Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is a hotel and casino located in the Bethlehem Works development site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The casino is owned, operated, and constructed by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. It is one of five stand-alone casinos that was awarded a slots license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on December 20, 2006. The casino was slated to open in July 2008, but demolition took longer than expected due to the heavy concrete foundations of the old steel building. Its opening was delayed until the second quarter of 2009. The first concrete for the complex, which is located on the former Bethlehem Steel land on the South side of the city, was poured on November 15, 2007.
The casino opened May 22, 2009. In the winter of 2009-2010, the casino was granted a license for table games which allowed the casino to expand to include 180 table games of Poker, Blackjack and Craps. Table games began operation on July 18, 2010. The Sands Hotel opened on May 27, 2011. The Sands Bethlehem is the only property in the company to end 2014 with a profit, doing better than Sands' Vegas and Asia properties.
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Overview
Since expansion in November 2009, Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem features over 3,000 slot machines, 200 table games, and several electronic table games. While the Las Vegas Sands Corporation owns a number of properties, this is the only casino of the three the Corporation owns in the United States to carry the Sands brand in its name, since the original Las Vegas Sands was demolished and replaced with The Venetian, and the Sands Atlantic City was sold and demolished. In November, 2016 Sands Bethlehem announced a planned expansion of the gaming floor to also include two additional restaurants.
In March 2018, it was announced that the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem would be sold to Wind Creek Hospitality for $1.3 billion.
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Dining
- Burgers and More by Emeril (BAM)
- Carnegie Deli
- Steelworks Buffet & Grill
- Emeril's Chop House
- Emeril's Fish House
- Buddy V's
- The Market Gourmet Express Food Court, currently including: Bananas, GreenLeafs, South Philly Steaks & Fries, Villa Italian Kitchen, Mo Burger, Far East, Casa Java
- Chopstick
- Croissanterie
- Carlo's Bakery
Nightlife
- Coil Lounge
- Vision Bar
Shopping
The Outlets at Sands Bethlehem is an indoor shopping mall that connects the casino and the hotel. The outlet center, which opened on November 1, 2011, and is located under the Minsi Trail Bridge, comprises 133,000 sq ft (12,400 m2) of retail space and includes a food court, near the casino entrance.
Events
Sands Bethlehem Event Center
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center was designed by Howard Kulp Architects of Salisbury Township. The event center features 14,000 sq ft (1,300 m2) of flexible multipurpose space, which accommodates meetings, conventions, and a variety of entertainment events. The venue can house 3,800 in a general admission setting and 2,500 in a reserved seating setting. Operated by Live Nation Mid-Atlantic, it was opened on May 16, 2012, with a concert by Incubus. On 17 July 2018, Britney Spears will perform a sold out concert there as part of her Piece of Me Tour.
Vision Bar
Vision Bar, located next to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center, is a popular nightclub.
Lehigh Valley Food & Wine Festival
The hotel hosts the yearly Lehigh Valley Food & Wine Festival, held at the end of May/early June to benefit the culinary and hospitality program at Northampton Community College.
Gaming tables
Sands spent $26 million to add these 119 games: 41 blackjack tables, four craps, four roulette, four three-card poker, five mini-baccarat, four midi-baccarat, four pai gow, one Big Six, two Let It Ride, two Caribbean stud, four Texas Hold'em Bonus, one Casino War, one sic bo and 12 poker tables. There is also a 30-table poker room. Table games began operation on July 18, 2010.
See also
- Las Vegas Sands
- List of casinos in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
References
External links
Media related to Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem at Wikimedia Commons
- Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem
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