For Park City’s full-time residents, many of whom have grown up with the Sundance Film Festival, the idea of it leaving seems unimaginable.

Park City and Salt Lake City are continuing to guard many of the details of the bid to retain the Sundance Film Festival in the state. But the governor of Utah and the leader of the Park City Chamber/Bureau have recently entered the scene with limited information.

Bowen Yang, the “Wicked” actor and “Saturday Night Live” comedian, said he's in favor of having the Sundance Film Festival move to Salt Lake City, with some events remaining in Park City, rather than leave Utah entirely.

Sundance is amid a process to decide a new location after a contract with City Hall to hold the festival largely in Park City expires. The selection process has been one of the overriding themes of the chatter throughout Sundance.

I visited Salt Lake City, Park City, and Draper in Utah's Silicon Slopes and was surprised by the tech scene and affordable luxury stays.

Sundance takes place every January, turning the "ski town of 8,200 full-time residents into a snowy circus, with over 20,000 people streaming in from around the globe," said the Times. When this happens,

Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are making their final push to keep the world-renowned independent film festival in the state as its directors consider uprooting it.

Park City is the number one metro with the fastest-growing sales prices in Utah. The city's sale prices have grown since 2023.

A person lays on a bench near the Salt Lake City Police department and library in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Tuesday that public safety, homelessness and affordable housing are "urgent" issues the city plans to tackle this year. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

As Sundance Film Festival organizers consider leaving for Colorado or Ohio, Utah’s governor is making a final financial push to keep the annual event in its longtime home.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's capital city is full of history, some of which is common knowledge and some of which isn't — either lost in time or hidden in plain sight. "We're very familiar with the ...

In her State of the City address, Erin Mendenhall said the city is focused on public safety, affordable housing.