Monday, April 26, 2010

Sands to restart work on Bethlehem hotel in May

The same crushing recession that stopped the Sands casino resort hotel in November 2008 is helping to restart it now.


Sands casino executives have agreed to resume building their 300-room hotel in south Bethlehem, largely because the global financial crisis has caused construction costs to plummet and because Sands has decided to strip some of the extravagant Las Vegas-style luxury from the hotel.

As a result, a hotel that was expected to cost $60 million to complete can now be finished for as little as $30 million, according to a source close to the project.

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