Stay & Play Hot Rates in July
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort Spa & Waterpark.
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Great Wolf Lodge marks 10 years in Niagara Falls
From Niagara This Week: Matt Hansen was visibly nervous as he eyed a large tube high up on a platform at Great Wolf Lodge. “Completely,” he said. “I’m scared. I can’t even go on a roller coaster.” The Toronto man, on the 49th visit to the lodge with his family, was rewarded with the chance…
Another Restaurant and Retail Location
Last fall some demolition took place in a lot beside the Clarion President Hotel & Suites By The Falls and across from the Movieland/Clifton Hill billboard. I noticed yesterday that there was a notice of a public hearing: The City of Niagara Falls Committee of Adjustment Public Hearing Date – September 20/05 5:00 p.m. Committee…
CRACKING the casinos’ CODE
From the Niagara Falls Review: If you’ve gone to a casino, it’s not a coincidence if you felt drawn in by the flashing lights, ringing bells and the maze of slot machines. That’s exactly how casino operators want it to be, said Karen Finlay, associate professor at the University of Guelph’s school of Marketing and…
Construction progress at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville
There is still a lot of work to do, but it’s quite impressive the amount of work they’ve already done on the old Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant to get it ready to be a Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville.
Hard work is paying off in Niagara Falls with an uptick for businesses that depend on tourists
From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls tourism is improving with each turn of the page. Whether that assessment is reached through the observations of small business owners or through hard data collected by the tourism promotion agency for Niagara Falls, this is a story whose chapters are looking more and more promising. There is the…
Falls council against casino theatre proposal
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls city council voted against a proposal that would see a 5,000-seat entertainment theatre built above the bus area at the back of Fallsview Casino. Politicians backed a staff report recommending they don’t support an amendment to the site-specific development agreement, as requested by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation,…
Twitter updates for 2011-01-26
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Singer who sang Marineland jingle says she’s ‘shocked’ by allegations of animal neglect at Marineland
From Bullet News Niagara: Juno Award-nominated singer Suzie McNeil, who sang the catchy jingle used in the familiar Marineland commercials, says she’s “shocked” by the allegations of animal neglect as made public in an investigative series published Wednesday and Thursday in The Toronto Star. In a statement sent to Bullet News by her publicist, McNeil…
Obsessed Author Dives Into Niagara Falls, Finds Kitsch: Review
From Bloomberg.com: Ginger Strand is in possession of a sharp eye, a biting wit, a beguiling sense of fun — and a magnificent obsession. As some people collect little porcelain dogs or sports memorabilia, Ginger Strand collects visits to Niagara Falls. But not only visits. She collects postcards. Myths. Legends about daredevil feats. Stories about…