Amazon HQ2
The ultimate location for the ultimate corporation’s second North American headquarters!
Hello Amazon …
Please allow me to introduce you to the potential centerpiece of your new HQ2.
A magnificent, castle overlooking the heart of historic, high-tech Portsmouth, New Hampshire
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Prison
What would be cooler than anchoring your spectacular new $5 billion East Coast headquarters at a seaside, century-old prison castle inspired by Alcatraz and featured in an infamous, Oscar-nominated Jack Nicholson film?
This breathtaking oceanfront site is currently ranked by Triple Action News as one of the top 3 top-secret real estate opportunities in the world.
It’s owned by the U.S. Navy, but I’m certain that (for a modest commission) I can get them to sell it to you at an extremely attractive price — so I wanted to put it on your radar screen, your sonar too.
In my capacity as your lavishly compensated interim marketing consultant, please allow me to introduce the first unofficial slogan for this naval prison turned epic economic engine by the ocean.
Amazon HQ2: The Next Brig Thing
Ahoy Amazon!
Point your periscope over to Portsmouth and Kittery.
Lock in on Seavey Island, Piscataqua River.
Google Earth it. Swoop in over the Atlantic from the East.
Imagine a suite of executive offices perched up in those castle turrets. Then send an advance team to c’mon out and kick the towers.
Amazon HQ2 and the Shipyard Prison: Unlock the potential!
ADVANTAGES
- Strong university system nearby (UNH)
- Skilled labor pool (plus something way better than a pool — the ocean!)
- Quality of life (yep, the ocean!)
- Plenty of good coffee shops
- “Restaurant mecca” of top-notch creative culinary establishments.
- We brew lots of craft brew (and we’ll brew a lot more if you come).
- An amazing children’s store
- An incredible arts community (The Music Hall, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 3S Artspace, Prescott Park, The NH Film Festival and much, much more!)
- Transportation infrastructure (cool-looking bridges; Memorial Bridge puts on a show every time a big boat must pass — sirens, bells and whistles)
- Portsmouth International Airport at Pease (big airports can suck – small ones are less of a pain)
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Breaking Ground to Grand Opening
My entertainment team is scheduling a meeting with Jack Nicholson, who was nominated for the Oscar in “The Last Detail” (1973) as Billy “Badass” Buddusky, one of two sailors hauling Randy Quaid off to do eight years of hard time at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Prison.
Picture Jack smashing a bottle of bubbly to christen your high-tech, rigged-out shipyard castle. Launching the HQ2 like an aircraft carrier — the USS Bezos.
Amazon HQ2 and the Shipyard Prison: Unlock the potential!
