These 20 cities have made the cut for Amazon’s new headquarters. We take a look at how they’ve tried to sweet-talk the massive company.
Amazon’s headquarters are in Seattle. It’s searching for a place to put a second headquarters.
Amazon has whittled down 238 applicants to 20 finalists across North America for its second headquarters.
During the bidding process, which began in early September last year, cities across the continent made a mad dash to entice Amazon to come to town, some with bizarre acts of grandeur.
Tucson, Arizona, sent a giant cactus to Amazon, while the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, said he bought 1,000 items on Amazon.com and left reviews with details about the city on each product. Neither of those stunts worked, as both cities failed to make the final list. No, instead, the 20 finalists that Amazon’s chosen have offered massive tax incentives and development sites, among other deals to sweeten the pot.
It’s not hard to see why all these cities are so thirsty for Amazon to pick them. The company expects to spend more than $5 billion on its new project and add up to 50,000 jobs to its new headquarters as well.
We looked up all the offers these 20 cities made to Amazon in their bid to win over the Seattle company. Five have kept the details a secret, seven offered major tax breaks, and one said it would make Amazon founder Jeff Bezos «mayor for life» in a new city named Amazon.
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