Developing Story: Desperately Seeking Amazon: Cities Battle to Become Company's Next Headquarters

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Event Location(s): Las Vegas, Nevada, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles, California | Description: NBC News Business Correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports live in-studio in Los Angeles, California. EJ 07:42:29 INT MS: Packages move down conveyer in Amazon.com warehouse. MS: Amazon.com sign on wall. OHS: People work in Amazon office lobby. GFX: Amazon logo. GFX: Map of the US highlighting the cities hoping to be chose for Amazon’s second headquarters. STILLS Photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos EXT DAY WS: Low shot of office building. INT MS: Person uses tablet. INT MS: In interview, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says, “We’re going to have a proposal that bears all our resources, all our strengths, all hands on deck approach.” MS: In interview, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton says, “We might have to start with going to the state to see if we can get the legislature to change the name to Phoenix, Amazona.” EXT DAY SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AERIAL: City. GFX: Graphics note Amazon will hire 50,000 new full-time employees with salaries that average more than $100,000 a year, $5 million of investment in infrastructure over the next 15 years. INT MS: Amazon packages move out on conveyer. GFX: Supers “MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE”, “ATTRACT TECH TALENT”, “CLOSE TO HIGHWAYS AND AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT”, “"BUSINESS-FRIENDLY" TAX STRUCTURE” EXT DAY SEATTLE WS: Space Needle. INT OHS: Amazon warehouse. OHS: Packages move on conveyers. GFX: Supers “$38 BILLION” MS: Woman works. EXT DAY LAS VEGAS, NEVADA WS: Traffic passes outside hotel. EXT NIGHT LAS VEGAS WS: Lighted signs. INT MS: In interview, Kent says, "How much of a game changer could it be?" MS: Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman says, "Oh, it's an enormous game changer. Coming here it will be earth shaking." EXT DAY MS: Goodman walks Kent onto balcony overlooking the city. MS: Pedestrians walk. MS: Low shot of bridge. MS: Pedestrians walk. MS: Rear shot of people taking photos of the Las Vegas welcome sign. GFX: Supers “43 MILLION TOURISTS A YEAR” EXT DAY MS: Kent says, “What is the incentive financially for amazon to come to Vegas?” Goodman says, “How's free?!” WS: City. INT MS: In interview, Goodman says, "It's just the right place to say nothing of the fact that there's no city income tax. There’s no state income tax, there's no estate tax, no corporate tax. It is nirvana." EXT DAY SEATTLE WS: Low shot of Amazon headquarters. INT MS: Amazon sign on wall. INT MS: In interview, National League of Cities Center for City Solutions Senior Executive Director Brooks Rainwater says, "Housing prices will go up, you know transit could have challenges adding that many more people into a community. Traffic problems." INT MS: Packages move out. MS: Worker sort packages. GFX: Graphics of open letter from Gary, Indiana to Bezos in the New York Times. STILLS Photo of 21-foot cactus being delivered on a truck GFX: Amazon twitter post, "UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T ACCEPT GIFTS (EVEN REALLY COOL ONES)" Kent closes live (no sign off).