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Arizona town readies for tourists after 'Nomadland' movie May 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail QUARTZSITE, Ariz. (AP) — “Nomadland” was partly filmed in the Western town of Quartzsite and won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year, but it’s still unclear if that will translate into more tourists. Regardless, Phil Bates, owner of the Main Trading Post, told the Arizona Republic that he plans to be ready to sell “Nomadland”-related T-shirts and tchotchkes to any of the newly curious who decide to make a pit stop in the small Arizona town near the California border. “I saw that i...

QUARTZSITE, Ariz. - “Nomadland” was partly filmed in the Western town of Quartzsite and won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year, but it’s still unclear if that will translate into more tourists.

QUARTZSITE, Ariz. – “Nomadland” was partly filmed in the Western town of Quartzsite and won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year, but it’s still unclear if that will translate into more tourists. Regardless, Phil Bates, owner of the Main Trading Post, told the Arizona Republic that he plans to be ready to sell “Nomadland”-related T-shirts and tchotchkes to any of the newly curious who decide to make a pit stop in the small Arizona town near the California border. “I saw that it won,” he said. “It was like, son of a gun, that movie really took off.”

Published Sunday, May 2, 2021 11:31AM EDT QUARTZSITE, Ariz. -- “Nomadland” was partly filmed in the Western town of Quartzsite and won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year, but it's still unclear if that will translate into more tourists. Regardless, Phil Bates, owner of the Main Trading Post, told the Arizona Republic that he plans to be ready to sell “Nomadland”-related T-shirts and tchotchkes to any of the newly curious who decide to make a pit stop in the small Arizona town near the California border. “I saw that it won,” he said. “It was like, son ...

After the "Nomadland" win for Best Picture, the small western Arizona Town of Quartzsite prepares for a possible influx of curious tourists.