The key to the economic health we have enjoyed the last few decades has been economic diversification.  Back in the 1980s the economy was dominated by the energy sector and we were handed our heads.  Since then we have evolved several times with first the cable sector then the tech boom and the revitalization of Downtown and the addition of our light rail system with the development that brings along the routes.  Having Amazon move here would be a catalyst for what is already a growing technology sector and will strengthen our economy for at least the next couple of decades.  Some rave about manufacturing jobs but what people don't seem to see is that the jobs that companies like Amazon bring have the multiplier effects that manufacturing once had.  The great thing is that we don't have to do much to attract the Amazons and Googles since the people who work for them want to live in a place like Colorado.