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===Wind Creek Bethlehem=== {{Main|Wind Creek Bethlehem}} In December 2006, [[Las Vegas Sands Corp]] was awarded a Category 2 Slot Machine License by the [[Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board]]. LVSC began work on the site, categorized as both the largest [[brownfield]] redevelopment project in the nation and the largest casino development investment made to date in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taft |first=Chloe E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pK-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |title=From Steel to Slots: Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City |date=2016-04-06 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-66049-6 |language=en |jstor=j.ctvjnrsg4}}</ref> Its mission was to create reinvestment and urbanization in the area. At a projected cost of $743 million, the historic [[Bethlehem Steel]] plant is being redeveloped as a fully integrated [[resort]], to include 3,000 slot machines, over 300 hotel rooms, 9 restaurants, {{convert|200000|sqft|m2}} of retail outlet shopping, and {{convert|46000|sqft|m2}} of flexible multi-purpose space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasands.com/about/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512030742/http://www.pasands.com/about/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2009|title=Sands Casino - Resort - Bethlehem|date=May 12, 2009}}</ref> In 2007, the casino resort company of [[Las Vegas Sands]] began the construction of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, later rebranded as [[Wind Creek Bethlehem]]. The casino has been projected to bring in approximately one million dollars in revenue per day as of 2009. Another major economic anchor to the city is [[St. Luke's University Health Network|St. Luke's Hospital]] located in neighboring [[Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania|Fountain Hill]]. That Hospital and Health Network is the second-largest of its type in the [[Lehigh Valley]]. Other major employers include [[B. Braun Melsungen|B. Braun]], [[Lehigh University]], and [[the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterlehighvalleyrealtors.com/about-the-lehigh-valley/top-25-lehigh-valley-employers|title=Top 25 Greater Lehigh Valley Employers - GLVR|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927170755/http://www.greaterlehighvalleyrealtors.com/about-the-lehigh-valley/top-25-lehigh-valley-employers|archive-date=September 27, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Other companies in Bethlehem include the candy company [[Just Born]]. [[Zulily]] has a large logistics operation in the city that serves the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-bethlehem-zulily-expansion-20140911-story.html|title=Zulily's Bethlehem warehouse is Lehigh Valley's 'biggest economic' coup of 2014|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=November 11, 2021|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111163126/https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-bethlehem-zulily-expansion-20140911-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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