20
Jan
The most surprising city on Amazon’s HQ2 short list (and why it may actually have a chance)
Amazon.com Inc. is out with its 20 contenders for its $5 billion second headquarters.
Austin made the cut. And so did Indianapolis. Not Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Houston, Minneapolis, Phoenix or Portland.
Indianapolis might, on its face, be the most surprising and unlikely contender for Amazon’s HQ2. Some mockingly call it “Naptown.”
The Indiana capital joins big markets such as New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles and technology and innovations centers such as Austin and Boston.
But…
Source: Arizona Business Journal
