Convention Center Envisioned as Sands Neighbor
Bethlehem and Northampton County officials plan to hire a consultant to study the feasibility of building a large convention center next door to Sands and SteelStacks.
Bethlehem and Northampton County officials are hoping to bring a convention center – perhaps one as large as 3½ NFL football fields – as a new neighbor for the Sands Casino Resort complex and the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks. County and city officials announced Thursday that they will hire a consultant to conduct an analysis to determine the appropriate size and configuration of a center, the proper placement of such a facility on the former Bethlehem Steel site and the financial feasibility of the project. There seems to be little doubt about the answer the third part of the analysis will yield. “We believe there is a market for a major exposition and convention facility in the Lehigh Valley and we believe we have the perfect …
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Patriot2
9:31 am on Saturday, November 17, 2012
What a joke to consider a convention center as they are overbuilt across the country and giving away space to get conventions---it is a loser proposition and there is already a huge overcapacity of hotel rooms in the Lehigh Valley. This is a boondoggle prompted by a vicious mayor upset that Allentown got a hockey arena. more ›