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Ikea Las Vegas Installs Blue Composite Panels
July 29,
2015 by in Industry, Store Openings 
Ikea has announced that steel framing has progressed far enough that installation of the blue composite panels has begun on its future Las Vegas store.
The 351,000-square-foot store, and its 1,300 parking spaces, is being built on 26 acres along the northern side of the 215 Beltway at Durango Drive and will open Summer 2016.
“With Ikea Las Vegas taking shape and the blue paneling now going up, we definitely are on track for a grand opening next summer,” said Lars Petersson, president of Ikea U.S. “We hope to be enclosed fully within several months, and cannot wait to begin transforming the building’s interior to look like an Ikea store as well. We know there are many customers in the area who are excited for us to open, including more than 101,000 who currently are driving great distances to shop at our stores.”
Ikea Las Vegas will feature nearly 10,000 exclusively designed items, 50 room settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children’s play area, and a 450-seat restaurant serving Swedish specialties as well as American dishes.
Currently the closest Ikea stores to Las Vegas are in Covina, Calif., Tempe, Ariz., and Draper, Utah.