only The Boulder City Council gave a unanimous final stamp of approval on Thursday to an ordinance that establishes a festival short-term rental license ahead of the Sundance Film Festival’s 2027 arrival.

The final step officially establishes a license separate from the existing ones. Festival lodging licenses have fewer barriers to who can apply for them but can only be utilized during large, multi-day events. The city’s working definition of a festival in this context is an event that: runs at least five consecutive days, brings in more than 50,000 attendees and is expected to exceed Boulder’s hotel capacity, which is roughly 2,900 rooms. Currently, it appears that Sundance is the only Boulder event that checks those boxes. The license is usable for up to 29 days per year during and onl

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