The resort is the annual host of the Lehigh Valley Food and Wine Festival, held near Memorial Day.ħ7 Sands Blvd, Bethlehem, PA 18015, Phone: 48 Other attractions include the Outlets at Sands Bethlehem shopping mall and the Sands Bethlehem Event Center, which features a 3,800-seat concert venue operated by Live Nation. The casino was officially opened to the public in 2009, offering 3,000 slot machines, 200 table games, and a variety of electronic games.ĭining options at the resort include three restaurants operated by celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, and several nightclubs are offered, including the popular Vision Bar. In 2006, the casino was one of five stand-alone facilities offered slots licenses by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board following the state’s legalization of gambling. News 3 has reached out to MGM Resorts for comment.Sands Casino Resort is located within the Bethlehem Works development in eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley region and is operated by Las Vegas’ Sands corporation. The plaintiffs are seeking at least $15,000 in damages for medical expenses and pain and suffering. The lawsuit is alleging negligence on the part of New York-New York, saying the resort had a duty to keep its rooms free from rodents or vermin and to preserve the bat.

'Plaintiffs were required to undergo a series of multiple injections to prevent contracting rabies, which were painful,' the complaint states. Marcus Rucker called the hotel and asked for the bat to be tested, but a manager told him the bat was 'disposed of.' Health officials told them they should immediately have the bat tested for rabies or get treated for rabies exposure. The next day, the Ruckers spoke with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health in Arizona about the incident, according to the suit. He later reported the discovery to the hotel front desk. Rucker killed the bat, put it into a cup, and left the cup inside a nearby stairwell, the suit alleges. MORE ON NEWS 3 | Father found in hot car with children appears in court

The Ruckers were asleep in their room when he woke up to a noise coming from the curtains, where he found a live bat. The suit was filed earlier this month in Clark County District Court against New York-New York Hotel & Casino, which is operated by MGM Resorts.Īccording to the complaint, Marcus Rucker and his family came from Phoenix to Las Vegas in April last year for a volleyball tournament. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) - A lawsuit alleges that a family staying at a Las Vegas Strip hotel found a live bat inside their room and had to seek preventative treatment for rabies.

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