The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario opened publicly on June 10, 2004. This $1 billion complex overlooks the Horseshoe Falls and is one of the most prominent features of the Niagara skyline. The site was once the transformer station building for the Ontario Power Company at the foot of Horseshoe Falls.Planning for the resort began by the Ontario Casino Corporation as soon as the Casino Niagara facility was opened in 1996. Construction began in 2001 and the resort opened in June 2004.The east facade of the complex retains the walls of the terrace and front entrance of the transformer station built in 1904. The area where the transformers resided is now the Grand Hall convention halls. At the main entrance is a water feature called 'The Teslatron' with a transformer like fixture. At street level there is a fountain that varies its height with the wind so as not to wet pedestrians and passing cars.
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