The Niagara Aerospace Museum planned for downtown Niagara Falls might be the best bet for state investment over Mayor Robert Restaino’s Centennial Park arena project to attract more visitors to the city, but both projects are definitely worthwhile, and both would be of great economic benefit.
Both would attract tourists and give people more reasons to spend more time on the American side of the Falls. So the question for leaders in Albany is not whether the state can afford them but rather which project would give the best return for tourist dollars?
There is a great deal of pressure on Albany leaders with so many interests across the state looking for help. But for Niagara Falls, help with these two projects would be incredibly beneficial to the American side of the Falls and would help bring in new tourism dollars at a time when the city and the region certainly could use them…