Nintendo stays in Redmond; sales, ad, and marketing moving to SF or NYC
by Ross Miller 
{ May 9th 2007 at 1:28PM }
Partially confirming last week's rumor, the Seattle Times is reporting that the sales, advertising and marketing divisions for Nintendo of America, totaling about 80 people, will be moved to either New York City or San Francisco. Meanwhile, the rest of NoA headquarters will remain in Redmond.The decision is being seen as a replacement for earlier plans to expand its Redmond, WA offices an additional 550,000 square feet. According to Jim Roberts, deputy planning director for the city of Redmond speaking to the Seattle Times, though NoA had the proposal ready to go before the city council for approval, executives said that they needed final approval from the company's Japanese headquarters. "For one reason or another, it's been well over a year that we've been waiting for them to proceed," he said.
Nintendo is reportedly looking to sell the aforementioned 550,000 square feet of property; one real estate broker suggested that adjacent company Microsoft might consider purchasing the land. Now wouldn't that make for an interesting change of hands?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lewis @ May 9th 2007 2:12PM
come to nyc!
Blazur @ May 9th 2007 3:11PM
Agreed...NYC baby!
Paul @ May 9th 2007 3:25PM
Please come to NYC!
I'm going to NYU in the fall and I'm majoring in marketing! INTERNSHIP AT NINTENDO!!!
Ryoga Vee @ May 9th 2007 3:26PM
SF is the obvious choice.
The industry is based in the bay area.
Sega is in SF, EA is in Redwood City.
UbiSoft, in SF
Capcom and Red Octane is in Sunnyvale.
Bay Area is a.. Dee Dee Dee, choice.
Brinstar @ May 9th 2007 3:35PM
The Bay Area is where it's at.
Ron @ May 9th 2007 8:29PM
"Now wouldn't that make for an interesting change of hands?"
Not really Microsoft was using the same plot of land for parking a few years ago.
Joshua @ May 9th 2007 7:16PM
I wonder what if the current employees will decide to move and keep their jobs or stay where they are and look elsewhere.
Personally, I wouldn't move if my job tried to force me to, but it's pretty douchey of Nintendo to kick their employees out like this. What's the point of this change, anyway?
darkpikachu02 @ May 10th 2007 3:43PM
Atari is based in New York City and Take 2 Interactive's headquarters is in New York City. Nintendo owns 2 stores in New York City, the Pokemon Center store and the Nintendo World store, both in Rockefeller Center. Here are their addresses to prove it:
Atari, Inc.
417 5th Ave
New York, NY 10016
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
622 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
Nintendo World/Pokemon Center
10 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Ben