Butte benefits from filming 1923 series amid civic center rental
The Paramount series 1923 spent an estimated 25 to 30 million during a six month stay in Butte. Production crews, housing stipends totaling 5.2 million, and hotel payments of 3.62 million benefited local businesses across hospitality and service sectors. Butte Silver Bow officials noted the influx boosted most service industries.
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Tracy Thornton
Tracy
Thornton
Mtstandard
Butte
Ken Topolsky
Paramount
Butte-Silver Bow
Topolsky
Butte Silver Bow
J.P. Gallagher
Gallagher
Mem
Duncan Adams
Montana Standard
Alaska
Granite
Economic Outlook Week 2 highlights Montana firms and growth
The Montana Con nections growth and brisk local business are featured with a big box store for Butter. Next week the Montana Standard covers Anaconda-Deer Lodge County and Deer Lodge, profiles Anaconda Outdoor, and clubhouse renovations at Old Works Golf Course as film crews note changes. Maria Pochervina credits Butte hotels for Sep gains.
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Montana
Montana Standard
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Anaconda Outdoor
Old Works Golf Course
Butte’s 1923 film boon fuels local economy and friendships
Nine months ago Bill Melvin predicted the 1923 Paramount show would be a big boon to the Butte community with an estimated 25 to 30 million in revenue for the Mining City. The film crew’s visit last year boosted local business, created friendships, and drew extras from painters to actors, enhancing the business and social fabric of Butte.
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Meagan Thompson
Montana
Harrison Ford
Broadway
Butte
Yellowstone
Paramount
Bers
Maria Pochervina
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tourism Business Improvement District
Bill Melvin
Melvin
Lawmakers push for in-person hunter education in Montana
Montana lawmakers push House Bill 243 to require in-person field courses with firearm safety training for online hunter education. Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks seeks up to eight new positions to implement the measure as hunter education shifted online during the pandemic and interest in hunting grows. Rep Marilyn Marler notes landowners and hunters want safer, more welcoming instruction to protect the sport’s future.
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Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Marilyn Marler
D-Missoula
Hunter
Marler
House Fish, Wildlife & Parks Committee
Yellowstone boosts Montana tourism and spending
A University of Montana study credits the Paramount Network series Yellowstone with attracting about 2.1 million visitors to Montana in 2021 and generating roughly 730 million dollars in visitor spending. The research links the show to marketing Montana and notes filming in Darby Hamilton Missoula and Bitterroot Valley with over 12 million viewers for the season five premiere.
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Paramount Network
Yellowstone
Montana
University of Montana
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Institute For Tourism and Recreation Research
Darby
Hamilton
Missoula
Bitterroot Valley
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