Niagara SkyWheel gondolas

    The wheel of the Niagara SkyWheel has been up for weeks, and it didn’t look like they were making much progress. Well, today they are putting the gondolas up: They aren’t all up yet, but given the speed with which they are going up, if they aren’t all up by the end of the day,…

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    County tourism agency sues city over bed tax proceeds

    From the Buffalo News: Niagara County’s tourism promotion agency sued the City of Niagara Falls on Tuesday over the city’s refusal to convey proceeds of the city’s tax on hotel and motel bills to the agency. The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. filed the suit in State Supreme Court, demanding that a judge order to…

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    Travelodge At the Falls (20130124)

    A couple of weeks ago I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Clifton Group (the Travelodge, Fun House, Brick City, etc). To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of some of the pages at Falls.com

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      Falls Tower almost down

      As has been mentioned both in the blog and in the forum, the Falls Tower is coming down. However, it is taking far longer than I ever expected. Regular contributor Fallsview posted some pictures of it coming down. I was actually in Boston Pizza for lunch when that portion was coming down (I wonder if…

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        Visitors jam Niagara on holiday weekend

        From the Hamilton Spectator: Maybe it was the hypnotic lure of the spinning SkyWheel or perhaps the draw of the 2 Nations festival. Roads in and out of Niagara Region were chock-a-block with cars this July 1 holiday weekend. The Ontario Provincial Police say there were more vehicles on the road than any time in…

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