This isn’t exactly Niagara Falls related, but given the series on the Destination Marketing Fee or DMF (here and here), I figured I’d post about it. From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara-on-the-Lake is planning to launch the first phase of its destination marketing fee by the end of the year, says the executive director of…
From the Buffalo News: Nik Wallenda will train in Niagara County for his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls later this summer. Wallenda, in Albany Thursday to meet with state legislators, told The Buffalo News that he is dropping plans to train for the event on an airport runway in Pittsburgh and instead scouting locations in…
Yesterday I received a newsletter from Cantina Charlies about the grand opening of the Niagara Falls location:
The most notable new addition to the Niagara Falls skyline this year was the Niagara SkyWheel. Built where the Golden Griddle on Clifton Hill used to be, it can be seen from miles around. It provides an excellent view of the Falls, along with a great view of many of the surround attractions and hotels….
Sometime within the last week three banners have been put up on the outside of the Classic Iron Motorcycle Museum: I think they look very nice. The wall was so plain before. This really grabs your attention.
Murray St is closed for a month so they can setup for Red Bull Crashed Ice http://t.co/r9OaaC9A
I don’t know what it looks like inside (there is still construction going on), but there is now a sign on the outside of the Fallsview Casino for Shoeless Joe’s:
The St. Catharines Standard has an editorial about car idling and its environmental impact. It also mentions Niagara Falls. I’m sure this is a common problem in essentially all tourist areas: I spent two summers working in the Clifton Hill tourist area of Niagara Falls, and the number of people I witnessed idling their vehicles…
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort Spa & Waterpark. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the bottom right of the main Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Toddlers with water-wings, splashing about in the YMCA’s leisure pool, seem a world away from the ringing bells, stacks of poker chips and whirling roulette wheels at Casino Niagara. But there’s a link that might be easy to overlook. Niagara’s casinos donated $250,000 toward the construction of the MacBain Community…