If you are interested in the proposed motor speedway (NASCAR-type oval) that might be built just outside of Niagara Falls, then you might be interested in this article from the Niagara Falls Review: There remains more questions than answers, despite an Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing Tuesday on a contentious speedway proposal that was supposed to…
From the Buffalo News: The city whose reputation as a honeymoon capital is often overshadowed by its reputation for urban decay is poised to get its first major downtown development — outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino — in some 30 years. City and state officials have confirmed that seven developers submitted proposals for a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission slammed the door on Nik Wallenda Wednesday, but a day later Minister of Tourism Michael Chan opened it up just a bit. Speaking with the Niagara Falls Review Thursday, the Ontario tourism minister invited Wallenda, a seventh-generation aerialist who wants to walk across the Niagara Gorge…
From Niagara This Week: The Niagara Parks Commission has denied Nik Wallenda’s proposal for a tightrope walk across the Niagara gorge. In a long-awaited decision comes three weeks after the famed daredevil made a personal pitch to the agency, which is in charge of managing provincial parks around the Horseshoe Falls. In a news release…
From the Niagara Falls Review: By Wednesday afternoon, Nik Wallenda will find out if he will be come the first person in more than a century to walk across the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope. The Niagara Parks Commission says it will announce its decision on Wallenda’s proposal for a cross-gorge skywalk at some point…
From the Toronto Star: As an aerialist’s bid to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls next summer hangs in the balance, the commission ruling on his proposal is facing pressure to let the event proceed. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed tightrope-walking Wallenda family, hopes to fulfill his lifelong dream of walking across the falls…
From Canoe.ca: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty called Nik Wallenda’s bid to walk across Niagara Falls on a highwire an “exciting proposal” that warrants consideration from the agency that oversees the Canadian side of the falls. But the premier stopped short of saying whether or not his government would overrule the Niagara Parks Commission if it…
I know I’m behind, but I still wanted to post some articles about Nik Wallenda and his attempts to get approval to walk on a wire over Niagara Falls. The rest of the posts today and at least one tomorrow will be on his recent trip to Niagara Falls Ontario to present to the Niagara…
Yesterday I posted a few links to articles about Nik Wallenda and how Governor Cuomo has approved his proposal. If you are interested, here are bunch more links. Note that many of them use material from the Associated Press, but then add in their own comments: Niagara Frontier Publications – Statement from Wallenda and Western…
Here are a few more articles that I’ve found that mention Nic Wallenda. He is the guy who wants to walk on a wire above Niagara Falls. NY side has approved it, but the Canadian side hasn’t. Niagara Falls Review – Tightrope walker’s bid to cross falls should be nixed Niagara Falls Review – Tourists…