The Stanley Hotel and its 41-acre Estes Park campus has been sold in a deal that will jump-start development of the Stanley Film Center and likely cast the hotel in a bigger role when the Sundance Film Festival moves to Boulder in 2027. According to the Loveland Reporter Herald, the Stanley property was purchased by the Stanley Partnership for Art, Culture and Education LLC (SPACE) with a goal of a regional economic and cultural engine expected to amplify tourism in Estes Park and Colorado.