From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls tourism officials customarily say that their city draws 8 million visitors a year, but a new study may show the figure may be larger than that. A consultant estimates 7.3 million Americans visited Niagara Falls last year. Longwoods International is still working on numbers for Canadian and other foreign…
From the Buffalo News: A Minneapolis consulting firm, Conventions, Sports & Leisure International, has been hired to study the feasibility of a sports and events facility for the City of Niagara Falls. The consultant has been directed to deliver the report by Oct. 1, according to Samuel M. Ferraro, Niagara County economic development commissioner. The…
From the Buffalo News: State health officials have issued an advisory that some people may have been exposed to measles May 11-12 at four locations, including Niagara Falls. A tourist from India with measles visited the locations, according to the Health Department. People lacking immunity or who are not sure if they have been vaccinated…
From the Buffalo News: Five years after her husband walked a tightrope over Niagara Falls, his wife is planning her own teeth-clenching stunt there. To be precise, Erendira Wallenda, a trapeze aerialist, plans to hang by her teeth from a tether connected to a helicopter flying over the Falls, Niagara County officials announced Tuesday night….
A fun little story from the Buffalo News: As a charter captain, I fish the Niagara River a lot – both above and below Niagara Falls. One thought that goes through everyone’s mind who fishes this mighty river is: How many fish go over the falls … and survive?… He fought the fish for a…
From the Buffalo News: Days after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, members of the legendary progressive rock enclave Yes have announced a date at the Seneca Niagara Casino. Though the group performed at the UB Center for the Arts last fall beneath the moniker Anderson Rabin & Wakeman, when Jon…
From the Buffalo News: Believe it or not, visitors to Niagara Falls used to be able to walk on the ice bridges that form naturally at the base of the cataracts. The ice bridges form every winter, typically in January
From the Buffalo News: City Historian Elaine Timm was named chairwoman of a committee that will organize this year’s events to mark the 125th anniversary of Niagara Falls becoming a city in 1892. The city was incorporated on March 17, 1892, and the city will mark that date in conjunction with the Ancient Order of…
From a letter to the editor in the Buffalo News: If Frederick Law Olmsted were around today to learn about plans to improve tourism in Niagara Falls, he would remind people that compared with the Canadian side, Niagara Falls State Park lets walkers enjoy one of the most beautiful natural areas in North America. “It…
From the Buffalo News: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday that a new 191-room hotel overlooking the Niagara River rapids was the latest evidence that the state’s efforts to strengthen the Niagara Falls economy are working. In a speech to nearly 200 local residents and officials, Cuomo said he wants Empire State Development to “step…