Niagara Falls Hotels Get Ready for the Country’s Biggest Holiday Lights Event

From a MarketWired press release: Few things evoke the holidays as powerfully as a good lights display. And the Winter Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls is about as spectacular as they come. Boasting more than 3 million lights and 125 animated displays, this annual event, now in its 33rd year, will attract thousands of…

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Major changes for Clifton Hill

From the Niagara Falls Review: Expect to see some multi-million dollar changes taking place near the top of Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls. Older buildings like the Comfort Inn are slated for demolition, businesses like Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum and Kelsey’s Restaurant are being renovated or expanded, and new interactive entertainment features are…

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Hamister Project in Niagara Falls Expected to Move Forward Soon

From Time Warner Cable News: The space on 310 Rainbow Boulevard in Niagara Falls is the projected home of a future six-story, mixed use development, but as it stands today, it’s still just empty undeveloped space. “It’s a large project it’s a very complex project and it’s taking considerably longer than anyone had anticipated to…

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BRADBERRY: Niagara’s rich history, right under our noses, feet

From the Niagara Gazette: As I’ve said before, and I say again because it bears repeating, talk to almost any senior Niagara Falls, New York resident with a good memory, or any expatriate, anyone who has moved away but who still harbors grand memories of their beloved, albeit forsaken hometown, inevitably the subject of fine…

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Craft beer makes for ‘funky’ fest

From the Niagara Falls Review: When he worked for Molson’s, Gord Slater recalls a time when people were shocked the brewer offered six different brands of beer. Beer is beer, they said. It’s all supposed to taste the same. But he knew there was a whole world of suds waiting to be tapped. When he…

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Lasers, 3D projections and more on tap for OPG Winter Festival of Lights

From Niagara This Week: While the 32nd annual Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights last year was regarded as a transitional year for the event, this year’s promises to build on that and establish a more modern festival. Lasers, 3D illuminations and projection lighting are the new signatures, including a new “Spirit of Niagara”…

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Demolition update for the Comfort Inn Clifton Hill

“The Comfort Inn Clifton Hill at the corner of Clifton Hill and Victoria Ave in Niagara Falls is being demolished. I took some pictures of the demolition. It is moving along with large gaps in the building now. From Victoria Avenue you can see Boston Pizza. These are pictures taken on Tuesday, November 17, 2015”…

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Comfort Inn, Niagara Falls closing in October (UPDATE)

From the Vanmeer Free Press: The Vanmeer Free Press has confirmed the Comfort Inn on Clifton Hill Niagara Falls is closing it’s doors on October 12th, putting up to 50 people out of work, some people will be given jobs in other areas within the parent company officials say. The Inn is one by Hoco…

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Bids set to open for casino theatre

From the Niagara Falls Review: Those who want to develop a new entertainment complex attached to Fallsview Casino will be able to make their bids starting this fall, according to Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati. Diodati said he was told by Ontario Lottery and Gaming that the provincial Crown corporation plans to open up the…

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