Recent reports confirm that the construction of a casino in Bethlehem would be a source of thousands of jobs and revenues, thus improving the financial situation of the area. The casino would be a rival of Bethlehem Steel. Bethlehem Steel actually operated as a self-contained city, with its own police, medical staff, railroad%u2026 With the arrival of Las Vegas to the area, the panorama is surely to change a lot.
According to the project, the casino complex would have the largest hotel in the city, a huge retail center with restaurants, a department store, pubs, shops, a multi-screen cinema, an enormous casino floor, the largest parking in the Lehigh Valley, and a monorail on-site. Like Bethlehem Steel, the casino would have its own police and medical personnel. The casino floor would include 3,000 slot machines, which could become 5,000 after the potential expansion of the gaming floor.
As for the revenues, they have been estimated as the largest ever brought to the city, even not by Steel. Likewise, the number of tourists who are coming the city big event Musikfest is subject to increase five times. The complex would open seven days a week, thus drawing around 5 million people a year.
The state and city authorities have carried out a deep study on the social and financial effects of having a casino in Bethlehem. It has been calculated that employment rates would increase significantly, as well as annual revenues, which would double those from Bethlehem Steel. In total, 12 million dollars, which are more than 20% of Bethlehem's budget.
