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Cities Desperate to Become the Location of Amazon's "Second Headquarters"

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 17 2017, @02:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the Ares-and-Harmonia dept.

takyon writes:

Cities Dream Of Landing Amazon's New HQ And They're Going To Great Lengths To Show It

Officials in Tucson, Ariz., uprooted a 21-foot-tall saguaro cactus and tried to have it delivered to Amazon's Seattle headquarters. Birmingham constructed giant Amazon boxes and placed them around the Alabama city. In Missouri, Kansas City's mayor bought a thousand items online from Amazon and posted reviews of each one.

All of these cities are clearly trying hard to get Amazon's attention. Why? Because they know that otherwise, they don't stand a chance against some big-name cities that are all trying to win the contest to land Amazon's second headquarters.

The retail giant announced a month ago that it has plans for a second home outside of Seattle, where it is currently headquartered. The project has been named HQ2, and the deadline for final bids is Thursday. Amazon has promised to invest $5 billion and said the facility will create as many as 50,000 jobs.

It has led to a mad scramble from cities across the nation and even in Canada. And various publications have analyzed cities' chances of landing this deal. Atlanta, Denver and Pittsburgh have made it to a few of those lists.

Many cities don't really figure as finalists on any of those lists. But that hasn't stopped them. In fact, just like Tucson or Birmingham, cities are pulling out all the stops to get noticed.

The Amazonk Prometheans may be coming to your city...

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday October 17 2017, @05:07PM (2 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @05:07PM (#583544)

    Because the boss has to go to HQ2 occasionally, and Nebraska weather can interfere with Amazon-like clockwork planning?

    The answer is obvious: US citizens for cheap, in very nice (yet cheap) area with very eager government: Puerto Rico!

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  • (Score: 2) by AssCork on Tuesday October 17 2017, @06:40PM

    by AssCork (6255) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @06:40PM (#583591) Journal

    Puerto Rico

    And they could build pretty much anywhere they want to, as long as they clear the rubble first?

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    Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.

  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday October 17 2017, @11:08PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @11:08PM (#583713) Journal

    They were trying to build up in what, the 70's? Then they took away the tax breaks and all the businesses along with the smart Puerto Ricans, left.

    Too bad it does have that whole hurricane problem. Would be nice to work and live in the tropics.