Wind Creek Bethlehem will no longer be escorting minors across the casino floor. Minors are still welcome to dine at The Market if they enter through The Outlets or hotel. Formal living room, Dining Area w/ Dry Bar and Media Room.

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Hotel Quality:

4

Check-in:

15:00

Check-out:

11:00

Room Count:

302

Open Hours:

• Mon: 12am-12am
• Tue: 12am-12am
• Wed: 12am-12am
• Thu: 12am-12am
• Fri: 12am-12am
• Sat: 12am-12am
• Sun: 12am-12am

Located in downtown Bethlehem Wind Creek Bethlehem is 11 km from the Lehigh Valley International Airport. It features 10 restaurants 3 bars and a casino with over 3000 slot machines 200 table games and 36 poker tables. A 42-inch flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi access are included in every room at Wind Creek Bethlehem. The rooms are decorated with neutral colors and dark wood furniture. Free parking is available on a lot adjacent to the hotel. Guests can enjoy the indoor pool or the modern gym at Wind Creek Bethlehem. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day and there is also an ATM on-site. Downtown Bethlehem is 8 km from the resort Allentown is 32 km away and Philadelphia is 96 km away. New York City is 145 km from the property. Legal© April Gamiz/The Morning Call/The Morning Call/TNS Wind Creek Bethlehem.

By Thanksgiving, sports bettors should be able to place in-person wagers at Wind Creek Bethlehem.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board granted the casino’s petition to conduct sports wagering at its meeting Wednesday. With the approval in hand, Wind Creek hopes to begin construction of the sportsbook around August 18 with an anticipated opening date about November 21 — or around week 11 of the NFL season.

The sportsbook, to be operated by Betfred, will be built in the current location of Buddy V’s Ristorante. Buddy V’s, which opened at the casino in 2016, will continue to partner with Wind Creek for food and beverage offerings within the sportsbook.

Wind Creek anticipates having roughly 79 TV monitors in the sportsbook. There will be 13 self-service wagering kiosks along with eight cashiers/ticket writers and four supervisors.

“It’s just going to be a beautiful space, really fitted out well,” said Kathy McCracken, Wind Creek Bethlehem’s executive vice president and general manager.

With the sportsbook addition, Wind Creek’s casino floor will swell from 150,709 square feet to 154,129 square feet.

Wind Creek, which has been closed since March 15 amid the pandemic, is one of the last casinos in Pennsylvania to jump into sports betting.

In the Lehigh Valley, the area’s first sportsbook launched in early March at The Downs at Lehigh Valley in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, which is operated by Mohegan Sun Pocono. That sportsbook launched just ahead of coronavirus-related cancellations, which included a major sports betting holiday: the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

Aside from the sportsbook addition, the Bethlehem facility, which Alabama’s Wind Creek Hospitality bought in May 2019 for $1.3 billion, has many other improvement plans.

The includes a roughly $100 million hotel project.

In a statement, Wind Creek Vice President of Business Development Arthur Mothershed said that while the hotel’s initial groundbreaking was delayed amid the shutdowns, Wind Creek still believes it will be able to complete construction within the original 36-month plan.

“We are working diligently on finalizing construction plans and are confident we will have shovels in the ground this summer,” he said.

Morning Call reporter Christina Tatu contributed to this story.

Morning Call reporter Jon Harris can be reached at 610-820-6779 or at jon.harris@mcall.com.

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