Via announces new venue for its All-Star Basketball awards dinner

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER The Sands is rapidly becoming the place to be, not just for gambling, dining and entertaining, but also for special events. Via has announced today that the Sands will be the new location for the Via All-Star Banquet on Weds., March 27. This is the event where the all-stars selected for the Via Classic are saluted as well as the teams and players and scholar-athletes of the year. And it's also where the new Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame inductees are honored The IronPigs winter gala is also moving to the Sands later this month. And Via also announced that the First Niagara Financial Group has returned as the lead sponsor for the entire event. Here's the entire schedule for the Via All-Star Basketball Week: Via All-Star Classic Schedule of Events presented by First Niagara Financial Group Via All-Star Basketball Legends & Youth Sunday presented by the Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association Sunday, March 24, 2013 Northampton Community College 3835 Green Pond Road | Bethlehem, PA 18020 Via All-Star Clinic for Kids with Special Needs @ 1pm Inaugural LV Basketball Hall of Fame Clinic @ 3pm Inaugural Via Youth All-Star Classic @ 6pm Via All-Star Banquet Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 6:30 pm Sands Bethlehem Event Center 77 Sands Boulevard, Bethlehem, PA 18015 “Via Super Saturday” featuring the Special Olympics Shoot Out Saturday, March 30, 2013 @ 10:30 am Northampton Community College 3835 Green Pond Road | Bethlehem, PA 18020 $5 at the door, $3 for students & seniors Tickets, sponsor information and event details for the Via All-Star Basketball Classic, Clinics, Banquet and Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame are available online at www.ViaNet.org or by calling 610-317-8000 x489. Hall of Fame nominations are accepted online at www.ViaNet.org.