Park City Special Event History & Facts 

Long before Park City became a world class mountain resort, it was famous as a silver mining town. Founded by prospectors in the late 1860’s Park City continued to mine silver until the 1970’s. Park City is now home to world class resorts including Deer Valley Resort, Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons Resort.

Events are an important part of our community. From sporting and cultural events, sun to snow, and international to local – here are some examples of events held in Park City.

In 2013, Outside Magazine voted Park City as the first Best Town in America (click for article).http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/north-america/united-states/The-Best-Town-in-America-Park-City-Utah.html

• Utah hosted the Olympic Winter Games in 2002. The unsung heroes of the Olympics were the thousands of volunteers who dedicated much of their Olympic involvement to ensuring a wonderful experience for others. They built memories that will last a life time. 175 City Volunteers contributed more than 6,000 hours to the games. Or the equivalent of 750 working days (and this doesn’t even count the public safety volunteers).

• Each year the Special Events Department permits more than 100 events in Park City.

• The Miner’s Day Celebration (Labor Day) has been running for 117 years. It is currently organized by the Park City Rotary group and benefits the more than 80 nonprofits in the County.

• 70% of the events in Park City are organized by non-profit organizations.

• 25% of the events in Park City use the beautiful and diverse trail systems.