Though it raked in nearly $550 million from slot machines and table games last year – second among Pennsylvania’s 12 casinos – the casino is the smallest in Sands’ portfolio, which includes The Venetian in Las Vegas and resorts in Macau and Singapore. “Sands Bethlehem has become one of the leading regional entertainment and gaming destinations in the United States and we are extremely proud of the positive contributions the property has made for Bethlehem … and eastern Pennsylvania,” Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul who leads Sands, said in a statement. Sands later added a shopping mall, performing arts venue and 300-room hotel. Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem opened in 2009 on the site of Bethlehem Steel’s former headquarters plant, transforming what was then the nation’s largest abandoned industrial complex into an $800 million destination that lured gamblers from New York and New Jersey.

is selling its Pennsylvania casino to an American Indian tribe from Alabama for $1.3 billion, the company announced Thursday.

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