In tiny Jean, world’s largest Chevron promises motorists ‘everything you need’

For motorists traveling between Las Vegas and Southern California, it’ll be tough to miss the vast collection of gas pumps to the west of Interstate 15 as they pass through Jean, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas.

Billed as the largest Chevron in the world, Terrible’s Road House travel center, across I-15 from the Gold Strike hotel, boasts 96 gas pumps, 60 restroom stalls, and a 50,000-square-foot convenience store, which is set to feature Southern Nevada’s first drive-thru White Castle fast-food establishment when it debuts in the fall.

With 50,000 motorists traveling the stretch of highway daily, Mark Walters, vice president of sales and marketing for Terrible Herbst, sees the Road House becoming a tourist attraction in itself.

“With the number of people traveling the road, we want to make sure we have everything they need,” he said. “Anything they missed in town they can get going out of town, and anything they need in town they can get on their way into town.”

The center will employ 100 people once the facility is fully open, with about 20 workers on duty per shift, according to Terrible Herbst.

Everything about the Road House is big. There are 72 soda fountain heads (a typical convenience store features 12), the largest beer cave of any Terrible’s in the state, and a 30-foot coffee bar featuring Nitro cold brew, which is usually found only in specialty coffee shops.

The decor is also over the top, including three single-engine airplanes hanging from various portions of the store, a full-size NASCAR vehicle, a trophy offroad truck and a massive 13-foot-tall sasquatch statue that welcomes customers into the Jack Link’s Wild Side store.

“The initial reaction is, ‘Wow,’” Walters said. “The first thing you see is an airplane hanging in the lobby, then another airplane when you walk through. The sasquatch has become the must-have photo opportunity.”