Sands Casino Welcomes Slot Machines

It is a good day for the residents of Bethlehem; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that is. Today is the day that the slot machines arrived at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. Ever since the voters of Pennsylvania decided to legalize slot machines, residents have been waiting for the casino to be completed and for the slot machines to arrive and now it is all finally happening.

Three tractor trailers carrying the slot machines came into South Side earlier today, with big names like Lucky Lamp, Penny Frenzy, etc. and many gathered to watch them arrive as one would the king. The company says that with the slot machine arrival that it was making it all very real for a lot of people.

The company has been working to transform the old Bethlehem Steel Corp into a 3,000 slot machine casino, and the 363 machines that arrived today were just the beginning of that process. The company says that after spending the last few years working on “redeveloping this historic site” that this brings them one step closer to opening day.

City officials said that the company is hoping to open sooner than originally planned. They were planning on opening at the end of June, and now they are pushing for May 22nd. This means that the slot machines had to come sooner as well, and this shipment means that they are that much closer to their goal. Residents are excited to see what has been done with the plant, especially since so much of the original structure has been kept.

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