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Draper Historic Park after the Draper Days Children's Parade. A magician is performing from the Gazebo, and the Wasatch mountains are in the background. Stitch of two photos taken by Scott Catron on July 15, 2008. Photo courtesy of author; accessed through Wikimedia Commons.

EBay’s sold on Utah, adds 457 jobs

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson

Draper Historic Park after the Draper Days Children's Parade. A magician is performing from the Gazebo, and the Wasatch mountains are in the background. Stitch of two photos taken by Scott Catron on July 15, 2008. Photo courtesy of author; accessed through Wikimedia Commons.
Draper Historic Park after the Draper Days Children’s Parade. A magician is performing from the Gazebo, and the Wasatch mountains are in the background. Stitch of two photos taken by Scott Catron on July 15, 2008. Photo courtesy of author; accessed through Wikimedia Commons.

DRAPER, Utah (AP) – Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. will add more than 450 jobs to its global operations center in Draper.

The San Jose, Calif.-based company says it will hire more people in operations and customer support and at big data center it plans to build there for $334 million.

In return, Gov. Gary Herbert’s economic-development board agreed to more than $30 million in tax incentives for eBay.

The company will have to earn those credits by adding the jobs.

It already employs around 1,000 people in Utah. Now eBay is making a bigger commitment to the state. The company has been operating in Utah for 10 years.

Draper City Mayor Darrell H. Smith says he’s thrilled by Wednesday’s announcement.

Herbert’s chief economic developer, Spencer Eccles, says eBay is bringing quality jobs to Utah.

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