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Amazon Plans New Robotic Distribution Center Near Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Online retailer Amazon is planning to build another warehouse distribution center in the Las Vegas area.

 

The Seattle-based company and North Las Vegas announced Wednesday the building should open next year on an 800,000-square-foot parcel of land east of Interstate 15, not far from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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Company spokeswoman Lauren Lynch declined to provide a project cost.

The new facility is not the second Amazon headquarters that 20 cities around the country are competing to attract.

 

North Las Vegas officials say plans call for a three-story industrial facility that will use robots to pick, pack and ship books, electronics and toys to customers.

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Officials project it will host more than 1,000 full-time jobs.

 

It will be the fourth Amazon facility in North Las Vegas.