All things Niagara Falls Tourism (attractions, dining, accommodations, etc)
Recently the Skylon Tower put some new signs out around their property. They are quite nice looking. There also appears to be a speaker in them. I took this picture a few days ago, and haven’t been around the signs again to see if there are signs in them, or if there is any sound coming out of the speakers.
From Yahoo! News:
The biggest challenge in creating a new tourist attraction at Niagara Falls is trying to live up to the main event.
Beyond being breathtaking, the waterfalls are free to look at. That means parks officials must respond to the “we’ve seen the Falls, now what?” question with answers that not only wow, but pay the bills.
A newly opened virtual reality show delivers a time-lapse lesson about the 10,000-year formation of the natural wonder complete with glacial snow, pelting rain and rumbling erosion, all building to 360-degree helicopter views unavailable from shore.
The $7 million “Niagara’s Fury” is the star attraction of a $38 million renovation of Niagara Falls’ Table Rock complex of restaurants and shops that ushers visitors to the water’s edge.
From Niagara This Week:
Two new additions to the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre design-and-build team will help it attain accreditation as an environmentally friendly building.
The design team for the convention centre has added the bridging compliance consultant services of the Zeidler Partnership, made up of Zeidler architects/consultants and the HNTB architectural/programming firm.
A few months ago I posted that the Montana’s sign on Victoria Avenue had been taken down. Well, a new one is up now, and it has an LED display as well. However, I haven’t seen the LED sign working yet.
I was browsing the City of Niagara Falls web site today and clicked on the What’s New page. Last Tuesday they released the 2007 Annual Business Development Report. It is a 42-page PDF that covers many of the developments in the city. The Hilton, Fudge Factory, Convention Centre, Topple Tower, and more are covered. Check it out!
The former teddy bear store which became the former candy store/museum, is now the T-Shirt Factory. This store is located on Oneida Lane underneath Burger King.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Ontario Tourism Minister Peter Fonseca backs the Niagara Parks Commission’s approach in developing tourism attractions and the role it plays in Niagara’s economy even though it competes with private-sector businesses.
“I’m happy. I’m excited,” Fonseca said after visiting Niagara’s Fury, the $7-million attraction the parks commission built onto Table Rock House, at the brink of the Horseshoe Falls.
“This is a giant step for Ontario tourism,” Fonseca said about the renovations at Table Rock. It was a ringing endorsement for the parks commission from the provincial cabinet minister who is responsible for overseeing the agency.
The parks commission has been criticized by the head of the company that owns the Imax Niagara Falls theatre for developing an attraction he said goes head-to-head with its businesses.
This isn’t anything earth shattering, but I thought I’d point out that it appears the new East Side Mario’s on Clifton Hill is going to have windows along Clifton Hill and along Oneida Lane.
In the previous posting, you can see that on the East side of the building, there will be no windows. I thought this was a little strange, as you would be able to look down Clifton Hill from that side of the building.
From a PRNewsWire press release seen on Yahoo! Finance:
After years in the making, months of speculation and interest from around the globe, The Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) today officially celebrated the opening of its newest attraction Niagara’s Fury. Ontario Minister of Tourism, Peter Fonseca, was joined by NPC Chairman Jim Williams, Niagara MPP Kim Craitor, Niagara Falls Mayor Ted Salci and children from the Boys and Girls Club of Canada to help mark the grand opening of this spectacular, new attraction that allows you to experience the extreme, violent and beautiful birth of Niagara Falls in a way you’ve never dreamed possible.
According to NPC Chairman Jim Williams “We’re confident Niagara’s Fury will provide that exciting, educational and interactive experience our visitors have been looking for when they visit Niagara today. And who better to tell the dramatic story of Niagara than NPC, an agency dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the Falls and the entire Niagara River Corridor for future generations.”
From the Niagara Falls Review:
When his two-year-old twin sons and a crowd from the Boys and Girls Club of Niagara “survived” Niagara’s Fury, Peter Fonseca declared the new attraction a winner.
“You get the thumbs up from kids, you know you’re right,” said Fonseca, Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, himself the parent of young children.
Fonseca, his wife Christina and their sons Alexander and Sebastian were among the first visitors to test out the Niagara Parks Commission’s $7-million moving-theatre attraction, built over the past year as part of an overhaul of Table Rock House. It has began operating in the spring, but officially opened Sunday.
The moving theatre attraction takes visitors on a ride through history, explaining the formation of Niagara Falls from the Ice Age, geological changes and the erosive effect of water over thousands of years.
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