{"id":869,"date":"2019-05-30T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T08:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/?p=860"},"modified":"2019-06-03T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T12:30:27","slug":"pgcb-approves-the-sale-of-sands-bethlehem-to-wind-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/pgcb-approves-the-sale-of-sands-bethlehem-to-wind-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"PGCB Approves the Sale of Sands Bethlehem to Wind Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a year after the deal was announced, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has finally <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"approved the sale of the $1.3 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/pressreleases\/19\/05\/n13825610\/pennsylvania-gaming-control-board-approves-sale-of-sands-bethlehem\" target=\"_blank\">approved the sale of the $1.3 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem<\/a> to an affiliate of an Indian Tribe. The transaction which was announced on Wednesday, May 29 by Wind Creek Hospitality which is <strong>affiliated to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) Gaming Authority<\/strong> \u2013 the PCI operated under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/wind-creek-hospitality-to-acquire-sands-bethlehem-for-1-3b\/\">Wind Creek Hospitality brand<\/a> and it will be paying the state a change-of-control fee of a whopping $3.73 million. Now that the state&#8217;s gaming control board has approved the sale and the transaction,<strong> the deal could close as early as tomorrow (Friday, May 31).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We are pleased with the decision of PGCB and anticipate moving quickly to close the transaction. I look forward to welcoming all the Sands Bethlehem employees to the Wind Creek family,&#8221; Wind Creek chief executive officer Jay Dorris said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the deal closes, the next move will be the transition of\nthe property to Wind Creek Bethlehem. According to a 47-slide presentation that\nwas shown to the gaming control board during the Wednesday hearing, Wind Creek\nhas already set aside at least $15 million which will be used specifically for rebranding\nexpenditures \u2013 these activities are expected to be complete in about 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-expect\">What to Expect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, Wind Creek Hospitality has many other things planned for the property beyond the rebranding plans. One of the most notable plans that Wind Creek Hospitality has is the establishment of a hotel and meeting space \u2013 this particular expansion is set o take about two years and will cost the tribe approximately $90 million. <strong>The hotel is set to have up to 276 rooms while the meeting space will cover at least 42,000 square feet.<\/strong> Already, the property has a 282-room casino hotel as well as a 27,000-square-foot meeting space and therefore the expansion will only serve to complement the existing features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the pipeline are plans to transform Sands Bethlehem&#8217;s crumbling No. 2 Machine Shop into a 300,000-square-foot adventure and water park which will also include a 400-room hotel. This is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"expected to cost around $250 million (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/business\/mc-biz-wind-creek-plans-adventure-park-machine-shop-2-20190516-n5txqow5erbz3ayii7sr3jfipq-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">expected to cost around $250 million<\/a> \u2013 even though this seems quite costly, Wind Creek is convinced that <strong>the expansion will strengthen the property which currently boasts of up to a whopping 9 million visits per year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hotel expansion is being seen by the tribe as a way of unlocking a totally new revenue model and earnings potential. 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