Daily Archive for December 8th, 2006

Changing times 1996-2006

Published
by
Graham
on December 8, 2006
in Niagara Falls Casinos and Gaming, Niagara Falls History and Niagara Falls News
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From the Niagara Falls Review:

Not long ago, lineups used to be out the door at Casino Niagara. Even in winter, women with fur coats over little black dresses and men in suits would queue up for hours on Friday or Saturday nights.

“Those were days when people lined up and were backed up into the Oneida Lane area,” said casino spokesman Greg Medulun.

But the only thing standing on Oneida Lane last weekend was a billboard advertising a Goo Goo Dolls concert. The B-list band from Buffalo is playing at the Seneca Niagara Casino. Across the river. At the competition.

Casino Niagara opened Dec. 9, 1996 - 10 years ago from tomorrow.

Casino’s negative impact less than expected: Critic

Published
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Graham
on December 8, 2006
in Niagara Falls Casinos and Gaming and Niagara Falls News
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From the Niagara Falls Review:

A casino will attract crime. It will promote the moral decay of a community desperate for jobs. It will turn casual players into addicts. A dozen years ago, Judith Mac-Carthy was certain all those things would happen if the province granted the city the right to open a glitzy new gaming centre in the heart of the tourist district. A decade after Casino Niagara opened its doors, MacCarthy says things might not be as bad as they seemed. “On the positive side, I know it has provided employment,” said MacCarthy, once the spokeswoman for the anti-casino group Try Another Way.