FERTITTA-OWNED STATION CASINOS IS SUFFERING FROM DOWN ECONOMY
Life can be brutal in the desert. Station Casinos, which is partially owned by the 90% Zuffa, LLC Owning Fertitta Brothers (Lorenzo and Frank III), is suffering tough economic times as an entity. Before I explain further, it’s important to understand what Station Casinos really is, in their own words: “Station Casinos, Inc. is the […]
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
[mpinpage] THE XYIENCE SAGA CONTINUES By: Rich Bergeron From my window-seat vantage point on my under-booked flight back to Boston from Sunny Vegas last Tuesday morning, I counted 15 towering cranes in the skyline of the famous strip. As the economy sours, so too do the big crowds and floods of tourists once willing and […]
COOL COMBAT SPORTS LINKS
GLOBAL CASH ACCESS (the company tied into the Xyience bankruptcy) FACES ANGRY CUSTOMERS OVER MAJOR ERRORS IN CASINO MACHINES AND ATMs RESULTING IN NO MONEY TENDERED BUT MONEY STILL TAKEN OUT OF CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS HOMETOWN HERO WAYNE JOHNSEN FIGHTS NEXT ON OCTOBER 29th BOXING COP MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN NYC MANCHESTER, UK WELTERWEIGHT […]
THE REAL “DEAL” ON XYIENCE
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Recently A New York City Magazine that shall remain nameless published an article about the Xyience saga I’ve been reporting on since late 2006. The reporter interviewed me for over an hour as part of her research, but her editor cut out every single quote of mine she put into […]
THE USUAL SUSPECTS PART TWO: CORPORATE CROOKS ON BOTH SIDES OF XYIENCE BANKRUPTCY
From Left to right: Omer Sattar, Kirk Sanford, Adam Frank, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] International Money Laundering, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, Credit Card Fraud, Bank Fraud, Civil RICO charges, Insider Trading, Securities Fraud, and the list goes on and on. These are just some of the crimes going on […]
XYIENCE OUSTED AS OFFICIAL UFC SUPPLEMENT
Some shifting around of advertising on the UFC mat made room for the Xyience logo once again at a few recent events despite the company’s ongoing bankruptcy. Although their Xenergy drink might still be the official energy drink of the UFC, Xyience’s reign as the UFC’s official supplement sponsor has been cut short by a […]
UFC STARTING TO RESEMBLE SURVIVOR: MORE FIGHTERS VOTED OFF THE ISLAND
By: Rich Bergeron Although the UFC maintains it is slimming down their roster to “assure fighters can be scheduled more frequently and to avoid long layoffs between fights” the recent torch snuffing of Din Thomas, Tommy Speer, and Kuniyoshi Hironaka seems to be yet another sign of the organization neglecting to put their fighters first. […]
TRAVIS LUTTER WANTS HIS XYIENCE MONEY!!
By: Rich Bergeron Recently dissed and dismissed UFC Fighter Travis Lutter is reportedly looking for the sponsorship money Xyience stiffed him out of, $36,000 of it to be exact. Apparently he’s e-mailed Dana White about the situation, and CAGEPOTATO.COM wrote a whole report about Lutter’s payment request. Lutter, listed as a creditor in the Xyience […]
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