From WBFO.org: Niagara Falls enjoyed a record summer for tourism, according to local tourism leaders. The Niagara USA Official Visitors Center reports assisting more than 103,000 guests during the summer of 2016. The Center estimates that to be a 16 percent increase from the previous summer tourist season. Changes that helped boost the local tourist…
For the longest time, the only work that was happening at the future site of Dinosaur park Adventure Golf (behind Niagara SkyWheel on Clifton Hill) was on the big volcano. The only other work I saw was that they started to pour concrete for the holes. As indicated previously, I was on vacation for a…
As we mentioned in a previous post, there was a town meeting held last night to discuss amendments to the zoning bylaw that would allow a 59 storey hotel and observation tower along with a 74,000 sqft water park on Falls Avenue. The amendment to allow the hotel tower passed with a 5-1 vote while…
An article in yesterday’s Niagara Falls Review focuses on one woman and her excitement leading up to the Regis and Kelly tapings. Near the end of the article they include who will be on the shows: And although she’s not familiar with the guests scheduled for the 9 a.m. show – Mary Lynn Rajskub, who…
Last Wednesday I received an the latest email newsletter from Great Wolf Lodge.
From Buffalo.com: Science is a living, breathing thing, constantly changing and growing to fit our needs and leaving relics of past experiments to rot away. Now these pieces of technology are preserved and proudly displayed at the Niagara Science Museum. Check out some of these cool artifacts at the museum’s first ever community open house…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourism officials in Niagara are expecting another solid tourism season as Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary. Jackie Phillip, manager of the two Ontario travel information centres in Niagara, said she has talked to a few tourism officials who expect to see business increase between 10 and 20 per cent. “If…
I’ve taken another video and posted in on YouTube. It is of the Niagara SkyWheel. It was a beautiful clear day (but very windy) and it looks pretty good. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to wait until it actually started moving. Also, I walked while I was filming, so it is a little bumpy,…
From Niagara This Week: City coffers have swelled by more that $5 million as The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) issued its fourth-quarter (January to March, 2016) non-tax gaming revenue payment. In total, the City received $5,275,019 for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort. Since December 1996, Niagara Falls has received more than…
Along with the article in the Niagara Falls Review yesterday, the Niagara Parks Commission also sent around an email about Niagara’s Fury: If you click through to the site, there is a teaser that explains more details about the ride. It sounds pretty neat.