It is expected the logistical aspects of events this summer and potentially into the fall will continue to be influenced by the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Park Silly Sunday Market is a popular event held in the summer and early fall. Organizers plan a return in 2021 after a cancellation last year. Park City leaders are scheduled to hold a discussion about the special event calendar at a meeting on Thursday.
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Park City’s special-event calendar is expected to return in 2021 after the numerous cancellations last year in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
But City Hall says the events that will unfold later in 2021 may not be as large as those held the year before the sickness.
Could the Sundance Film Festival leave Park City?
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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actor Nicolas Cage is mobbed by fans as the 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicks off along Main Street in Park City on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. | Updated: 4:25 p.m.
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For the first time in 40 years, movie lovers, stars and deal-makers won’t be filling the theaters, bars and streets of Park City in January.
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The spread of the novel coronavirus and the subsequent health restrictions nearly erased Park City’s slate of special events in 2020.
One by one, the cancellations mounted through the spring and into the summer and fall. At the start of 2021, though, City Hall is preparing for the return of numerous events, something that could help reignite Park City’s tourism-heavy economy and re-create some of the energy that was lacking in 2020.
The municipal government has crafted a tentative calendar running through the end of 2021 that details the return of special events. Although the Sundance Film Festival, which is Park City’s largest special event, will not be held as a live event in 2021, the calendar indicates many others plan to be staged in the city as of now.