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I have no idea but that article was painting a picture of a lunch rush and a commute rush and everything being pretty dead outside of those hours.
That's kind of the silly part about that article.
It's basically outlining how EVERY downtown in the world works (the real corporate/financial portions of them), where business make their money early morning, or at lunch.
What does that have to do with Amazon? And why is that such a bad thing?
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I don't think 18:1 is good enough odds to bet on. If Calgary was in the US then we'd be better than that but the odds of announcing the HQ leaving the states while Trump is in power challenging their postal subsidies has got to 100:1 or worse on its own.
I think as a city we'd be a top 5 option. But the fact we are in camada tanks it.
I suspect Amazon is planning for long term and are also betting the orange goblin doesn't win a 2nd term.
Trump is 1 year in, and even if Amazon pulled the trigger right now on Calgary it would surely take a couple years for things to materialize.
That's kind of the silly part about that article.
It's basically outlining how EVERY downtown in the world works (the real corporate/financial portions of them), where business make their money early morning, or at lunch.
What does that have to do with Amazon? And why is that such a bad thing?
My hope is that Amazon would keep office hours varied enough to support some new business or keep other businesses open longer to serve the new employees. The fact that there isn't much open, besides bars, after 6PM around downtown is disappointing. Fixing that would be great.
I guess Boston also makes sense too. Lots of high tech companies, good pool of talent to draw from. The only down sides are probably higher salary expectations and the distance to HQ1.
Something worth noting is that many of the drawbacks of Amazon setting up in Calgary, i.e. high paying jobs putting pressure on other industries (for example), would pretty much be business as usual for Calgary if it were to win the bid.
That's interesting. If it comes out that the decision was practically made before the bid process even started, can Amazon be legally liable for all the costs put in by the cities bidding?
That's interesting. If it comes out that the decision was practically made before the bid process even started, can Amazon be legally liable for all the costs put in by the cities bidding?
I think it depends what Amazon is doing here exactly. Is this part of their scouting. I would be interested in knowing if they have done this in other cities.
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That's interesting. If it comes out that the decision was practically made before the bid process even started, can Amazon be legally liable for all the costs put in by the cities bidding?
Probably not due to (the lack of) US bidding laws. But it ultimately depends what their RFP stated.
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I dunno, 500,000 square feet of office space doesn't sound like a lot for a company like Amazon. Sounds to me like this is separate from the HQ2 pursuit.
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I dunno, 500,000 square feet of office space doesn't sound like a lot for a company like Amazon. Sounds to me like this is separate from the HQ2 pursuit.
No kidding, 500,000 sq feet of Office Space for 50,000 workers? Seems like it would be a little cramped...
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