Venture 131: Difference between revisions

'''Venture #131''', also known as the '''Baybrook''' Venture store, was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Baybrook Gateway (Webster, Texas)|Baybrook Gateway]], [[1001 Bay Area Boulevard (Webster, Texas)|1001 Bay Area Boulevard]] in [[Webster, Texas|Webster]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=2000160055748 Venture Stores, Inc.], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on or around October 10, 1994,<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on October 16.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-october-16-1994-p-11/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___October_16_1994__p11.pdf Full-page advertisement], ''[[Houston Post]]'', October 16, 1994, p. A-11.</ref> It was tied with [[Venture 143]] and [[Venture 139]] for the 10th Venture in the Houston area, and the 17th Venture in Texas. The store closed on or around September 3, 1997.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-august-24-1997-p-37_202210/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__August_24_1997__p37.pdf Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], August 24, 1997, p. 38A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>