"The Indy cleanup was just a small example of the lengths some of the 20 finalists went to in order to land HQ2. Pittsburgh offered Amazon nearly $10 billion in

"The Indy cleanup was just a small example of the lengths some of the 20 finalists went to in order to land HQ2. Pittsburgh offered Amazon nearly $10 billion in financial incentives. Maryland pitched $8.5 billion and Newark pledged $7 billion. Dallas said it would build an Amazon University, a joint project between local colleges to train engineers in a facility next to city hall, and Atlanta promised Amazon a private car on its MARTA rail system and an executive lounge at Hartsfield-Jackson airport. While New York and Virginia offered Amazon $2.8 billion and $573 million in tax breaks, respectively, the fact they didn’t offer the highest amounts—and that New York is paying so much more than Virginia—is proof that Amazon was eager to play one city against another."