From the Buffalo News: The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency is considering tax breaks to help a Canadian company reopen two Niagara Falls hotels. The IDA board accepted applications Wednesday from the Merani Group of Companies, based in Niagara Falls, Ont., for payment-in-lieu of taxes arrangements, or PILOTs, to help it buy the former Inn…
From a PR Web press release see on Press Release Rocket: The Sheraton on the Falls is a CAA 4-Diamond property located directly across the street from the spectacular Niagara Falls featuring first-class accommodations, world-class cuisine, and state-of-the-art meeting and event space. The Christienne Fallsview Spa is located on the hotel’s 14th floor and features…
Last week I received the latest newsletter from the Days Inn Niagara Falls Clifton Hill Casino.
This goes along with my posting from last week… From the Niagara Falls Review: The former Niagara Falls Memorial Arena could be demolished and replaced with a museum dedicated to — and modeled after — the Titanic. The city’s committee of adjustment approved an application from businessman David van Velzen this week for minor variances…
Sometime last year the Happy Wanderer on Stanley Avenue (across from the new Hilton expansion) closed it doors and was taken over by the bank. A company/team was then put together to try and bring this place back to life with interior upgrades, in the hopes of rejuvenating this establishment. Unfortunately the bank canceled the…
I know this isn’t directly Niagara Falls-related, but there is a connection… You probably will remember that over the last few years the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in Niagara Falls has hosted a sword swallower on International Sword Swallowers Day. I’ve seen Riley Schillaci and Vanessa Neil (click their names to see pictures…
The new and improved Outback Steakhouse that had closed, and then re-opened, has received a new exterior paint scheme around the entire building. It now looks a lot more inviting and fresher compared to the old gray color.
Every day I see discarded Players Advantage Club cards on the ground. #
The 6th floor is up at the Motel 6 that is being built on Stanley Avenue. It is the last floor. I’m not sure how many rooms fit on a floor, but it’s probably only a 15-20, so it looks like the hotel will have around 100 rooms. As far as I can tell, the…
A couple of unrelated thoughts from Marineland… I’ve been to Marineland a few times this year, and we’ve spent a lot of time at Friendship Cove where the Orca whales are kept. We watched the splash show a couple of weeks ago, and the last time we were there we went to the underwater viewing…