‘It was definitely busier than last year’

From the Niagara Falls Review: Some celebrities hadn’t even flown out Monday morning after another successful Comic Con, yet co-founder Chris Dabrowski was already planning for 2017. In fact, Dabrowski said dates for next year’s pop-culture extravaganza have already been set for the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls: June 2, 3 and 4. A…

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Comic Con draws thousands to convention centre

From the Niagara Falls Review: Geeking out is a family affair to West McDonald. “The family who geeks together, stays together,” the Port Colborne man joked. McDonald brought his Wolverine alter ego to Niagara Falls Comic Con on Saturday and he didn’t come alone. He was joined by wife Lesley Stratford, as Wolverine’s love interest…

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It’s on like Comic Con

From the Niagara Falls Review: Fonz will be in the house. So will Mini-Me, the Hulk and Johnny Drama. They’re all part of the city’s biggest pop culture bash, taking over the Scotiabank Convention Centre June 3 to 5. And for Chris Dabrowski, co-organizer and co-founder of the Niagara Falls Comic Con, it never feels…

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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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Noel Buckley to head Scotiabank Convention Centre

From Buffalo Business First: Noel Buckley, a recognized Niagara Falls, Ont. hospitality industry leader, is returning to Southern Ontario to run the Scotiabank Convention Centre. Buckley, 55, has been named the convention center’s president and general manager, filling a position that had vacant for nearly 20 months. Buckley was selected for a national headhunting search….

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Pete Rose coming to inaugural Niagara Falls Sports Expo

From Niagara This Week: A lot of ink has been spilled on the life and times of Pete Rose. Countless baseball books, news stories and feature stories have been written on him across decades: the controversy, the lifetime suspension, the negativity. And yet, through it all, ‘Charlie Hustle’ remains a fan who loves to talk…

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Painter out as convention centre boss

From Niagara This Week: The Scotiabank Convention Centre is looking for a new president and general manager. Kerry Painter, president and general manager of the Stanley Avenue facility, is no longer with the Centre. The news came following a meeting of the centre’s board of directors on Wednesday morning. Sources, who did not want to…

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