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'''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]]. The store opened on or around October 10, 1994 as one of three stores to open that day for a total of 114 overall, and was tied with [[Venture 143]] and [[Venture 139]] for the 10th Venture in the Houston area. A formal grand opening ceremony was held on October 16.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-october-16-1994-p-34_202210/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_16_1994__p34.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle]], October 16, 1994, page 35A.</ref> The store closed on or around September 3, 1997.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
'''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]]. The store opened on or around October 10, 1994 as one of three stores to open that day for a total of 114 overall, and was tied with [[Venture 143]] and [[Venture 139]] for the 10th Venture in the Houston area. A formal grand opening ceremony was held on October 16.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-october-16-1994-p-34_202210/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_16_1994__p34.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle]], October 16, 1994, page 35A.</ref> 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]], August 24, 1997, page 38A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>


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Revision as of 00:49, 27 December 2022

Coordinates: 29°32′25″N 95°08′16″W / 29.54037°N 95.13767°W / 29.54037; -95.13767

Venture #131
Store number131
NameBaybrook
LocationBaybrook Gateway
Address1001 Bay Area Boulevard
CityWebster, Texas
OpenedOctober 10, 1994
ClosedSeptember 3, 1997
Next tenantKmart #3870

Venture #131, also known as the Baybrook Venture store, was a Venture discount department store located at Baybrook Gateway, 1001 Bay Area Boulevard in Webster, Texas. The store opened on or around October 10, 1994 as one of three stores to open that day for a total of 114 overall, and was tied with Venture 143 and Venture 139 for the 10th Venture in the Houston area. A formal grand opening ceremony was held on October 16.[1] The store closed on or around September 3, 1997.[2][3]

References

  1. Full-page advertisement, Houston Chronicle, October 16, 1994, page 35A.
  2. Advertisement, Houston Chronicle, August 24, 1997, page 38A.
  3. Venture spreadsheet.