From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: For two decades it reigned as perhaps Western New York’s premier winter time event. The Niagara Falls, NY Festival of Lights drew millions of tourists in a traditionally drab time of year for the hospitality industry, and once captured the American Bus Association’s coveted designation as the number one…
This Niagara Falls Review article isn’t directly tourism-related, but it does involve the local IMAX theatre, so I figured I’d include it. Also, I’ve seen Avatar twice, and I’d love to see it in IMAX 3D 🙂 Still holding out hope to see Avatar at the Niagara Falls Imax? You might be waiting awhile. Despite…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s hard to know how many chairs to put out when you’re not sure who is coming to the party. The Niagara Parks Commission is gearing up now to accommodate the press and members of the public at its first public board meeting Friday, after more than a century of…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Outdoor concerts are coming back to Niagara Falls, New York this summer. The city council has voted to use $180,000 in revenue from the Seneca Niagara Casino to host six free concerts.
From the Canadian Press (via Penticton Herald): Getting competitive bids for one of the world’s oldest and most famous tourist attractions – the Maid of the Mist boats in Niagara Falls – may not be as straight forward a proposal as the Ontario government hopes. The Niagara Parks Commission came under fire last year for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The heck with Hasbro, makers of the Monopoly game, and the way it’s forcing Niagara Falls to win an online contest to earn a place on its new Canadian edition of the world-famous board game. Niagara Falls isn’t second prize in somebody’s beauty contest. The company is holding a vote…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Vote, vote, vote. That’s the only way Niagara Falls will have a chance to end up on the new Canadian version of the ever-popular board game Monopoly. Sixty-five cities were preselected for the national vote – but Niagara Falls isn’t on the list. Nothing to worry about, said Hasbro Canada…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Playing tourist for a day was a welcome escape for the Hesse family of Niagara Falls. Mike, Melissa and their 10-year-old daughter Sara enjoyed several of the tourist attractions along Clifton Hill as part of the annual Loonie Museum Day to benefit the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “It was fun,”…
From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls has received $60,262,670 in funds from Seneca Niagara Casino since 2004. Only $56,763 remains unallocated as of this week, not including interest earned. Here is a breakdown of the area’s the money has been spent.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Plans to build an aquarium in Niagara Falls appear to be a casualty of tougher American travel regulations, now that Ripley Entertainment is gearing up to build one at the base of Toronto’s CN Tower. Canada Lands Company, which owns the CN Tower, picked Ripley last year as its partner…