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Make some noise for Amazon! Hockey fans in Canada urged to scream for HQ2

Forget the Kiss Cam. In Canada, they’re going for the Kiss-Up, eh? Fans at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, went to see an NHL hockey game between the hometown Senators and the visiting Canucks from Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday night. We are currently cheering for Amazon to set up shop in Ottawa during a TV timeout. I’m not making this up. #Canucks #Sens pic.twitter.com/0OuIVQ4S3d — Jyrki21 (@Jyrki21) October 18, 2017 By the 13:47 mark of the second period, they were being asked to cheer against not only Vancouver, but Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, too, as the video screen… Read More

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Michael Jordan asks Jeff Bezos to bring Amazon’s second HQ to Charlotte

Even Michael Jordan is getting in on the Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes. Embed from Getty Images The greatest basketball player of all time and owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week asking him to bring the company’s second headquarters to Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reported that the letter is part of Charlotte’s bid for “Amazon HQ2,” which will be the tech giant’s second headquarters in addition to its home base in Seattle. Amazon is currently accepting RFP applications from cities around North America for its new $5 billion site that will house… Read More

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