As the Niagara Falls Review reported a few days ago, Jay Cochrane has postponed the big skywalk from the Fallsview Casino to the Skylon Tower a couple of times. As best we can see, he’s been adjusting the support wires quite a bit. At one point a week or so ago, there were wires hanging…
From the July 5, 2005 edition of the Niagara Falls Review: NIAGARA FALLS – The waiting game continues for famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane’s date with the Skylon Tower. Cochrane, 61, is still fine-tuning his cable for the highly-anticipated walk, which was originally planned for July 1. It was pushed back to Monday, but over the…
As we’ve mentioned many times, Jay Cochrane is back in the Falls: Getting ready for the big sky walk Jay Cochrane Skywalking Cochrane wirewalks with $5M safety net Preparing for Jay Cochrane Jay Cochrane to Return Jay is skywalking from the Fallsview Casino to the Hilton hotel, as well as from the Fallsview Casino to…
Jay Cochrane will be walking from the Fallsview Casino to the Skylon Tower each Saturday. This all kicks off on Friday, July 1 (Canada Day). Here are a few pictures of the wire being put into place: Cable hanging down from Fallsview Casino Two lifts holding the cable up across Murray Hill Closeup shot of…
I mentioned this to Chris just the other day. I assumed that Mr. Cochrane would have to have som pretty substantial insurance, and I wondered what it would cost to be insured. This article doesn’t state the cost of it, but the City had to get insurance valued at $5 million. From the Friday, June…
The Best Western is right across the street from the new Wolfgang Puck Cafe / Cafe Tu Tu Tango building and is kitty-corner to the Fallsview Casino. I noticed today that they have $20 CDN / $15 US parking. That’s expensive considering that not too far away is $7 CDN / $5 US parking (both…
Another article on the Clifton Hill (HOCO) developments from Buffalo Business First: Theme park anchors new Canadian development James Fink Business First The already dizzying pace of development in Niagara Falls, Ont., is about to take another spin, this time with a project anchored by a 175-foot Ferris wheel. Hoco Ltd., a Niagara Falls-based hospitality…
Chris posted previously that Jay Cochrane, a well-known funambulist, would be doing walks from the Hilton hotel to the Fallsview Casino and a walk from the Fallsview Casino to the Skylon Tower. As you can see by the pictures below, the wires are in place and ready to go. The wires are hard to see…
Niagara Falls City Council met last night to discuss the application by HOCO Entertainment and Resorts for a zoning amendment to their property. The council voted unanimously in favour on 4 recommendations by city planning staff, with one councilor declaring a conflict of interest on the fourth. The zoning amendment clears the way for HOCO…
Last weekend was the Victoria Day holiday, and we had amazing weather. I mentioned previously that the Victoria Day weekend in Canada along with the Memorial Day weekend in the US marks the unofficial start of summer. The weather was kind of flakey all weekend. It would be beautifully sunny, and then it would cloud…