{"id":1099,"date":"2019-10-14T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T08:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2019-10-13T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T20:46:11","slug":"bigger-plans-unveiled-as-wind-creek-bethlehem-begins-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/bigger-plans-unveiled-as-wind-creek-bethlehem-begins-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger Plans Unveiled as Wind Creek Bethlehem Begins Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Thursday, Wind Creek Bethlehem\nwhich was previously known as Sands Bethlehem officially begun operations. This\nwas marked by a huge grand opening ceremony where the guests and the staff\nmembers of the property not only celebrated the launch of the new property but\nalso its recent rebranding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new gaming and entertainment facility is a collaboration between Wind Creek Hospitality and the PCI Gaming Authority of Alabama&#8217;s Poarch Band of Creek Indians. While the deal was officially made public in 2018, it was acquired from the Las Vegas Sands by Wind Creek Hospitality earlier this year. This deal was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/business\/mc-biz-wind-creek-closes-deal-to-acquire-sands-bethlehem-casino-20190531-jogysvu6i5g4nfzqjnycjrurwi-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"worth a whopping $1.3 billion (opens in a new tab)\">worth a whopping $1.3 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wind Creek Bethlehem is now home to 3,000 slot machines and\nelectronic games as well as 200 tables games that are spread out across its 183,000-square-foot\ncasino space. In addition to the gambling offerings, the facility also features\nan event center and shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Our team has worked to preserve what makes the property a special part of the Bethlehem community while introducing the Wind Creek brand, our Wind Creek Rewards program, and our focus towards guest service,&#8221; Jay Dorris, the President, and Chief Executive of Wind Creek Hospitality said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most important aspect of the ceremony was the rebranding\nthat it had to go through. The parent company has already spent nearly $15\nmillion in rebranding. This is just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"expansion-plans-underway\">Expansion Plans Underway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The gambling facility&#8217;s operators and owners already have\nmassive plans for the property and they are all very lucrative projects. One of\nthe plans that were revealed during the Thursday, October 10 grand opening ceremony\nof the casino was for online gambling. As it turns out, the officials of the\nproperty are, in fact, already in talks with the state&#8217;s gambling regulators with\nregards to adding online gambling and sports betting to their portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online gaming aside, the tribe also has plans for <strong>a 276-room new hotel tower, an event space and a new carpet.<\/strong> There is also the proposed transformation of the No. 2 Machine Shop into an indoor adventure and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"water park (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/bethlehem\/2019\/10\/wind-creek-ready-to-dive-into-waterpark-project-on-steel-site.html\" target=\"_blank\">water park<\/a> that will cover 300,000 square feet. Next to the adventure park will be a hotel that will have<strong> between 400 and 450 rooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this is definitely great news for the state as there will not only be more employment opportunities but the state is also set to benefit big time from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/new-online-options-boost-pennsylvania-gambling-revenue\/\">tax revenue<\/a>. Wind Creek has a stellar reputation in the United States for being a firm supporter of community initiatives in many places and Pennsylvania will also get to benefit from this. As it stands, the company owns and operates <strong>a total of 10 gaming and entertainment properties in Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Alabama, and even the Caribbean.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Thursday, Wind Creek Bethlehem which was previously known as Sands Bethlehem officially begun operations. 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