Opening set N.F., Ont. convention center

From Buffalo Business First: Just a few days before the grand opening of the Scotiabank Convention Centre, Kerry Painter is able to finally get rid of her hard hat and steel-toed shoes as she walks around the building. The 288,000-square-foot Niagara Falls, Ont. convention center is that close to opening. Crews inside and outside the…

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Dream finally coming true for convention centre

From the Niagara Falls Review: “I am so sick of wearing hard hats,” Kerry Painter gripes with a weary smile. She has a point. She looks like a construction worker in virtually every picture taken of her these past three years. It was fun at first — the groundbreaking, the first cement truck, the first…

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Convention Centre nearly done

From Niagara This Week: Kerry Painter has a busy week ahead of her. As the president and general manager of the soon-to-be-complete Scotiabank Convention Centre, there are a lot of last minute details to tend to before the grand opening next Friday. The $100-million project on Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls is coming in on-budget…

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Musical looking for some amazing kids

From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s not amazing just yet, but Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat are getting warmed up. The inaugural show at the city’s new Scotiabank Convention Centre starts May 30, and among the first steps is finding talented kids. Lots of them. And as producer Linus Hand knows full well, that’s never…

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Big projects, big impact

From the Niagara Falls Review: Some of the city’s biggest and long-awaited building projects will either be completed or closer to completion in 2011. The Scotiabank Convention Centre, currently under construction about 500 yards from the Canadian Horseshoe Falls on Stanley Ave., is scheduled to host its first event — a home and garden show…

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Scotiabank Acquires Naming Rights to New Convention Centre in Niagara Falls

From a CNW Group press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: The Niagara Convention & Civic Centre (NCCC) today announced that Scotiabank has acquired the naming rights to the new facility, which will open in April 2011. The Scotiabank Convention Centre (SCC), located a mere 500 yards from the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, will draw hundreds of…

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