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| previous =[[Walmart Discount Store 752|Walmart Discount Store #752]]
| next =99¢ & More, [[Dollar Tree 928|Dollar Tree #928]], [[Harbor Freight Tools 193|Harbor Freight Tools #193]], and [[Surplus Warehouse]]
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'''Venture #130''', also known as '''Pasadena Park''', was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Pasadena Park Plaza (Pasadena, Texas)|Pasadena Park Shopping Center]], [[6802 Spencer Highway (Pasadena, Texas)|6802 Spencer Highway]] in [[Pasadena, Texas|Pasadena]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980130142435/http://www.venturestores.com/states/cities/houston.htm Houston, TX], venturestores.com, archived by the WayBack Machine on January 30, 1998.</ref> The store opened on July 19, 1993 as one of the first ten Venture stores in Texas,<ref>Narum, Beverly. [https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-houstonNB-post1747345D05DD8065%25402449187-published-as-the-houston-post-july-18-1993-p-6317469F8DCC43A50C%254062/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___July_18_1993__p63.pdfhlterms%3A "Venture puts pressure on discounters: Retail chain will open 6 stores here Monday."] ''[[Houston Post]]'', July 18, 1993, p. D-1 and [https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A10EEA3FE61C5B8B0%2540EANX-houstonNB-post1747345D05DD8065%25402449187-published-as-the-houston-post-july-18-1993-p-6917469F8DCF90B03F%254068/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___July_18_1993__p69.pdfhlterms%3A p. D-7].</ref> followed bywith a formal grand opening ceremony on July 25.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111387509/the-galveston-daily-news/ Full-page advertisement], ''[[The Galveston Daily News|''The Galveston Daily News]]'']], July 25, 1993.</ref> It was one of only two former Wal-Marts to become a Venture. The store ultimately closed on April 27, 1998.<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1176187/m1/5/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun|''The Baytown Sun'']], April 21, 1998, p. 5-A.</ref>
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