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Pennsylvania slot supporters to meet with board

PENNSYLVANIA – As reported by the Morning Call: " Proponents of slots parlors in Allentown and near Gettysburg will appear before Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday.

"Gaming Control Board will license two of the five competing plans on Dec. 20. The battle to operate a Lehigh Valley casino heated up here Wednesday as Sands BethWorks promised to spend $600 million on the first phase of its project — more than its Allentown competitor would spend on its entire site.

"The ambitious project would open 3,000 slot machines in the summer of 2008, with plans to eventually expand to 5,000 slot machines. That's more machines than many casino applicants say they would operate.

"…Sands BethWorks, like most slots parlor applicants, plans to build its casino in phases. When the other phases would be complete and how much they would cost are not known, said William Weidner, president of BethWorks' parent company Las Vegas Sands, adding he is committed to building out the project as much as possible…"

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