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'''Venture #130''', also known as the '''Pasadena Park''' Venture store, 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://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-july-18-1993-p-63/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___July_18_1993__p63.pdf "Venture puts pressure on discounters: Retail chain will open 6 stores here Monday."] ''[[Houston Post]]'', July 18, 1993, p. D-1 and [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-july-18-1993-p-69/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___July_18_1993__p69.pdf p. D-7].</ref> followed by 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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