So Denver and San Francisco what can you guys offer United?
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United also has said it could opt to keep its corporate offices in Elk Grove Township. The airline reportedly is looking for 150,000 to 160,000 square feet of office space.
Chicago economic development officials have been working with United, said city Planning Department spokeswoman Connie Buscemi.
'We're trying to find a place that meets their needs,' she said.
The vast majority of United's 16,000 Chicago-area workers are at O'Hare International Airport, the carrier's largest hub. About 3,600 work at the offices in Elk Grove Township.
United has long been known as Chicago's 'hometown airline.' The push to keep the carrier's headquarters in Illinois comes just months after United emerged from a 38-month bankruptcy. The carrier has not recorded an annual profit since 2000.
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) recently wrote United Chief Executive Glenn Tilton urging him to keep the airline's operations based in Illinois.
'Moving United's headquarters out of our state would not only hurt over 16,000 United employees in the Chicago area, it would be a major setback for the airline,' Durbin said in a statement last month released by his office.
'United is as dependent on the contributions of their highly trained professionals and partnership with O'Hare as the people of Chicago are on its business.'
Topix via Chicago Tribune
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