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…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The U.S. ambassador to Canada says the tourism industry won’t suffer under a new American law requiring travellers to show passports before entering the U.S. Tourism officials here, though, beg to differ. The way Arlene White sees it, the more stringent border-identification policy – the first phase is set to…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Craig Martel could have taken his years of gaming floor experience to the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort when it opened in June 2004. However, he chose to keep his expertise at Casino Niagara. “I guess at the end of the day this is home to me. That was why I…
As mentioned previously, the Fun House on Clifton Hill is undergoing a face lift. I’m sure it will look much more attractive. I haven’t heard if they are doing anything on the inside.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two Superman movies – 25 years apart – are good reminders of how much Casino Niagara has transformed Niagara Falls, casino spokesman Greg Medulun says. “The Superman II movie was filmed here in the early ’80s. The movie showed a pink bearskin rug in a honeymoon suite. That was the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Saturday’s 10th anniversary party for Casino Niagara will be a much more low-key affair than the one held on opening day. On Dec. 9, 1996, 30,000 people passed through the doors – after standing in lines in the cold – to get a glimpse of what was billed as a…
As FALLSVIEW posted about in the forum, the Circus World store on Victoria Avenue near the top of Clifton Hill is closed. They didn’t just close up and leave over night. They had a sign on their window for the last month or more where it said they were closing and everything must go. Then…
From the Buffalo News: Those who find the falls at their most majestic in winter are in for a treat. Starting with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, about 35 spectacular frosty scenes of the famed cataracts and surrounding state park will be exhibited for the first time in the Niagara Falls Public…
News10 out of Syracuse, NY has a small blurb on their web site about the Fallsview Indoor Water Park. There is also an accompanying video of the water park (this must have been something they featured on a broadcast). This is the first I’ve seen inside the park, and it looks nice. The video is…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Among the front page news stories in The Review Aug. 2, 1922, was one that reported the loss of a great creative genius. Headlined: “Inventor Of The Telephone Passes On,” the story announced the death of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell at his summer home near Baddeck, N.S. He was 75….