From Bullet News Niagara: Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati says we have to become more competitive on our side of the river as it could have a negative impact on our casino industry. “We need to be prepared, we can’t hope. Hope is not a good strategy. We have to be prepared for the competition.”…
From the Niagara Gazette: Aerialist Nik Wallenda returned to Niagara Falls on Friday, and gave his word, once again, that plans for a Falls performance area were still in the works. The daredevil, who left the city so triumphantly last June after crossing the Niagara Gorge on a two-inch wire, held a press conference on…
I missed this earlier in the week. Apparently St Patrick’s Day marks the anniversary of the creation of the City of Niagara Falls, New York… From the Tonawanda News: It’s the day when nearly everyone is Irish but there’s more than just St. Patrick to celebrate here on Sunday. In addition to paying tribute to…
From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls will be host to the 2013 Empire State Tourism Conference. The sessions slated May 1 to 3 at the Conference Center Niagara Falls are expected to attract upward of 300 tourism professionals from across the state. In recent years the event has been held in Albany but the Niagara…
From the Niagara Gazette: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., this week praised efforts by local transportation officials to push for funding needed to carry out a plan to remove the southern section of the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls. The accolades follow a decision earlier this month by representatives from the New York State…
From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: A vacant Niagara Falls building that once housed Moore Business Forms is being eyed as the site of new hotel. That, and another Cataract City hotel is due for a major face lift. Indian Ocean LLC, a company run by local hotelier B.F. Patel, is working with the Niagara…
From the Associated Press (via Native American Times): Casino operators and local officials in Canada say business is already hurting and worry that if New York approves casinos upstate, both sides of the border could face economic struggles. The Buffalo News reports that competition, a weaker dollar and a more restrictive border since the Sept….
The hot news last week was about Governor Andrew Cuomo suggesting that the way to resolve the dispute the state has with the Seneca Nation (and their casinos) is to open a private casino: CNYCentral.com – Governor Cuomo proposes new casino in Niagara Falls Gothamist.com – Report: Cuomo Wants A Casino In Niagara Falls WSYR…
From The Telegraph: In the Fifties, Niagara Falls was known as the “Honeymoon Capital of the World” as young newlyweds, attracted by the romance of the city, flocked to the banks of the Horseshoe falls. More than 50 years on, the honeymoon is well and truly over. The world’s most famous waterfalls continue to attract…
From the Niagara Gazette: The final week of the 2012 calendar is featuring quite a few youthful visitors in Niagara Falls. More than 2,000 youth and adults from across the United States and Canada have piled into area hotels, restaurants and convention halls for the Joshua Revolution 2012 Conference “Niagara ’12 The Last Trump.” The…