The Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA was built with high expectations and plans for extravagant hotels and features. However, the unexpected recession caused them to hault construction on a massive hotel/resort partway through the project.
Everyone is celebrating now that they got the ok to continue construction over a year later. They will be completing the 300 room hotel and did the “re-groundbreaking” to signify the start of the end.
Besides making the casino atmosphere better, this project brings a lot of jobs to the area. They have brought on 100 construction workers for the project and after that, another 100 workers will be needed to work at the hotel.
In the beginning, the place planned to have a hotel, mall, casino, and event center and they are still waiting on the mall and event center. This recession has hit a lot of people hard and I can imagine how it must have been impossible to finish these projects.
The casino will be getting table games this summer so if you are traveling and looking for something to do, check out the Sands casino and hotel and let me know how it is.
