• 200,000 square ft. retail space
• 450,000 square ft. casino and entertainment complex
• Master Engineer for redevelopment

Find out where to park near Sands Parking LLC and book a space. See parking lots and garages and compare prices on the Sands Parking LLC parking map at ParkWhiz. . When the nearby convention and meeting space by the Palazzo is packed, the Venetian parking garage acts as overflow for Sands Expo & Convention Center parking. For poker players, there is a dedicated parking area on the 5th level of the garage. As you drive into this level, it will on the right hand corner.

Sands Casino Bethlehem Pa Parking Garage

• Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

FPA was retained by Venetian Las Vegas Sands Corporation to provide professional engineering services for the redevelopment of a 124 acre parcel of the 1100 acre Steelworks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. At the time, The Steelworks was considered the nation’s largest Brownfield project. The $750 Million Sands project consisted of a 450,000 square foot casino, a seven level parking garage, a 300 room hotel, a 200,000 square foot retail mall and a 50,000 square foot meeting, convention or special events facility along with related site and off-site improvements. FPA provided site, geotechnical, highway, and bridge engineering along with survey and construction phase services in support of the project. Through the use of deep dynamic compaction to improve subsurface conditions, a shallow foundation system was used which resulted in reduced construction time and foundation cost savings of over $10 Million. Offsite improvements included the widening of Route 412 to two lanes and the adding of an additional lane to the southern end of the Minsi Trail Bridge to facilitate traffic flow into the casino. Widening of Route 412 along the northern side included construction of retaining walls to accommodate the steep slopes and 30 foot change in grade along the side. PENNDOT approvals were obtained for the improvements. The project was successfully completed in 2010, with the casino opening a month ahead of schedule.

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August 8, 2009. On the way home from another function in Pennsylvania, Paddy and I were going to stop at Musikfest in Bethlehem when we spotted signs for the Sands Casino, so we gave the Sands a quick look.

There was plenty of parking space and we were directed to level 5 of the parking garage.

Sands Casino Parking Garage

We found the gift shop adjacent to the gambling areas and we were puzzled by the fact that in some areas, no one was playing machines and in other areas, every machine was busy. For laughs, I sat down at one of the machines and inserted a dollar bill. It was rejected, so I turned the dollar bill around and again it was rejected. I noticed in the fine print that a 5 dollar bill was the minimum bet. There were people at machines with a credit card in the slot attached to a sling around their neck. They were pulling the handles on the machine over and over without even looking at the displays. I guess a win will light up and make noise?

Since Paddy and I don't gamble, we wanted to see if there were restaurants. It appears that one could have a sit down dinner with table cloths and several intermediate cafes and for something quick there was a very casual snack bar.

There was a large plastic enclosed display case showing what will eventually be a monster building project around the Casino with outside restaurants, retail space and housing. It looks like this will be a many year project until completed. It's early in the construction phase and it looks to us like the Foxwood in Connecticut is more fancy with excellent and interesting furnishings, whereas, the Sands in Bethlehem is directed totally toward gambling. Over time things may change.

We will have to return to the Sands and check out the restaurants.