From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s a Wednesday afternoon a few days before Christmas and the last thing Dino Fazio wants to see is weather like this. As winter begins, rain is pouring onto the outdoor skating rink built near the Table Rock building. After seven years of heading up the Winter Festival of Lights,…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): The scaffolding is being set up, the stage will soon be in place, and the thousands will soon jam down Old Falls Street, as 2012 will be ushered in in fine musical fashion. For the third year, The Hard Rock Guitar Drop will bring in the new…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Rink at the Brink is back from the brink after the Niagara Parks Commission voted Tuesday to give the winter attraction a second chance. Commissioners reversed a decision they made in August to terminate the agreement that allows the Winter Festival of Lights to operate an outdoor skating rink…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Rink at the Brink could get a new lease on life Tuesday after the Niagara Parks Commission threatened to kill the attraction after logistical problems in its first year. Commissioners are expected to vote during Tuesday’s board meeting on a report that would allow the Winter Festival of Lights…
From Niagara This Week: The Stanley Cup is coming to Niagara Falls. A slogan for the event being passed around the city is “two icons, one location.” The Hockey Hall of Fame put together a package specifically for the 27th year of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights at the Rink on the Brink…
From a Canadian Press article found at Yahoo! Canada News: A new public skating rink will open next month “a stone’s throw from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls,” say organizers of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights. The outdoor Rink at the Brink, two-thirds the size of an NHL rink, will be located…
From the Niagara Falls Review: You’ll need to lace up more than just your boots for this year’s Winter Festival of Lights. An outdoor skating rink is the big addition to the festival’s 27th year, which opens Nov. 7. Located next to Table Rock along the Niagara Parkway, the 18-by- 36-metre rink will open in…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Outdoor skating near the brink of Niagara Falls could become an “iconic” winter attraction the way it has in New York City’s Central Park and Rockefeller Center, says Winter Festival of Lights manager Dino Fazio. The festival is firming up arrangements for the Rink at the Brink, an outdoor skating…