New Walmart opening next month in southwest Las Vegas

By Wade Tyler Millward Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 20, 2017 - 1:20 pm

Walmart is opening a new store in the Las Vegas Valley. (Alan Diaz/AP, File)

Construction goes on at Walmart at Rainbow Boulevard and Blue Diamond Road in Las Vegas on Friday, May 26, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

A new Walmart will open in the Las Vegas Valley Nov. 1, a spokeswoman says.

The 170,000-square-foot Walmart at Blue Diamond Road and Rainbow Boulevard is expected to hire about 300 employees. The retail giant employs about 14,000 people in Nevada.

Walmart bought the land in 2012 for $5.3 million.

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The headquarters of the Las Vegas Realtors. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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