I would bet on Rochester. Lots of educated people, lots of empty office space.
What do you think?
I’ve not been following. Who else is in the running?
Pretty much everyone but Seattle.
Psych! It’ll be Bellevue, Washington. The logistics manager got a deal on a year pass for the Evergreen Point Bridge, and it was just too good to pass up.
My bet is on Newark, New Jersey.
Nitpick: the deadline was yesterday, October 19, but the final selection won’t be made until some time next year. Details are in the RFP here. (PDF warning.)
I’m not sure what deadline is tonight. They stopped accepting applications at midnight yesterday. There won’t be any decisions made until sometime in 2018.
ETA: What Dewey Finn said…
Just about every city that qualifies (and some that do not – like Madison, WI) have applied
Forbes says Atlanta, Austin, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Boston are their top 5
Brian
San Antonio was smart enough to withdraw. Thank God!
The cynic would suggest that San Antonio knew they’d never win, so they chose to appear noble, by declining to compete.
Well, we don’t have to listen to that cynic, right? 
My money is on Austin or Atlanta. Probably the latter.
Local news has been blathering on about how Portland is in the running. Like this place needs another tax-subsidized billion dollar company.
Denver has made a bid, and they’re optimistic, although I understand that other cities have pledged more money and tax incentives.
Atlanta put in what local officials called “a formidable bid”. The mayor of Atlanta said it was “the most aggressive economic attraction package that the state of Georgia has ever put forward" and "…you’re going to see that we left nothing on the table.”
Atlanta/Georgia have put together some pretty aggressive packages before. One has to wonder what all is in there…
Atlanta bribed the 1996 Olympics away from Athens, Greece and put some events in Athens, GA. If the city wants Amazon, it knows how to get it. 
I love Amazon and shop there all the time but I would have loved one city or state to tell Bezos to F himself. Using tax breaks to bribe companies just transfers tax burdens from companies (that use a huge amount of resources and infrastructure) to workers.
Boston’s bid has been released. The only thing I can find about tax incentives is a small paragraph on page 115:
It’s possible they kept anything specific out of the public release or would negotiate that later.
Yeah, but every city that put in a bid said the same thing. You don’t really expect them to say “We’re offering a pro forma bid and an incentive package that is only pretty good.”
St. Louis’ bid includes four counties (one in Illinois.) Kansas City put in a bid (that includes the Kansas side), as well, so the state of Missouri bundled both bids AND offered to throw in a hyperloop to link the two cities with a 25-minute commute.
Memphis put in a bid too.
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“While Memphis is not able to compete with some cities on a ‘check the box’ criteria, we do offer a very unique and appealing environment that is especially appreciated once experienced,” said Carpenter. “Simply stated: You can’t put us in a box. But Memphis delivers.”
Translation: We don’t have what you wanted, but maybe we can pay you enough to come here anyway. Hey look, we lighted our famous bridge orange to look like your logo.
Oh yeah, FedEx lives here.
And our residents love the city so much that they paint graffiti about it.