Shoppes at Sands Adding Famous Footwear, Spa, Bakery, Cardinal Camera

A spa, a bakery and cafe and two other stores plan to open at the upscale Sands Casino mall by summer.

  The Shoppes at Sands upscale mall in south Bethlehem will be getting two more stores, a bakery and café, and a spa by the summer, according to Sands representatives. There currently are 21 stores inside the upscale shopping center, which opened in November 2011 next door to the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. The Shoppes at Sands are expected to host at least 30 stores when it is fully leased. The Shoppes at Sands are open Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. The shopping center's website features a description of each store and notes special deals and discounts for some of them.

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tom t

7:08 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

since they sell fuck me shoes   more ›

Roll the Dice at Casino Career Open House Jan. 29

Learn about casino careers at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem on Jan. 29

Northampton Community College will hold an information session for its Casino Training Program on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fowler Family Southside Center, Room 605 in Bethlehem. The interactive session will provide the information you need to launch a successful career in one of the fastest growing industries in Pennsylvania. Read more: Learn about the industry and NCC’s program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and then interact with instructors and current students in the mock casino over blackjack, craps and baccarat. Several table games dealer training sessions are available, including day, afternoon and evening programs for both incoming students and experienced dealers. A casino surveillance program and casino floor …

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Sands Leads Pa. Casinos in Table Games Revenue

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem brought in $146 million in gross revenue from table games in 2012 -- the highest amount of any casino in Pennsylvania.

  The Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem made more money on table games than any other casino in the state in 2012, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Pa. Gaming Control Board. The South Bethlehem casino brought in more than $146 million in gross revenue from table games, far more than the state’s largest casino, the Parx in Bensalem, which grossed nearly $110 million. Sands table games play increased by $40 million – nearly 38 percent – in 2012. The Sands grossed $291 million from slots machine play in 2012, according to a Gaming Control Board report issued earlier this month. That means the Bethlehem casino grossed a total of $437 million from gaming alone during the year. The $40 million increase in table games revenue at the …

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Grunge Rockers Alice In Chains Coming to Sands

Set to release fifth album soon, Alice In Chains will appear at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on May 7.

  Seattle grunge rockers Alice In Chains has been booked at play a show at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Tuesday May 7 at 7 p.m., Vision Entertainment has announced. The band is set to release its fifth studio album – its first since 2009 – later this year. A new single, “Hollow,” was released in December, while the music video (attached to this story) was released on Thursday. Alice In Chains rose to popularity in the early 90’s with the release of their debut album Face Lift. The album sold over a half-million copies and earned them a Grammy nomination for the song “Man in the Box.” The band’s sophomore album, Dirt sold over 3 million copies and eventually went to double-platinum status. Jar of Flies was the first ever EP to hit #1…

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Pa. Casino Revenue Up Slightly in September

Bethlehem's Sands Casino remains one of the state's most successful gaming operations with revenue up more than 3 percent in September.

September gross revenue from slot machines at the 11 operating casinos was slightly higher this year at $200,465,589 than the $200,148,304 in gross revenue generated in September 2011, a difference of less than 1 percent, according to a Pa. Gaming Control Board report released this week. The Sands Casino in Bethlehem remains one of the state's most successful gaming operations in terms of monthly revenue. Revenue there was up more than 3 percent in September. Tax revenue in September of this year was $108,338,974.  In a comparison of just the 10 casinos operating in September 2012 that were also open for the full month of September 2011, revenue was 2 percent lower this year. Gross revenue for each of the casinos operating in September …

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Pa. Casino Revenue Up in August

Revenue at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos - including the Sands in Bethlehem - is up more than 5 percent over August 2011

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site that August gross revenue at the 11 operating casinos was $210,584,315, a figure 5.7 percent higher than gross revenue from slots in August 2011.  For the 10 casinos that were open for the full month of August in both 2011 and 2012, there was also an increase in slot machine gross revenue of 3.7 percent.  That comparison does not include the Valley Forge Casino Resort which opened at the end of March 2012. Tax revenue to the Commonwealth this August totaled $113,558,137. Gross revenue for each of the casinos operating in August 2012 is as follows, with the percentage change reflected for those casinos that were operating in August of both years: Casino August 2012 …

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Pa. Gaming Revenue Higher in July

Gross revenue was up at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos in July 2012

  Revenue at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos in July was up slightly over the same month last year, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The Sands Casino in Bethlehem was the state's highest-grossing gaming hall with $12.4 million in July. With an average of 1,037 tables in daily operation statewide during July, gross revenue from the play of all table games was $56,482,941. That amount was 1.8% higher than in July 2011, when revenue totaled $55,475,411 with an average of 911 tables operating on a daily basis. The board noted, as it did when July slot revenue figures were released earlier this month, that the July 2011 figure included a fifth full weekend (Friday through Sunday) of business compared with just four full weekends in…

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Pa. Casinos See More Revenue from Table Games

Revenue from table games is up at Pennsylvania casinos including the Sands in Bethlehem

Revenue from table games play at Pennsylvania casinos was $57.1 million in June 2012, according to a report released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.  That represented a 15.5 percent increase in revenue from table games during June of this year compared to June of 2011. The June figure boosted table games revenue during the 2011-12 Fiscal Year to $663.9 million, an increase of 30.8 percent over the previous state fiscal year. June 2012 revenue at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem was $12.6 million compared to $8.5 million for June 2011. Pennsylvania's gaming revenue is among the highest in the country. The latest monthly report, posted on the Board's website shows $9.2 million in tax revenue generated from table games this June…

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Slots Revenues up at Sands and Across State

Slots machine play at Sands brought $25.3 million in revenue in February

  Slots machine revenue at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem was up 17 percent in February from a year ago, according to figures released last week by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The Bethlehem casino earned $25.3 million in revenue from slots play alone during the month, a $3.6 million increase over 2011. Statewide, slots gaming revenues increased by 9 percent to $215.7 million at the state’s 10 casinos. From that, the tax revenue generated was $117 million, or about $4 million a day.

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Crime News

N.J. Man Charged with Pulling Knife at Casino

"Do you want to dance?" suspect asked victim after pulling knife on casino floor, court records say.

  A New Jersey man was following a woman around the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem early Friday. She considered his attention “uninvited,” according to court records. She told her son about it. The man then asked, “Do you want to dance … do you have a problem with me?” But he didn’t ask the woman. He asked the son – right after pulling out a pocket knife and opening the blade, the records say. And -- the confrontation was captured on video. Manuel Robinson Rodriguez, 37, of New Brunswick is accused of “an unprovoked confrontation” with the son while he (the son) sat at a slot machine. The incident occurred about 12:31am. A criminal complaint filed by Trooper Peter Diangelis of the state police Sands Bethlehem gaming office said video …

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Rosemary B

7:50 pm on Sunday, February 19, 2012

I so agree, patriot! I try my best to keep my elderly mother from donating her meager income there cause I think it is such a plague on the community. Poor people volunteering to making the rich richer and paying extra in taxes!   more ›