The Nation Courts Amazon for HQ2

[stuckathuntermtn]

they bought the plans discounted from Starbucks.

I felt as if a million lattes cried out and were suddenly silenced.

[PassTheDutchie]

I felt as if a million lattes cried out and were suddenly silenced.

Bravo.

[WTF is dat]

I think that Amazon has known all along the 2 or 3 cities they are aiming for. The rest of this is just to see which city will offer the best tax incentives. If anyone read the original RFP it should have been obvious that only a select few metro areas in the US really fit what amazon is looking for.

I think this is all aimed around getting the best tax incentives. Amazon probably already knows where they are moving. I also think this is something of a public relations stunt.


I wonder what all of this data must be worth to Amazon. Probably tens of millions. Basically every city in the US sent in tons of valuable economic and demographic data, nicely compiled and packaged by the local chamber of commerce. That alone must be worth millions.

[garyfromterrace]

Toronto over Calgary....? I need to talk to their management.

[RShea]

I think that Amazon has known all along the 2 or 3 cities they are aiming for. The rest of this is just to see which city will offer the best tax incentives. If anyone read the original RFP it should have been obvious that only a select few metro areas in the US really fit what amazon is looking for.

I think this is all aimed around getting the best tax incentives. Amazon probably already knows where they are moving. I also think this is something of a public relations stunt.


I wonder what all of this data must be worth to Amazon. Probably tens of millions. Basically every city in the US sent in tons of valuable economic and demographic data, nicely compiled and packaged by the local chamber of commerce. That alone must be worth millions.

Also part of the shopping is just like Amazon themselves with their product pricing starting off low and increasing each time you revisit an item, never know when land prices will increase if the speculators know it is down to 2 or 3 locations and cities- only so many large tracks of land in most of these places if they are looking for a campus and not buildings scattered over the region....

[spanky]

I still side with this initial analysis by the NY Times...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...arters-be.html

So Denver it is. The city’s lifestyle and affordability, coupled with the supply of tech talent from nearby universities, has already helped build a thriving start-up scene in Denver and Boulder, 40 minutes away. Big tech companies, including Google, Twitter, Oracle and I.B.M., have offices in the two cities. Denver has been attracting college graduates at an even faster rate than the largest cities. The region has the benefits of places like San Francisco and Seattle — outdoor recreation, microbreweries, diversity and a culture of inclusion (specifically cited by Amazon) — but the cost of living is still low enough to make it affordable, and lots of big-city refugees have been moving there for this reason. Amazon would be smart to follow them.

[RShea]

I still side with this initial analysis by the NY Times...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...arters-be.html

Unless they are also really looking at an Eastern US presence and not a second western US office...

[glademaster]

Denver is not, by any reasonable definition, in the west. It is a mid western, prairie city, and no amount of marketing will ever change that. The west starts at the Continental Divide. Thanks for playing.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Pretty sure it starts at Mountain Standard Time. Central, if you're talking about the Southwest.

What is the purpose of this second campus? No room to expand around the Puget Sound?

[RShea]

Denver is not, by any reasonable definition, in the west. It is a mid western, prairie city, and no amount of marketing will ever change that. The west starts at the Continental Divide. Thanks for playing.

West of the Mississippi last time I was in Colorado- did it move recently? Time Zone wise it is not Pacific but then it is closer to Pacific than it is to Eastern Time Zone.... Skiing out West- do you only think of California, Oregon, Washington and far left coast or is the Rockies "Western" Skiing??? Rarely hear people say I am going on a ski trip out "Mid-west to ski outside of Denver Colorado and only talking about resorts west of the Continental Divide....

[iceman]

The West starts just outside of Worcester so yeah Denver is safely in the West.

[GoldMember]

My friends from my former industry determined that we would hold meetings alternating between east and west each year. Atlanta for the east, Dallas for the west. I just laughed at them.

[fastfred]

So Colorado is fucked. Amazon wants to build on the Colorado radness. Not only do we squash Olympic dreams we may try to kill corporate dreams too.

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[jackstraw]

The West starts just outside of Worcester so yeah Denver is safely in the West.

Ha! Woostah.

The NH gov has been amazon this amazon that everytime he opens his mouth. He was dead set against a rail system and then all of a sudden we need 4mil to do a commuter rail feasibility study. How's that tasting now gov? Gonna flip positions again?

[WTF is dat]

The West starts just outside of Worcester so yeah Denver is safely in the West.

Isn’t that a steak sauce ?

[stuckathuntermtn]

Iceman skis Out-West-Jiminy-Peak in jeans (and a plaster cast)?

[Name Redacted]

Any new guesses on this?

[iceman]

Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post, huge new home in DC and extensive new facilities just up the road in Baltimore (with tons of room to expand) all make it feel like DC Metro somewhere, so that's out.

[shroom]

would that cause a buy or a sell for you?

i was hoping for detroit.

[Name Redacted]

I think CO might implode if the choose Denver, so I hope Denver.
But I'm guessing Raleigh. Detroit would be cool. DC might be a good move since they'll be spending a lot of time in federal court.

[iceman]

would that cause a buy or a sell for you?

house is already for sale but hopefully if AMZN comes it'll spur some action and maybe even prices

[PNWbrit]

NDA prevents me from telling.

[WWCD]

But I'm guessing Raleigh. Detroit would be cool. DC might be a good move since they'll be spending a lot of time in federal court.

Living in this area, I’d be surprised by Raleigh.
But I’m constantly wrong.

My guess is DC.

[muted]

NDA prevents me from telling.

C'mon, give us a hint, does it ryhme with bender?

[iceman]

Drumbeat gets a little louder for NoVa/DC area. Seems like it might be a decent time to pick up a few shares of JBG Smith.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/b...finalists.html