Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: 1) Niagara Falls is an interesting contrast: I can’t help but marvel at the commercialization of Niagara Falls. I mean, as I posted yesterday about the awesome NATURAL beauty of Niagara Falls. So, take a natural wonder, a gift to mankind from…
From Niagara This Week: It’s the gigantic New Year’s Eve bash that almost didn’t happen, that nobody wanted to see die and that is about to fill Queen Victoria Park with tens of thousands of people Saturday. It’s been a couple of turbulent months of planning and fundraising for organizers of the annual free New…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourism may not be as prominent an issue in this provincial election as it was in 2007. But candidates representing the three major parties looking to form government after Oct. 6 are adamant they’re not overlooking an industry they say is so vital to Niagara’s economy. During the provincial election…
From Yahoo! News: The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry’s, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has died… At Niagara Falls in 1975, he balanced on a platform attached to a motorcycle that his friend rode across the cable over the…
From the Buffalo News: A decrepit Goat Island pedestrian bridge and a leaking roof in the visitor center at Prospect Point are just two repair jobs in a $650 million backlog in park improvements statewide, State Parks Commissioner Carol Ash said at a tourism meeting Friday. Ash hailed Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer’s proposed $100 million…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Casinos enjoyed a record-earning year in 2015 with nearly $700 million generated in gross gaming revenue. “We’ve been working towards this for some time,” said Niagara Casinos president Art Frank. “Our winning mix included the right number of great associates working together to deliver superior customer service, a suite…
The Summer of Thrills started earlier this month. I’m not sure if they have such a thing this year, but here is a promo post card I found from last year:
At the end of September there was supposed to be a test of a drone show. This ended up being put off for a week, and it happened at the beginning of October. Did you see it? Someone filmed it, and you can see it on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=709801073898894 Visually it is impressive, but without…
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From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Convention and Civic Centre has named its new general manager and president. Kerry Painter was hired to manage the centre, which is scheduled to open in 2011. Mayor Ted Salci made the announcement during Monday’s council meeting. Painter comes to Niagara Falls from the Northshore Harbor Center in…