Wind Creek Bethlehem casino ready for more customers Monday, GM says
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Wind Creek Bethlehem is back to full capacity. Kathy McCracken is the new general manager. She will tap into her marketing experience. The casino will run a branding commercial in early June. The chairs that were removed from certain slot machines will be returned. It's been a year of change for the casino. Wind Creek lost a table games supervisor Jonathan Shen. They lay off 20% of their staff. In December, the Casino shut down for three weeks. Now, they are going to roll out their programs. This is a good time to introduce the Wind creek name to the guests.
A was appointed general manager of Wind Creek Bethlehem casino last year. He enjoyed his previous job as marketing manager. He didn't want to become general generalmanager. The casino was No. 1 in table games and slots. It was a surprise for him. His predecessors were Bob DeSalvio, Mark Juliano and Brian Carr.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino was shut down because of a virus. It had just been a year since the company bought it. The team members were on the phone convincing the leadership team in Alabama to shut it down. The group felt strongly that the property needed to be shut until they could figure out what to do with it, because it was such a big property. Parx had shut a day earlier and the NBA had also shut.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino is slowly coming back to business. The number of customers is growing as people are getting vaccinated. The casino has the best property and product. It's looking forward to having more customers. "It's just going to get better and better.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino has a slot machine revenue of $22.5 million in April. Table games revenue was $14.1 million. The shields around the tables are limiting the number of people at a table. On Monday, the shields will come down and the table capacity will increase.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino is struggling with recruiting. It's a little bit of everything. The company is just over 1,400 employees today. Before the pandemic, it was at 2,000.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino is looking to raise wages to compete with other companies. The casino hopes to attract more workers. It's a different atmosphere than a manufacturing or a warehouse job.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino ready for more customers Monday. Developers are going to be building there.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino ready for more customers Monday.
Wind Creek Bethlehem casino ready for more customers Monday. She started in hospitality supervising the front desk at the Hyatt in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Then she spent 16 years at Sands Atlantic City and rose to vice president of casino marketing. In 2007 she joined Sands Bethlehem as vice-president of marketing and was promoted to senior vicepresident in 2016.
