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The 12th annual Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Show kicks off today at Stabler Arena. The show will feature over 200 makes and models spread out through the 110,000 sq ft showroom floor. The show opens at 10am daily and will be open til 9pm through Saturday. Sunday hours will be 10am-6pm. The event has been…
Category Archives: Bethlehem
Classes Start for Bethlehem Sands Dealers
Northampton Community College started classes today to teach students to be dealers for the table games that will be offered by The Sands Casino in July. The classes cost between $500-$1000 for jobs expected to pay $38-40k before tips. The Sands is expected to hire almost 400 dealers to man its 89 planned tables. NCC…
Bethlehem Sands Planning to Launch Table Games in July
The Sands announced today that they hope to launch table games in their Bethlehem casino on July 1st. Their plan includes adding 89 tables and training 285 dealers to man those tables. The July date isn’t confirmed as it needs to be approved by both Bethlehem and the State Gaming Control Board. Read the details…
Sands Corp Responds to Casino Sale Rumors
We’ve been following this story of the last few days and here’s the latest. The Sands Corp released a statement (pdf) today denying plans to sell their Bethlehem casino. In the statement their CEO stated that they planned on resuming the hotel construction possibly in the next few weeks. Only one month ago the same…
Bethlehem Wants Answers from the Sands Casino
As reported yesterday, the Sands Corp is looking into selling the 9 month old Bethlehem casino due to less than expected earnings. The potential plan to sell was news to the City of Bethlehem and they want answers. This is troubling news for an area that was banking on continued development of this property along…
Bethlehem Sands to be Sold?
Lehigh Valley Live is reporting this morning that the Sands Corporation is looking to sell the casino due to lower than expected returns. Sands Corp is looking to offload the casino to focus its attention on the Asian market where they would owe significantly less taxes than here in PA. What are your thoughts on…
