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Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Opens

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – As reported by the Buffalo News: "Nearly 8,000 gamblers attended a gala opening, by invitation only, of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort on Tuesday evening.

"…Modesty was not the rule in the sprawling casino overlooking the Horseshoe Falls, where former Orchard Park radiologist Joe Tadone was playing at the $1,000-max Paigow Poker table with his credit card.

"…'I came up from Florida to get out of the heat,' Tadone said, clicking his stack of poker chips on the green felt.

"…Tadone said the Niagara Fallsview Casino is 'the closest Vegas-style one I've seen this side of Detroit.'

"At a 3-Card Poker table, a distinguished-looking man from Toronto with a gray goatee eased himself into a chair and put down a stack of Canadian $20 bills. The dealer defly laid out the 20s in three rows and plunked down a 5-inch stack of pink chips.

"…For its gala opening for special guests (it opens to the general public on Thursday), the Niagara Fallsview unveiled its 'gaming floor' at 5:45 p.m. and entertained the gamblers with a performance by Paul Anka in the Avalon Ballroom. Other musicians played in the 365 Club, and the Tony Carlucci Orchestra held sway in the Grand Hall.

"Periodically a crowd gathered, drinks in hand, in a circle around a huge waterworks under the domed atrium to watch the rushing water foam up into a fiery orange-red cocktail, while electrical charges ran up and down the interior of the dome…"

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