Twitter updates for 2011-04-08
Unfortunately I won't be able to go to the convention centre opening today. If you go, email me your thoughts and I'll post them on the site #
April 8, 2011
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Construction at Fallsview Inn on Stanley Avenue
Back in July http://twitpic.com/223lpeI posted a picture of a notice of a sign outside the Fallsview Inn on Stanley Avenue. There was a proposal for a 9-storey hotel. Well, reading this sign would have made me think that there was a new 9-storey hotel being build. Actually, it appears to just be an addition.
WWE Niagara Falls is gradually disappearing
As was mentioned before, the WWE Niagara Falls location closed on March 31, 2011. As you can see the signs that actually used the WWE logo have been taken down. The wall-mounted hand prints of various wrestlers have also been taken down.
Opening set N.F., Ont. convention center
From Buffalo Business First: Just a few days before the grand opening of the Scotiabank Convention Centre, Kerry Painter is able to finally get rid of her hard hat and steel-toed shoes as she walks around the building. The 288,000-square-foot Niagara Falls, Ont. convention center is that close to opening. Crews inside and outside the…
Tourism tug of war: Who is marketing Niagara?
From the Niagara Falls Review: Welcome to the bumpy ride that is regional tourism. A new body meant to co-ordinate provincial tourism funding for all of Niagara is just getting off the ground. But the fledgling Regional Tourism Organization has already stumbled into a controversy over an untendered marketing contract. Meanwhile, the much-maligned Niagara Economic…
10 most beautiful waterfalls
From Today Travel: Few things in nature are as mesmerizing as a waterfall — the thunderous roar as water spills over cliffs, the light glistening off the spray, the sheer force of it all. We found the 10 most enticing cascades on the planet. Some are obvious choices (who could resist the honeymooners’ classic Niagara?),…
Dream finally coming true for convention centre
From the Niagara Falls Review: “I am so sick of wearing hard hats,” Kerry Painter gripes with a weary smile. She has a point. She looks like a construction worker in virtually every picture taken of her these past three years. It was fun at first — the groundbreaking, the first cement truck, the first…