From the Niagara Falls Review: An underwhelming tourist season and expiring visas have forced Cirque Niagara to shut its season down two weeks early. After gaining a foothold in the Niagara market last year, the made-in-Russia circus endured a slow summer, performing fewer shows before smaller crowds. The show’s $1.3 million tent at Rapids View…
On Sunday I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Clifton Group (the Travelodge, Fun House, Brick City, etc group). They are promoting various packages and their fun pass. To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of any of the pages at Falls.com
This isn’t directly Niagara Falls related, but it does have a tie-in… Last week I was listening to an episode of On Point, a radio show on NPR out of WBUR in Boston. The episode was called The Magic of Harry Houdini and had information from one of his biographies, as well as information about…
From Niagara This Week: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued its first-quarter non-tax gaming revenue payment of $6,433,923 to the City of Niagara Falls for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort. “It’s about time,” said Mayor Jim Diodati. “We’ve been fighting for this for a long, long time. There were racinos…
I know everyone says it, but time sure does fly! Back in 2010 when I heard that Greg Frewin was going to receive the Magician of the Year award ad the World Magic Awards, I contacted my father-in-law to record it for me. He had a fancy DVR that would record from TV and burn…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Winter Festival of Lights turns 35 this year, but for organizers the challenge is making it feel born again every year. So expect more new wrinkles, displays and events when the two-month festival kicks off Nov. 18, says executive director Tina Myers. “The ideas are flowing,” she said after…
Someone named Carrie blogged about a trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls: Spend a day down in Niagara, was awestruck at the size of the falls. Got a view of them from the air in a Helicopter ride, and also from the water, on the Maid of the Mist boat ride. Wasn’t too fussed on…
From the Buffalo News: Two travelers from Florida came to see our natural wonder last weekend. But unlike most of the 8 million tourists who flock to the falls each year, it took Nate Frankoski and Mike Buonaiuto 49 days to get here. The college students rode bicycles from Key West, Fla., to Niagara Falls…
From Niagara This Week: It’s around 5 p.m., and Ruedi Hafen is taking off from the launch pad at Niagara Helicopters for one of his last flights of the day Saturday, Feb. 24. It was a clear, sunny afternoon, and he has one passenger with him, Karen Cumberland — a friend he calls a “big…
Back in June I posted some pictures of the new Teddy Town store that was underneath the Burger King on Clifton Hill. As Lisa from Rochester pointed out in a posting, the store is now closed. I barely l2 months! \