Odds Released On Raleigh Getting Amazon HQ2

RALEIGH, NC — Raleigh just ranked in the top ten of cities and metro areas trying to score Amazon's second headquarters. Bovada released odds last week on which city will be chosen for HQ2, and while Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. topped the list, Raleigh came in at a cool No. 9 with +2500.

Northern Virginia had odds of +240. and D.C. had odds of +350. Austin is the third favorite at +400 and Boston came in at +450, according to OddsShark.

The second Amazon headquarters could bring as many as 50,000 jobs and invest over $5 billion. More than 200 cities and regions applied to bring Amazon to their area. The D.C. area owns three spots on the short list. New York is the only other metro area on the list with more than one (New York and Newark, N.J.).

"Based out of Seattle, Washington, it was inevitable that Amazon would branch out. The company states it expects to invest over $5 billion in construction to include as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs to whichever area it heads next," OddsShark wrote. "From 2010 to 2016, Amazon estimates its investments in Seattle added an additional $38 billion to the city's economy."

The latest odds come three months after Raleigh ranked as the best overall real estate among 20 finalists for Amazon's second headquarters. ATTOM Data Solutions, which analyzes numbers about the housing market, ranked Raleigh's real estate No. 1 among the finalists, beating out Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Nashville for the top spot.

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