For the new TA location, the official ribbon cutting ceremony with the Mayor of the City of Nashville and other city dignitaries will take place on March 1.
Actor John Ratzenberger, from TV's Cheers and Made [image-nocss] in America and from Pixar's Toy Story films, Nashville recording artist and former professional truck driver Aaron Tippin, long-haul professional truck driver and singer Joey Holliday and local Nashville singers will make appearances during the week. There will also be a radio remote broadcast of Nashville native Dave Nemo, Sirius/XM Road Dog Network radio personality from inside the facility.
Drivers can also seek health and wellness information from the Medical Research Vehicle (MeRV) in the TA parking lot. In addition, the Lucas Oil race car simulator will be on hand, also in the parking lot, on March 3-4. For a small donation to the St. Christopher's Driver Relief Fund, drivers can recreate the excitement and reality of a dirt track racer.
Throughout the week, prize wheels within the MeRV and the Lucas Oil simulator will allow drivers to win prizes. Also, special promotional cards featuring a gift guitar pick enables customers to "pick" their favorite deal to experience while visiting the TA Nashville site.
The TA Nashville site is situated off of I-24 at Exit 48 near the Tennessee Titans football stadium.
TravelCenters of America LLC (TA), headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, is a leading travel center business in 41 states and Canada operating under the TravelCenters of America and Petro brands. With convenient locations on interstate exits, TA and Petro offers their customers diesel and gasoline fueling services, full- and quick-service restaurants, heavy truck maintenance services, 24-hour convenience stores, electronic communication (WiFi) and other services within large, high-traffic facilities.
Separately, Pilot Flying J has opened a new, 9,971-square-foot Pilot travel center in Weed that features four fuel islands and eight diesel islands along with a restaurant and a wide variety of convenience items.
"We hope that Weed area residents and fleet customers will enjoy the convenient location of our new Pilot Travel Center," said Jimmy Haslam, president and CEO of Pilot Flying J. "We plan to serve this community not only through products and services but also by providing jobs and tax dollars to the local economic base. And, we'll fill the needs of those carrying goods to communities across the nation."
The Pilot Travel Center in Weed is the newest addition to the network of more than 550 travel centers and travel plazas in the Pilot Flying J family, which serves more than 1.3 million customers every day across the United States and Canada.
The Weed travel center includes a Subway restaurant; clean restrooms; pay phones; fax and copy services; Western Union; an ATM; check cashing services; lottery and Lotto tickets; general merchandise for professional drivers and highway travelers; and an arcade area.
"We believe our familiar Pilot sign will be a welcome sight for interstate travelers and professional drivers. They'll want to pull off to fill up, refresh and sample some of our featured food items," said Ron Nadaux, general manager for the Weed location. "Our premium hot beverages include gourmet specialty coffees from all over the world as well as Pilot's house coffee which was named the 'Best Coffee on the Interstate' by the readers of Truckers News. We also have a variety of fountain drinks, fresh brewed tea, iced coffees, frozen drinks and milkshakes."
The Weed location features a full hot and cold deli with fresh-made products such as salads, double bacon cheeseburgers and Pepperoni's handmade Italian pizza as well as an expanded grill area with Oscar Mayer hot dogs.
In addition to diesel fuel, professional drivers will have access to such services as a CAT scale, laundry services, seven automated showers and 105 parking spaces for trucks. The Weed location also features a driver kiosk.
As with all other Pilot Flying J locations, the Weed travel center honors the new Frequent Fueler Advantage card and continues to honor points accumulated on the Frequent Fueler, RV Real Value Card and Driver Payback cards
And construction has begun on the new Pilot Travel Center being built on U.S. 27 in Haines, Fla., reported The News Chief. A 24-hours Denny's restaurant is planned for the property. In addition, the truckstop will have showers, ATMs, Internet kiosks, check cashing, money order services, laundry, game rooms, public pay phones with data ports, audio book rentals, Western Union, pre-paid phone cards, truck washes and CAT Scales.
The site is expected to be finished in late May, said the report.
Pilot and Flying J merged last year, and both brands are still available on U.S. highways.
Pilot Flying J, headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., has more than 550 locations in North America.
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