PRNewswire -- World-renowned chef and restaurateur Chef Emeril Lagasse announced today plans to open his newest restaurant, Emeril's Chop House, on Friday, May 22, 2009 at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, a new casino and entertainment destination being developed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. The resort is a major redevelopment on the site of the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.