Will Montgomery County Land Amazon HQ2?: Oddsmaker Weighs In

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Amazon just released their list of 20 finalists to host their second headquarters, and three D.C.-area locations are on it, including Montgomery County. That certainly has appeared to boost the region's odds of landing Amazon, according to oddsmaker Bovada.

Online bookmaker Bovada set the lines for the 20 finalist cities announced by the Internet retail giant Thursday. Bovada ranks Washington, D.C. as second most likely to get Amazon (+1000), behind only Nashville (+800) and just ahead of Atlanta (+1200).

Montgomery County came in at +1500, tying it with Pittsburgh, Indianpolis, and Los Angeles. Northern Virginia didn't get as much respect, earning the second-worst odds at +1800, tying it with Newark, New York City, Raleigh, and Toronto.

Columbus, Boston, and Miami were ranked least likely to land Amazon with +2000.

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Of course, there have been a ton of rankings lists released since Amazon's finalists were made public, and they all vary widely on who is most likely to get the coveted investment, which could amount to $5 billion and 50,000 jobs. One thing they all seem to agree on is that the D.C. area has a strong chance, and that's hard to ignore considering the fact that ours was the only metro area to get three spots on the list (not to mention that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post and recently bought a home in the District).

Amazon says it needs 500,000 square feet of space by 2019 and 8 million square feet in the long term for a facility, which it will consider an equal to its Seattle headquarters, that would create up to 50,000 jobs.

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