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Gov. Cox says Sundance leaving Utah would be "death knell" for annual festival.
One week before the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is set to begin, and with the annual event's future home still undecided, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday that organizers would be foolish to abandon The Beehive State.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to reporters during a televised press conference on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2024. UNIVERSITY—One week before the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is set to begin, and with the annual event's future home still undecided, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday that organizers would be foolish to abandon The Beehive State.
"I think it would be a huge mistake—for Sundance themselves—to move," Cox said. "I think it would be, really, a death knell for Sundance." A combined Salt Lake City/Park City bid is among three finalists—and the presumed frontrunner—to host future editions of…
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