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Fort Worth gaining national recognition

Fort Worth is gaining national recognition as a tourism destination as the city emerges from the effects of COVID-19.

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Visit Fort Worth

By Visit Fort Worth

To share the Fort Worth welcome with all and enhance Fort Worth’s image, economy and quality of life through business and leisure tourism.

Supporting the hospitality, sports and creative industries, Visit Fort Worth delivered a $2.6 billion annual economic impact and supported more than 24,000 jobs prior to COVID-19.

Now, Visit Fort Worth bands together with the hospitality, creative and sports industries to find the way forward, safely.

Visit Fort Worth is the proud parent organization of the Fort Worth Herd, the Fort Worth Film Commission, the Fort Worth Sports Commission, Visit Fort Worth and Hear Fort Worth.

Learn more at FortWorth.com and follow @VisitFortWorth on Instagram and Twitter.

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Tourism

Bolstered by new developments and creative energy, Fort Worth has been named to Travel & Leisure’s 50 Best Places to Travel in 2021. Calling out “a walloping dose of Texas heritage — with some luxe, modern updates,” the magazine highlighted the Stockyards’ new Mule Alley and Hotel Drover; the artists’ collective, Art Tooth; and the city’s newest boutique property, Hotel Dryce in the Cultural District. 

“This is a major recognition of the visionary investment in a western renaissance as well as the young, creative Funkytown energy we see through art, music and film.”

— Bob Jameson, president and CEO of Visit Fort Worth

The listing is Fort Worth’s first time to appear on T&L’s top 50.

Film

The Fort Worth Film Commission was established in 2015 with the goal of serving as a beacon for the creative class. Since 2015, the film commission has worked with hundreds of projects and driven over $47 million in economic impact and 4,000+ jobs.

Highlights of projects filmed in Fort Worth include: A Ghost Story, The Old Man & the Gun, Never Goin’ Back, No Future, and most recently, Channing Godfrey People’s Miss Juneteenth and 12 Mighty Orphans, directed by Ty Roberts.

Learn more at FilmFortWorth.com and follow @FilmFortWorth on Instagram & Twitter.

Sports

The Fort Worth Sports Commission is focused on enhancing the image, economy and quality of life for the community through the power of sports.

Prior to COVID-19, the Fort Worth Sports Commission secured 75 events that will bring more than 500,000 visitors, equating to more than $83 million in direct spending.

In December, Fort Worth hosted the PRCA National Finals Rodeo with the City of Arlington and the Texas Rangers baseball club.

This spring Fort Worth will be the host city to the following events:

  • American Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship – March 8-14
  • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling – April 2 & 3
  • USA Gymnastics U.S. Championships June 3-6
  • NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships – April 16 & 17
  • 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic Presented by Huk Gear – June 11-13

Learn more at FortWorthSports.com and follow @FortWorthSports on Instagram & Twitter.

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Music

As live music events have been brought to a standstill due to COVID-19, hundreds of musicians, crew and technical support staff have been left without work. Visit Fort Worth and Hear Fort Worth are currently conducting an in-depth study with London-based Sound Diplomacy to showcase the value of music to our local economy and to help build resilience for a music recovery.

In March 2020, Hear Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Film Commission partnered with United Way of Tarrant County to launch a Creative Artist Relief Fund, providing $300 grants to local musicians and creatives out of work due to the pandemic.

Learn more at FortWorth.com/Music and follow @HearFortWorth on Instagram and Twitter.