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Article: Park City, Utah, Embraces Economics of Sundance Film Festival.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- January 18, 2004
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By Christopher Smart, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 18--PARK CITY, Utah -- No one in this ski town has a bad word to say about the Sundance Film Festival -- unless it's under their breath.
It just isn't polite to inspect the teeth of a gift horse, particularly one that dumps more than $22 million into the area's economy in 10 days. It's as though Christmas comes twice each year in Park City. Only Scrooge would pooh-pooh that.
The celluloid extravaganza is embraced by innkeepers and Main Street restaurateurs who will ride the crest of this money wave until the next big holiday: Easter. But residents and ...