Denver also could provide tax breaks that aren't attached to a DIA deal. Boeing executives were in Denver this week to scout out a possible headquarters location. The Seattle-based company plans to move to Denver, Chicago or Dallas by late summer and will make a decision later this month. But Denver officials cautioned that it's not clear if the city could get Internal Revenue Service approval of tax-exempt status for the hangar bond deal. Ron Bernstein, Denver's economic development chief, would not reveal details of other incentives the city could offer Boeing.
Potential incentives are considerably less outside of Denver.
Some municipalities also will kick in their own incentives. Boeing is said to be interested in Interlocken, though the park may not have sufficient office space to suit its short-term needs. Broomfield reimbursed Sun for investments in infrastructure, Assistant City Manager Charles Ozaki said. Sun also received 50 percent tax breaks on its real property, business personal property and building and construction materials. Because Boeing's headquarters will employ only 500, the incentive package would be smaller, Berens said, though it probably will be more per employee.