. Then I live in BFE.

[Red Arrow]

Anything east of Harvard and south of 31st street is the sticks.  I'm being very generous.  For the record, by that definition, I live in the sticks.

From your response to the link of the Boston, MA street view I posted, I'm surprised you don't claim everything outside of the IDL is in the sticks.  Not bashing, just noting.

[jacobi]

I used to say: Nothing south of 21st.  Nothing west of the river.  Nothing North of the IDL.  Nothing east of peoria (excepting Cherry St. to St. louis, not all the way To Utica.  Then I softened in my old age.  If I still lived downtown, that would be my world.

[DowntownDan]

I kind of want to see QT open an urban downtown concept store, with or without a gasoline pump.  They have a good reputation for food and drinks.  I have seen 7-11's in major downtown markets without gas pumps.  They make money off lunch crowds and visitors looking for snacks or other goods.  Somewhere in the Brady would be nice with the influx of new residents and hotel guests.  

[DowntownDan]

I used to say: Nothing south of 21st.  Nothing west of the river.  Nothing North of the IDL.  Nothing east of peoria (excepting Cherry St. to St. louis, not all the way To Utica.  Then I softened in my old age.  If I still lived downtown, that would be my world.

I live near Cherry Street, so my wife and I have what she calls her "square."  I consider 41st and Yale the extreme southeast edge of my square, but prefer to stay within the northwest bounds of 31st and Harvard.  I only extend to Yale for Target, the AMC and Hollywood theaters, and the Promenade which is the only mall you can even remotely convince me to step into (though I still hate malls in general).  I only once in a blue moon venture to the 71st and 169 nightmare area.  I still make it to Tulsa Hills every now and again only because of easy access and traffic has not shut it down in the same manner as 71st and 169.  I really hope they never outgrow their traffic infrastructure.

[jacobi]

I kind of want to see QT open an urban downtown concept store, with or without a gasoline pump.  They have a good reputation for food and drinks.  I have seen 7-11's in major downtown markets without gas pumps.  They make money off lunch crowds and visitors looking for snacks or other goods.  Somewhere in the Brady would be nice with the influx of new residents and hotel guests. 

I've thought that for a long time.  It would diversify their product mix.  Wait did I just sound like a business major?  I need a shower...(I keed, I keed)

[SXSW]

I kind of want to see QT open an urban downtown concept store, with or without a gasoline pump.  They have a good reputation for food and drinks.  I have seen 7-11's in major downtown markets without gas pumps.  They make money off lunch crowds and visitors looking for snacks or other goods.  Somewhere in the Brady would be nice with the influx of new residents and hotel guests.  

Yes, it's the only thing they should try to copy about 7-11 though.  I've always thought the empty building at the SE corner of 4th & Elgin would be a good spot for an urban convenience store or pharmacy especially if more residential develops in the east end.

[jacobi]

Yes, it's the only thing they should try to copy about 7-11 though.  I've always thought the empty building at the SE corner of 4th & Elgin would be a good spot for an urban convenience store or pharmacy especially if more residential develops in the east end.

That building was one of the recipients of the last round of downtown housing money.  It would prevent them from doing that sort of thing, though.

[rdj]

I had the opportunity to be in multiple meetings with Chet in 2007 and on multiple occasions nearly begged for a sans-gas QT downtown.  I'd love to see them do a concept store at 4th & Main with an expanded fresh fruit section.

[TheTed]

There are several 7-11's in downtown Dallas, a lot of them opened in the past couple years. A downtown C-store would be a nice amenity for visitors and residents.

Everytime I stay in downtown Dallas I end up visiting 7-11 several times. Snacks and beers later in the evening. Snacks and coffee in the morning.

I heard that c-store at 4th and Main used to be a QuikTrip a long time ago. It definitely looks like a store that hasn't been updated in decades. I'm assuming some of those bags of chips in the back of the racks are vintage.

[DowntownDan]

I also used to think a Braums with their expanded market would be a good business model downtown to fill the need for a grocery store while staying profitable with fast food lunch and ice cream sales.  I never expected to have two grocery stores prepared to open this quickly though.  I much prefer the full grocery stores going in.