Sundance announced a request for information and a request for proposal so it could mull over possible locations throughout the United States that would host the festival, starting in 2027 after its current contract with Park City runs out next year.

A shift from Park City to Boulder means Sundance stays at altitude but gives up being located in an expensive ski town.

As Colorado celebrated the coming move of the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder, Colorado film industry leaders were looking ahead at what seemed like potential for more production.