Bozeman, Montana, is experiencing a significant surge in new business, tourism, and its population, which have ushered in both opportunities and challenges. Bozeman had some 59,050 residents during the first quarter of 2023 compared to 37,300 residents in 2010, which is a 56 percent increase, according to real estate data. Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” was created by Taylor Sheridan and, up until recently, starred Kevin Costner, 69, as John Dutton.
Costner portrayed the aging father of a wealthy family of Montana ranchers. Both Costner and Sheridan declined to comment. In addition, health, fitness, access to nightlife and bars, jobs, and walkability are some of the top quality-of-life factors attracting newcomers to Bozeman, according to research by foot traffic analytics company Placer.
ai and Niche Neighborhood Grades. “Bozeman is practically unrecognizable from what it was years ago,” Hollywood film producer and Montana native Scott Duthie told The Epoch Times. “Change and development were going to happen regardless.
” Duthie, who produced “Pure Country 2: The Gift” starring George Strait, credits Montana Film Commissioner Allison Whitmer for tax incentives that forged a path for enticing “Yellowstone” and other TV and movie productions to film in Montana. Whitmer did not respond to requests for comment. “Yellowstone” isn’t the first Hollywood production to establish itself in Bozeman.
Robert Redford’s “A River Runs Through It” was filme.