Nashville, Atlanta finalists for Amazon's second headquarters

January 18, 2018 at 10:25 a.m. | Updated January 19, 2018 at 2:31 a.m.

by Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, billionaire Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks about the history and character of the Post during a dedication ceremony for its new headquarters in Washington. Bezos briefly became the world’s richest man Thursday, July 27, 2017 in Forbes magazine’s tracking of wealth, as stock in his e-commerce company hit an all-time high. Microsoft founder Bill Gates reclaimed the lead by afternoon, as Amazon’s stock fell nearly 1 percent for the day to $1,046. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, billionaire Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks about the history and character of the Post during a dedication ceremony for its new headquarters in Washington. Bezos briefly became the world’s richest man Thursday, July 27, 2017 in Forbes magazine’s tracking of wealth, as stock in his e-commerce company hit an all-time high. Microsoft founder Bill Gates reclaimed the lead by afternoon, as Amazon’s stock fell nearly 1 percent for the day to $1,046. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Amazon is narrowing the list of cities under consideration for its second headquarters to 20, with the largest concentration in the Northeast, and Nashville and Atlanta are still in the running.

Amazon, based in Seattle, plans to invest $5 billion in the new headquarters and could employ as many as 50,000 people in and around the city it chooses.

Cities are in fierce competition to lure Amazon, which has revolutionized the way people shop.

The list released on Thursday includes the cities of Atlanta; Nashville; Austin, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Miami; New York City; Philadelphia; Toronto; Washington, D.C.; Pittsburgh; Raleigh, N.C.; Newark, N.J.; and Columbus, Ohio. . It also listed northern Virginia and Montgomery County in Maryland as potential sites.

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