They didn't get anywhere near as good of a deal as we did.

I suspect Amazon wanted to come here all along, but when NY offered them $3 billion to come there, they decided to build half of it there. But I guess they were on the fence enough that it wasn't worth the headache.

Maybe we could've gotten away not offering any subsidies, but $22k per job over 15 years isn't bad when those jobs pay $150k. I'm usually really skeptical of this kind of thing, and I don't want us giving any money to the Redskins, but this seems like a pretty good deal for us. Especially if we now get more jobs (and the subsidy we pay for jokes beyond the first 25,000 is lower).

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Posted: 02/15/2019 at 11:43AM

That was fast. Amazon backs out of HQ2 in NYC ... -- vt90 02/14/2019 12:31PM

They didn't get anywhere near as good of a deal as we did. -- hucareshokiesrul 02/15/2019 11:43AM

They didn't offer them $3B subsidy, it was a tax break. Meaning -- HokieHutch 02/15/2019 12:17PM

That's a semantic distinction. Targeted tax breaks and subsidies are the -- hucareshokiesrul 02/15/2019 2:49PM

NYC is better off, IMO (and so is Amazon) -- WestyHokie 02/14/2019 2:38PM

Excellent news for my home value in NoVA :) !! ** -- vt_mughal 02/14/2019 1:40PM

Any idea when the NOVA headquarters will get started?... -- BallinVT 02/14/2019 1:23PM

Next few months -- ShockWaveVT 02/14/2019 4:36PM

I'm sure some people did some serious real estate speculation and -- HokieSignGuy 02/14/2019 12:58PM

With luck a few insiders got burned ** -- `lag 02/14/2019 7:49PM

I guess NYC didn't have a Prime account -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2019 12:53PM

NYC spent a lot of time and money on their proposal... -- Mr. Touchdown 02/14/2019 4:04PM

Even though it had the support of the Mayor and Gov, weren't they -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2019 4:10PM

Yeah, I get the feeling that AMZ regretted the decision almost instantly. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/14/2019 1:10PM

Probably, but the same could be said about NYC once the protests started -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2019 1:17PM

Wonder if they had been working with the guy that AOC beat? -- Hokie360 02/14/2019 1:29PM

Since I don't live in that part of the country, I can't say for sure -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2019 1:32PM

Cause and effect might be reversed, maybe that's why she won ** -- `lag 02/14/2019 7:53PM

Possible ** -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2019 8:56PM

They didn't get anywhere near as good of a deal as we did.

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