San Francisco Oct 24 (IANS) Commerce and Cloud computing giant Amazon has said it has received 238 proposals from cities and regions vying to host its second headquarters.
According to a CNNMoney report the tech giant said on Monday that the proposals span across 54 states provinces districts and territories across North America.
Amazon announced plans for a second headquarters in September sending cities into a frenzy.
The company expects to invest more than $5 billion to build the facility and will create as many as 50 000 "high-paying" jobs.
Amazon says the new headquarters dubbed HQ2 will be a "full equal" to its Seattle campus.
The company estimates that its investments in Seattle from 2010 through 2016 resulted in an additional $38 billion to the city s economy.
The report said that in order to woo Amazon cities made elaborate and creative gestures.
While Kansas Mayor Sly James wrote five-star reviews for 1 000 random items on Amazon s website Tucson sent Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos a giant cactus and New York City lit up landmarks like the Empire State Building in "Amazon orange".
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