Article: Las Vegas Sands lands Pennsylvania slots license.

Byline: Howard Stutz

Dec. 21--Other than Las Vegas Sands Corp., Nevada casino operators were shut out in their attempts to win a license to operate a slot machine-only casino in Pennsylvania.

Las Vegas Sands was awarded one of two at-large casino licenses by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday after a nearly two-year process. The company will spend $600 million to build a shopping, dining and entertainment complex on the site of the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pa., near the Lehigh Valley.

The initial phase of the complex could be open in 2008. The 126-acre development, known as Sands BethWorks, will feature a 300-room ...

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