Back to the BYU Cougars Newsfeed

Utah may try to host Amazon’s new $5B second headquarters

Related Topics: Utah

They don’t have much time, but Utah officials say they will looking at whether Utah might put in a bid to host the huge new headquarters that Amazon announced on Thursday.

The Seattle-based company said it is looking to construct a second corporate headquarters in North America that would be at least 500,000 square feet, hold 50,000 new full-time employees and cost $5 billion. Proposals are due by Oct. 19.

Val Hale, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, said the state is “very interested in Amazon’s public request for proposal for a second headquarters in North America, and we are eager to evaluate the opportunity.