“The friggin' Hard Rock Café, they are one of the most successful entertainment venues in the world, so the taxpayers of Niagara Falls giving them $700,000, that’s obscene!”
- Sen. George Maziarz

I’ve been in the tourism industry for 35 years and this Wallenda Walk is the single most exciting event I’ve seen in Niagara Falls. It received more widespread publicity than anything we have had in three decades.
The last time we saw this much publicity for Niagara Falls was Love Canal. This is the complete opposite of Love Canal. I lived through both.
This is something we can celebrate, now and forever. We really turned it around today. - Doreen O’Connor