New downtown Sheraton celebrates official opening

From the Niagara Gazette: A family with a long history in Niagara Falls hotels is expanding back into the Cataract City and putting a new face and name on a familiar Third Street fixture. Under the kind of sunny skies that herald the return of tourist season to the Falls, the DiCienzo family, the owners…

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Bankruptcy Filings Drop

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: A popular Niagara Falls, NY hotel is changing hands. A report in today’s Business First says Canadian Niagara Hotels will buy The Crowne Plaza Hotel on 3rd Street. Last March, a New York City investment trust bid $21 million for the hotel during a court-ordered foreclosure auction. It has…

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Falls Avenue Resort – Make A Splash This Summer at the Fallsview Indoor Waterpark

Last Wednesday I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue. The subject up until now always had Falls Avenue Newsletter at the beginning. This time, the word newsletter was replaced with Resort. To subscribe, visit the main page and enter your name and email address near the middle of the page.

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Strong future secured for Casino Niagara

From a CNW Group press release: The future for Casino Niagara was unveiled today, with the finalization of a long-term lease between the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and Canadian Niagara Hotels Inc. (CNHI). “The McGuinty government has delivered on its commitment to ensure that Ontario not only maintain two casinos in Niagara Falls…

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Casino Niagara future appears secure

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario government appears to have secured Casino Niagara’s long-term future. Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor is expected to make an announcement at the casino Friday afternoon about the “economic future” of Niagara Falls. The location of Craitor’s announcement is listed as the second-floor atrium of Casino Niagara.

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