From the Times Herald-Tribune: The Seneca Indian Nation’s gambling business says a new construction project will make its Niagara Falls casino more distinctive on the city skyline. Jim Wilson of the Seneca Gaming Corporation says the project on top of the existing hotel tower won’t add more rooms, but will change signage to make the…
On Monday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are promoting special rates for August. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.
From the Niagara Gazette: If you are down on Niagara Falls, USA, then Frank Strangio’s not your guy. Ever the optimist, the local hotelier has been one of the city’s biggest boosters for years, both as a private business owner and as a former chairman of the county tourism agency, formerly known as the Niagara…
From Niagara This Week: He’s a little less than 30 cm tall, cute as a button and cuddly as a kitten. And he sure gets around. Dave Phillips-Jackson, a Teddy bear from Wales, has been taken to tourist sites all throughout England. His owner, Alison Phillips, sent him through the mail to a friend in…
From the Buffalo News: They have an awful lot of roast meat in Brazil. Or so it would seem if you visit Brasa, a traditional, newly opened Brazilian barbecue restaurant called a “churrascaria” in the luxe Hilton Hotel attached to the casino. You can start training for the 2016 Olympics now. A churrascaria serves meats…
A sure sign of summer! The first stilt walker I've seen this season at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville in Niagara Falls http://t.co/OXzt1jyC #
From Niagara This Week: News that Woodbine Entertainment Group plans to build a 5,000-seat theatre at the Toronto racetrack isn’t sitting well with Mayor Jim Diodati. “I’ve go to be honest, it is some cause for concern,” Diodati said after learning that the group that operates the Toronto track and slots facility has entered into…
Two weeks ago they brought in their trailers, last week they started to install the perimeter fencing around the entire work site, and this week they have begun excavating the land for the new Niagara Convention & Civic Center.
From the Niagara Falls Review: A melee at the Dragon Fly Bar at the Fallsview Casino sent one employee to the hospital with a fractured jaw. Niagara Regional Police were called to the bar around 2:15 a.m. Sunday after a crowd of more than 200 patrons converged on the street following a disturbance that started…
From the Buffalo News: Tourism officials on the American side of the border are often crying the blues about Niagara Falls, Ont., getting the bigger slice of the tourism pie. Yet, the American side has some fine attractions, from Goat Island to the Cave of the Winds to the Aquarium of Niagara. An odd attraction…