The Sands Hotel opened on May 27, 2011.įollowing the addition of table games, the casino has become a popular destination for Asian Americans from New York City, who frequently travel to the casino on motorcoach buses operated by Chinatown bus lines. Table games began operation on July 18, 2010. 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, including poker, blackjack and craps. While the Las Vegas Sands owned several properties, this was the only casino in the United States to carry the Sands brand in its name, since the original Sands Hotel in Las Vegas was demolished and replaced with The Venetian, and the Sands Atlantic City was closed and demolished. 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. Its opening was delayed until the second quarter of 2009.

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.

It was developed by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. The property is one of five stand-alone casinos that was awarded a slots license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on December 20, 2006. History Construction of the casino at the defunct Bethlehem Steel site with an original ore crane, 2008 The Outlets at Wind Creek Bethlehem, 2014 It is owned and operated by Wind Creek Hospitality, an entity of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The Wind Creek Bethlehem (formerly Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem) is a casino hotel located in the Bethlehem Works development site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Sands BethWorks (planning/construction).

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