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It's going to be built at the Renaissance Festival as part of the new Disney park that is going in there now that Disney owns the TRF. This way they don't have to worry about the CS City Council not approving it because it (a)has orange or (b) doesn't have maroon in the design.

I heard that a CS City Council member tried to buy up the COSTCO franchise to keep it from happening, but was afraid that it would just land in Bryan, so he backed off.

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No blue stars for this? C'mon now.

Well, you get one from me.

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But you gave a winky face?

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addictedtocostco.com doesn't show anything in Texas as rumored locations other than Midland/Odessa and Corpus Christi.

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They're building one in Humble as we speak.

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Yes - that one shows up in the new locations list - with an opening date sometime (spring?) in 2016. The other two locations are the only ones showing up in the "rumored" section of the site.

$86 million is insane. Guess we won't be getting a CostCo here ever.

I wonder what the national average in yearly sales for Sam's club is and about what our local store does per year.

Not a direct measurement but $/sq foot a good Sams club makes about 1/2 per of what a Costco store of similar size makes, but most make about 1/3. All the Sams/Walmart followers are hoping Sams can make up the difference since it would make for a huge increase in the walmart share price.

If you look at Houston with only 7 locations ( including Woodlands) its pretty easy to see why BCS is unlikely to get a store for a long time. I think that , as Harris County grows ( finally) out the 290- Grand Parkway corridor , the best shot for Brazos County is one in far NW Harris County. BUT this will be a LONG way off as there will need to be a LOT of growth out this direction to fit their business model.

Think of a Mercedes or Ferrari dealership coming to town.

The local and surrounding areas simply don't support that notion.

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If "by the same as Sam's" you Costco has better merchandise, is cleaner, more brightly lit, more knowledgable employees, more friendly employees, pay their employees better, offer vastly greater benefits, etc., then you are correct.

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Disagree. We switched to Costco to try. It's not the same or as good as sams. We found items they didn't even carry and it has this goofy organic fee to all the stuff. Not a fan. I don't want a bag of overpriced organic lettuce that I'm going to pay More for. I want a bag of freakin lettuce for cheap, don't make it into something it's not.

Some like it , we do mot prefer it.

I don't buy lettuce there so I'm in pretty good shape with Costco. If I need lettuce I don't go where I need to pay an annual fee, I just go to Heb, Kroger's, Farmers Market etc.

Yes, and I do on occasion. Online prices are sometimes higher, even with "free shipping".