Thousands line up for Construction Industry stadium jobs -California

[Omaha Steve]

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Molly Huddleston, left, of Clark Construction talks to potential workers during the Joe Jobs Expo at the Pacific Palms Hotel and Conference Center in Industry Jan. 15, 2010. Huddleston took names and skills of potential workers if their company becomes the general contractor of the Industry stadium project. (SGVN/Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb)

INDUSTRY - Thousands of jobseekers, lured by the chance to land a job building an NFL stadium, descended on Pacific Palms Resort on Friday.

Their goal was anything but rest and relaxation.

Victor Montano, an out-of-work carpenter from Hacienda Heights, was one of them.

He came to the first Joe Jobs Expo to let event co-sponsor Majestic Realty Co. know he wanted to work to help build a stadium, and to offer his experience.

"I came to get a job, and to present to them what I am capable of," Montano said. "I could some day sit back and say, `I helped build that stadium."'

After years of helping to build small convenience stores, being one of the estimated 12,000 construction workers for developer Ed Roski Jr.'s planned Industry stadium would be a feather in his cap, Montano said.

"This would be a tier-topper," he said.


Potential contracting firm SASCO talks to workers during the Joe Jobs Expo at the Pacific Palms Hotel and Conference Center in Industry Jan. 15, 2010. (SGVN/Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb)
and several construction companies.

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