From Niagara This Week: Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment is expected to assume day-to-day operations at the two casinos in Niagara Falls June 11. The commercial gaming company, headquartered in Connecticut, will also operate the Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre, scheduled to open later this year. MGE was selected by Ontario Lottery and Gaming in September to…
From Niagara This Week: The City of Niagara Falls received close to $7 million in the second quarter from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. In total, $6.81 million was paid out to the City by the provincial gaming agency. The payments are part of a hosting agreement the City of Niagara Falls has with…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The City of Niagara Falls will receive $6.8 million as part of a second-quarter, non-tax gaming revenue payment from Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. OLG issues quarterly payments to the city for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino. Since December 1996, Niagara Falls has received more than $105.7 million in…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A $7-million upgrade to Casino Niagara expected to be completed by mid November is another example the facility — which originally was meant to be temporary — is “here to stay,” says Niagara Casinos president Richard Taylor. “The property was starting to get a little bit tired, and it was…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The city’s new 5,000-seat theatre will be located next to the Hilton Hotel and be connected to Fallsview Casino by a new enclosed walkway. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) officially announced the site late Thursday, despite work already being done on the property for weeks. The $130 million venue…
From Niagara This Week: The city is set to surpass the $100-million mark in revenues derived from hosting two OLG casinos. Niagara Falls received a first-quarter payment of $7.8 million from the OLG as a part of its hosting agreement for Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort. The payment brings the total non-tax gaming revenue…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A special council meeting has been called for Thursday to discuss the city’s continued concerns about Ontario Lottery and Gaming’s modernization plan. “We’ve gone on record with having serious concerns with modernization, the way it’s being rolled out, and serious concerns of up to 1,400 jobs being in jeopardy (at…
Wow… it doesn’t matter what side of the river you are on, everyone seems to be concerned about casino revenue and related jobs! From the Niagara Falls Review: The day after the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation started a process to find new operators for Casino Niagara and the Fallsview Casino, a delegate from Niagara…
From Niagara This Week: The province is moving ahead with the modernization process for gaming in the city after the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) issued request for proposal (RFP) documents to pre-qualified proponents selected to bid on the Niagara Gaming Bundle.
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has issued its third-quarter non-tax gaming revenue payment of $5.6 million to the City of Niagara Falls. The payment, from October to December, was issued to the municipality for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino. Ontario’s Minister of Finance Charles Sousa said OLG gaming…