Niagara Falls sees upturn in tourism business in 2014

From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls and Niagara County saw some solid tourism numbers last year, according to the Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.’s annual report released Tuesday. Some of the highlights of the report included… …“I’m happy to stand before you today to talk about the wonderful numbers and tourism growth that we have…

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New restaurant to open on Happy Wanderer property

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was once the home of the Happy Wanderer Restaurant, a valuable piece of property right in the heart of the tourism district in Niagara Falls, that has been closed for years. The Stanley Ave., property, which is within walking distance of the Fallsview Casino and many of the larger…

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Bashing tourism – a Niagara Falls tradition

From the Niagara Falls Review: Look, when you’ve lived here long enough, we all do it. Complain about tourism. We gripe when we’re in a hurry and there’s a car with a Pennsylvania plate ahead of us. We gripe when we hit a pothole on Drummond Rd. but see a War of 1812 archway over…

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Fallsview Casino installs huge, high-definition LED billboard

From the Buffalo News: A high-definition LED sign 13 stories tall now drapes off the side of Niagara Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ont. The three-sided digital billboard is purported to be the largest of its kind in Canada. The new sign, which went into operation in mid-May, is roughly as tall as the static…

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Niagara Falls embraces the senses

From the Daily Journal: Perfectly carved during an Ice Age more than 10,000 years ago, Niagara Falls is the pièce de resistance of the Niagara escarpment. The limestone underpinnings that muscle to the surface forming bluffs along the Mississippi River, return underground only to rise again further east. The glaciation carved not only the Great…

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Fire at Falls pizzeria

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Fire Department were called to a fire at Bravo Pizzeria & Grill on Ferry St. at around 3 a.m. Friday. Platoon Chief Wayne Willett said a passerby saw smoke coming from the building and called emergency personnel. Willett said the fire originated in the upper left area…

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