Lease
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 but also [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
For the 65,000 Koreans George Denning’s company brought to Niagara Falls last year, “Maid of the Mist” was what they knew. He predicted it would be “automatic” if they had to choose between the Maid of the Mist operating on the American side of the Niagara River and a new company [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Protecting the Ontario government’s own investment in Casino Niagara is the reason it has to be treated differently from the Maid of the Mist, says Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, rejecting opposition calls to invite bids from property owners interested in hosting a casino.
“There is a distinction,” the premier told reporters in [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Premier Dalton McGuinty sailed into uncharted waters, forcing the Niagara Parks Commission to put its lease with the Maid of the Mist out to tender. If he doesn’t navigate carefully, he risks steering the Niagara Falls tourism industry right onto the rocks.
Jaws dropped in Niagara Falls last Wednesday when Ontario Tourism [...]
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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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From the Niagara Falls Review:
For the first time in years, the Maid of the Mist will have to fend off competitors to hold onto the right to run boat tours in the Niagara River.
Ontario Tourism Minister Monique Smith announced Wednesday the Niagara Parks Commission will solicit competing bids from companies interested in leasing the property [...]
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Rather than post these individually, here are some more articles about the Casino Niagara lease renewal:
CTV Toronto – Tories cry favouritism over Casino Niagara lease
Niagara Falls Review – Liberals knocked over casino lease
Niagara Falls Review – Casino lease renewal raises questions
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From a letter to the Editor of the Niagara Falls Review:
The Niagara Parks Commission should be more open and accountable to the public.
It is shameful that the public doesn’t know the details of the lease with the Maid of the Mist. The best outcome would be that the contract is declared void and re-issued via [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Members of the Niagara Parks Commission will complete a government- ordered review of its lease with the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. “no later than Oct. 1,” chairman Jim Williams says.
Commissioners met last week to consider advice from the provincial government and their own legal staff, and to chart a [...]
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From the Globe and Mail:
The Niagara Parks Commission, the secretive provincial agency that manages the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, has been ordered to review its decision to extend the Maid of the Mist’s monopoly on boat tours of the world-famous landmark.
The Queen’s Park directive follows two government-ordered reviews of the agency launched in March [...]
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