Buffalo Business First

Graham on January 21st, 2010

As Chuck mentioned…
From Buffalo Business First:
Margaritaville Canada Ltd. has signed a lease with the owners of the Skylon Tower to open the 14,000-square-foot, two-story restaurant on Fallsview Avenue, across from the Niagara Fallsview Casino and Resort.
Margaritaville is scheduled to open by late spring or early summer, said George Davidson, Margaritaville Canada president and chief executive [...]

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Graham on November 26th, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
With a nod to an elegant past, the Hotel Giacomo will welcome its first guests just before the Thanksgiving holiday week.
By all accounts, the hotel’s opening is a significant moment in Niagara Falls history. It represents the rebirth of an architectural icon that dominates the skyline but also stands as a prime [...]

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Graham on October 30th, 2009

Here are some articles that discuss the Maid of the Mist lease opening:

Buffalo News – Maid of the Mist lease ordered reopened
Buffalo Business First – Rough Ont. waters for Maid of the Mist
Niagara Falls Review – Who’ll run the boats?

Just a reminder that Bill Windsor of Alcatraz Media left a comment on this site at [...]

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Graham on May 14th, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
The Hilton Niagara Falls will mark the traditional start of the peak summer tourism season in a big way.
The Niagara Falls, Ont., hotel will be welcoming the first guests to its $200 million, 59-story wing on May 22, the start of the U.S. Memorial Day weekend. The wing will be home to [...]

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Graham on May 14th, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
Dave & Buster’s is planning to open two new restaurants in Niagara Falls, Ont.
The Dallas-based chain that operates the popular restaurant/amusement center/sports bar eateries is working with the Fallsview Group to open a three-story, 40,000-square-foot restaurant along Clifton Hill. The site will be the chain’s second in Canada.
The Fallsview Group, a Niagara [...]

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Graham on May 2nd, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
Regional and provincial officials gathered in Niagara Falls, Ont., Friday morning for the ceremonial ground breaking for the city’s first convention center.
The nearly 200,000-square-foot, $100 million center is being constructed just off of Stanley Avenue and in the shadow of some of the city’s largest hotels. Niagara Falls officials have been pressing [...]

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Graham on April 21st, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
The hotel landscape in Niagara Falls will undergo a dramatic change in the next few months with the opening of two neighboring properties.

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Graham on March 24th, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
A sluggish economy has given developers of the planned Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Centre a surprise: a larger-than-anticipated building.
When bids for the $100 million project came in about 20 percent less than expected, the building’s driving forces decided to add nearly 40,000 square feet to the floor plan.
Unfortunately, you need a [...]

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Graham on March 17th, 2009

From Buffalo Business First:
Kerry Painter needs only to look outside her window to see what casino gambling has meant to the region – in her case, Niagara Falls, Ont.
As the president and general manager of the Niagara Falls Convention and Civic Centre, Painter can look across Fallsview Boulevard and see nearly $300 million worth of [...]

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