Leaders weigh in on Falls convention center study

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: Niagara County and Niagara Falls leaders have received the results of a study about the feasibility of building a new multi-use convention center in the city. Its takeaways: Downtown development needs to grow to sustain a bigger convention center, and the best option would be to expand and modify…

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CORE: Niagara Falls area has $1.82 Billion in development in the works

From Buffalo Business First: Niagara Falls and surroundings are defined worldwide by just two words: Niagara Falls. But there’s more to the western region of Niagara County, from Artpark in Lewiston to the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls. Municipalities include Lewiston, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda and Wilson. The article then goes on…

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HAMILTON: Political structure is why Clifton Hill rises, Niagara falls

From the Niagara Gazette: Why does the Canadian-side of Niagara Falls develop so much better than the American-side?… Suddenly, even though neither one of us had made a single step, we both had found ourselves instead of a simple mile away from the Canadian border, we were now may have well been out on the…

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Editorial: Niagara Falls has to seize the moment

From the Buffalo News: Lockport’s good news is a reminder of what Niagara Falls should be doing and isn’t. At least, not enough of it. It’s crazy that both Lockport and Niagara Falls, Ont., are able to move ahead on tourism development, but that on this bank of the international river, things can’t seem to…

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Not giving up despite ‘roadblocks, frustrations’

From the Niagara Falls Review: Despite facing hurdles to get a $1.5-billion development off the ground in Niagara Falls, the chairwoman of the company behind the proposal remains confident the project will eventually move ahead. “My vision to this project, and to the future of the project, has never been changed,” Helen Chang, chairwoman and…

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The unofficial start of Summer 2017

As you are probably aware, the two May holiday weekends (Victoria Day weekend in Canada, Memorial Day weekend in the US) marks the unofficial start of the summer tourists season here in Niagara Falls. I haven’t heard or read anything specific about what sort of business levels people are expecting this year, but I would…

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Niagara Speedway steel work is taking shape

Have you been down to Clifton Hill lately in Niagara Falls? If not, then you are missing out on seeing a lot of the developments really taking shape. The most notable one is the go-kart track being made on the Clifton Hill/Victoria Ave property owned by HOCO Entertainment & Resort. The spiral of the track…

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Niagara highrise partners eyeing Asian clientele

From the Daily Commercial News: The architectural drawings look stunning but groundbreaking for the $500-million, 1.3-million-square-foot River Road Niagara Falls Luxury Resort project remains a couple of years away at least as the project partners continue to piece together a development plan. The project will see a pair of luxury highrise hotels, 61 and 60…

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