I see two likely cases: 1. It's about financial incentives mostly, they have a few cities in mind and they are going to pick the best one of those options. 2.

I see two likely cases: 1. It's about financial incentives mostly, they have a few cities in mind and they are going to pick the best one of those options. 2. They already picked their city and they are hoping the competition gets them a better tax deal via competitive incentives. I live in Boston right now and there is a lot of talk right now about #2. I sure as hell hope they don't come here and am sad to see that while our major originally said they wouldn't play the incentives game, they made a very snazzy proposal for them. Boston housing is getting near NYC and SF - this would destroy minority communities and flood the city. One of the reasons I am hoping for Chicago is that it is a city that could use the revitalization and there is space to make the effect it would have on minority communities minimal, though frankly this will likely have big negatives no matter where it goes. But I suspect that it never had a chance.