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Article: Cruise line leans toward Springfield.(Business)(Royal Caribbean is considering a tract in the Gateway area for a 350-employee call center)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2004
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Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard
SPRINGFIELD - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. appears to be getting closer to picking Springfield for a large reservations call center.
The company is zeroing in on a 22-acre site in the Gateway area, and is expected to submit preliminary plans to the city in coming days for a 150,000-square-foot building that initially would accommodate 350 workers and possibly grow to 1,000 in about four years, local officials said.
Royal Caribbean is set to meet with Springfield officials early next month to review the plans.
But the Miami-based cruise line is keeping largely silent with the public.
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