Loves Dodge City, KS Now Open?

Looks like the Loves has recently opened in Dodge (about a half mile south of the Flying J). Anyone been in there have any thoughts or complaints on the setup? I'll be headed there or to Holcomb from Wichita in a bit and guess I'll see for myself but it will be nice to have an option now.

 

Nope, it's not. Looks like maybe sometime the first week of June. Their web sites shows that location with no mention of it not yet opened, and even has fuel prices for it.

Looks like they are not going to have a lot of tractor-trailer parking, but more then the normal allotment of bobtail parking space. I hate the Dodge J for a lot of reasons. Can't wait to take my business elsewhere.

 

I don't think so. There is a finite amount of production (and truck traffic) at the meat plants and through Dodge. Adding another truck stop is not going to let Cargill say "ok, we can increase production another 100 truck loads a day now that there is another truck stop in town".

Adding the Loves will definitely take some of the pressure off of the J and reduce the "crowding" by in fact about one half. Certainly isn't going to make the situation any worse. Yes, they will both remain "full" for the most part but to say it isn't going to help the situation is plain wrong. Just having more and improved fuel lanes will be a huge plus.

Would you rather Loves have not opened up there and allowed the "J" to maintain an exclusive monoply on the truck stop business there and run it however shottily they cared to, just because they could?