{"id":313323,"date":"2025-10-18T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313323\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:55:13","slug":"mayor-touts-film-industry-as-citys-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313323\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor touts film industry as city\u2019s next big thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth may have been built by cowboys and train connections, but its future will be defined in part by a burgeoning entertainment production<\/a> industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that film is the next great industry in Fort Worth,\u201d Mayor Mattie Parker declared on Thursday during her State of the City address.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like cattle, railroads, energy, manufacturing and defense, it will become a part of the enduring economic development story that defines our future.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a trend that\u2019s been particularly associated with one celebrity: the local entertainment mogul Taylor Sheridan<\/a>, who recently expanded his TV universe by launching a 450,000-square-foot production hub in north Fort Worth. Scenes from his shows are also frequently shot in numerous locations around Dallas-Fort Worth. <\/p>\n

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Parker delivered her remarks during a catered luncheon on the floor of Dickies Arena, the 14,000-seat venue west of downtown Fort Worth that hosts concerts as well as rodeos and sporting events. <\/p>\n

The Fort Worth Chamber event was attended by hundreds of area business leaders and community leaders. It also doubled as a high-energy ceremony, complete with pop music soundtracks and various jumbotron videos, for the city\u2019s 2025 Small Business Awards competition. <\/p>\n

The winners included the Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation, a group that works to prevent suicide; Bob Moore Construction, a nearly 80-year-old general contracting company; and Pulliam Pools, which calls itself the country\u2019s oldest pool builder. <\/p>\n

Additional honors went to At Your Home Caregiving of Texas, The Ashton Depot, Recaro Aircraft Seating and BNSF Railway. <\/p>\n

In her remarks, Parker, who has led the city since 2021, also highlighted Fort Worth\u2019s ongoing population boom \u2014 earlier this year it officially passed one million residents \u2014 along with her efforts to balance the city\u2019s books. <\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps most importantly, we\u2019ve raised the budget without raising your taxes,\u201d she said. \u201cWe continue to be an example of a city that is growing rapidly while also maintaining the highest levels of fiscal responsibility.\u201d <\/p>\n

She also highlighted recent initiatives on homelessness, emergency services, maternal health and land protection, as well as the city\u2019s recent hiring of a new police chief. <\/p>\n

But the day\u2019s biggest theme \u2014 reiterated with multiple video montages and industry-themed props lining the event\u2019s entrance \u2014 was Cowtown\u2019s growing film and television sector. According to figures Parker cited, in the last decade the industry has created more than 50,000 jobs in the city, and infused nearly $1 billion into the local economy. <\/p>\n

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Landman, the smash-hit television series starring Billy Bob Thornton and created by Sheridan, may be the most well-known production to recently film in the city.<\/p>\n

Yet Fort Worth has also recently served as the production location for 1883, a Yellowstone prequel series that filmed in the city\u2019s famous Stockyards; the critically acclaimed indie film Miss Juneteenth; and the spy series Lioness, among others. <\/p>\n

In August, the city also became home to SGS Studios, Sheridan\u2019s new production campus<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Thursday event was capped by a panel discussion moderated by WFAA host Marc Istook and featuring Parker and Sheridan\u2019s business partner David Glasser, the CEO of the production company 101 Studios, who praised what he described as the city\u2019s accessibility and welcoming attitude. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve experienced filming everywhere that you can imagine,\u201d Glasser said. \u201cThis city just opens the door, whether it is crew, local city officials, police department, fire department, local residents.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have just seen this unbelievable sort of community, both on the official side and the residents\u2019 side,\u201d he continued, \u201cjust saying, \u2018Yes, we want you here. We want to be a part of this, and how can we help grow that business?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth may have been built by cowboys and train connections, but its future will be defined in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":313324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,64,79,7371,7372,12044,12045,399,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-313323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fortworth","13":"tag-landman","14":"tag-taylor-sheridan","15":"tag-television","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115395043390311635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}