Cleaning up after the New Year’s Eve concert/broadcast
It takes a lot to setup for the New Year’s Eve concert in Queen Victoria Park, and it also takes a lot to take everything down.
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Convention Centre gets ready to groove
From the Niagara Falls Review:
DJ Steve Aoki is fine with reality shows on MTV instead of music. He welcomes more American Idol knockoffs.
As far as he’s concerned, they’re great for his industry because they’re forcing people to seek out good music more than ever. When they find something that wasn’t manufactured by a TV show or record company hype, they flock to it.
“Now, kids are forced to discover music on their own terms,” says Aoki, who’ll be part of an all-night dance party at the Scotiabank Convention Centre New Year’s Eve. “It created an open lane for all this music to be discovered. I’m happy for all the reality shows on TV.
“People aren’t lazy – they’re going on YouTube, SoundCloud and Facebook and finding music themselves. That’s the power of dance music – it’s mainly a viral music. You have to discover the music yourself.”
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Preparing to Drop The Guitar in The Falls!
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 year. The metal rigging is currently being welded by city workers at the welding shop where plows are usually the main repair. The mini-zamboni is out on the outdoor skating rink surrounded by a holiday market place, in short The Falls is ready to roll out the red carpet.
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Getting ready to party on New Year’s Eve
From the Niagara Falls Review:
When something works, the Niagara Parks Police like to stick with it.
Even though Ontario’s liquor laws were loosened up a bit this past summer, those wishing to have a few drinks at the New Year’s Eve party in Queen Victoria Park will have to remain inside a designated area where alcohol is served.
“The last two years we’ve had a licensed area and that discourages people from bringing in their own alcohol into the park and we don’t have to worry about people tripping over empty bottles or bottles being thrown,” said Niagara Parks Police Chief Doug Kane. “We are able to secure the area so that it’s remains a safe family event.”
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DJs descend on convention centre New Year’s Eve
From the Niagara Falls Review:
It’ll be a loud gathering of techno and electronic music going until nearly dawn. Just don’t call it a rave.
For two decades, the free televised concert down at Queen Victoria Park has been synonymous with New Year’s Eve in Niagara Falls. But there’s a new party in town this year, and it doesn’t end at midnight. It’ll just be warming up.
Golden New Year’s Eve 2012 will be an eight-hour, indoor dance party at the Scotiabank Convention Centre Niagara featuring renowned DJs Avicii and Steve Aoki, along with Toronto’s Manzone & Strong and Niagara’s Christina Cruise. The music starts at 8 p.m. and goes until 4 a.m.
Unlike the typical rave, the event will have tight security, a dress code and admission starting at $75.
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New Year’s concert will always have its critics
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Later this month, for the 20th time, there will be a big, free New Year’s Eve concert down at Queen Victoria Park.
Also happening for the 20th time? Griping about the New Year’s Eve concert.
Like Auld Lang Syne and jacked-up hotel rates, it’s a New Year’s tradition in Niagara Falls. The second the lineup is announced, the complaints begin. It doesn’t matter that the show doesn’t cost a cent, it doesn’t matter there are endless other things to do (including a rave at the convention centre this year) … the New Year’s show is our nationally televised badge of honour, and we take it serious.
The problem organizers face with this show is trying to please two very different camps – the rock show crowd, and the family concert crowd. The two don’t mix well, and I’m not sure they should. Pleasing one means shortchanging the other.
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Setting up for New Year’s Eve 2012
Yesterday, in the rain, the stage was being setup in Queen Victoria Park for the New Year’s Eve party. If the rain doesn’t stop, it could be a really muddy night!
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ET Canada Hosts The Nation’s Biggest Year-end Party With ‘New Year’s Eve At Niagara Falls’
From Canada Newswire:
Entertainment Tonight Canada announced tonight the exclusive line-up for its 3rd annual ‘New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls,’ the country’s largest televised live New Year’s Eve party. The two-hour coast-to-coast countdown, hosted by Cheryl Hickey (@cherylhickeyetc) and Rick Campanelli (@rcampanellietc), begins at 10pm ET/PT on Global.
Accented by a custom designed stage with state of the art lighting and video displays opposite the world famous falls, ET Canada’s year-end celebration will feature performances by some of the country’s biggest names in music. The evening kicks off in fine style with JUNO award-winner Keshia Chanté followed by a performance by The Sheepdogs, Saskatoon’s international rock phenomenon. Alt-rock legends, Our Lady Peace, keep the momentum going as the clock ticks down to midnight with pop/punk group, Simple Plan, one of Canada’s most prolific bands, taking to the stage for a rousing finish. The evening will also include a special performance by a surprise guest, to be announced during the broadcast.
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Special Brasa and New Years Offer!
Quite a while ago I received an email newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview.
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Hotels see rise in room occupancies
From Buffalo Business First:
Hotel room occupancy rates continued to rise through the first quarter of the year, mirroring other local statistics and economic factors that show the hospitality industry is climbing out of its slump.
According to statistics compiled by Smith Travel Research of Nashville, the occupancy rate in… Niagara Falls, hotel occupancy increased 1.6 percent in March and 1.2 percent for the first quarter. Occupancy in the Cataract City was 41.7 percent this past March, up from 41 percent a year ago and for the January-to-March period, it was 36.9 percent, compared to 36.4 percent.
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