Fertitta Family’s Organized Crime History Offers Clues to Current Station Casinos Crisis
Chapter One: The Maceos and Fertittas establish rackets and roots in Texas: By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW TO SEE THE IMAGES AT FULL SIZE Sam and Rosario (Rose) Maceo blossomed from humble Italian-born barbers to booming businessmen overseeing a vast array of organized crime operations from prohibition bootlegging to the […]
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 […]
AFFLICTION TIX ON SALE TODAY!!!
Tickets Go on Sale Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 10 AM PT For Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning” featuring FEDOR VS. ARLOVSKI Seal Beach, CA (November 17, 2008)-It’s official! Tickets for Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning” will be available to the public starting this Wednesday, November 19 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The event, which takes place at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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RANDY’S UFC FUTURE: COUTURE TO GET FEDOR FIGHT IN 2009? COUTURE TO SIGN NEW UFC DEAL COUTURE MAY SETTLE UFC SUIT FOR ONE FIGHT CONTRACT UFC BUYING MORE COMPETITION OUT: UFC TRYING TO SQUEEZE OUT ELITEXC AND SNATCH CBS TIME SLOT
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 […]
Closed Circuit Distributors Announce: Unprecedented Interest For “Affliction Banned”
ANAHEIM, California (July 18, 2008)…The national interest for “Affliction Banned” is already being seen by the huge number of Closed Circuit locations in the U.S. and Canada. Almost 600 locations have already signed up to show Saturday’s historic fight card. Doug Jacobs, President of Integrated Sports, the national Closed Circuit distributor of “Affliction Banned, today […]
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