LOOKING FOR LEVERAGE: Fertittas’ Station Casinos Empire Running Out of Time
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] The Fertitta Family is in crisis mode to save Station Casinos from the throes of bankruptcy, and without a solution materializing by Thursday there could be some major trouble brewing for the multi-billion dollar gaming empire. While the Fertittas are not the only ones who find themselves stuck in the […]
7 YEARS OF BAD LUCK
7 YEARS OF BAD LUCK: Station Casinos gets bogged down in Missouri after Carl Thomas dies in a mysterious single car accident Part Three in a Four-Part Fertitta Family History. By: Rich Bergeron Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III, with father Frank Jr.’s help and counsel, built Station Casinos up from a single off the strip […]
FROM BELLBOY TO GAMBLING TYCOON: HOW FRANK JUNIOR BUILT THE FERTITTA EMPIRE IN LAS VEGAS
CHAPTER TWO IN A FOUR-PART FERTITTA FAMILY HISTORY By: Rich Bergeron CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS TO SEE FULL SIZE PICTURES [mpinpage] When Frank Fertitta, Jr. came to Las Vegas from Galveston, Texas in 1960, he quickly found work as a bellboy at the Tropicana. Fertitta’s Texas-bred “family” history included decades of successful casino operations in […]
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 […]
Zuffa, UFC, Xyience Bankruptcy Scandal
[mpinpage] UFC 81 OCTAGON DEVOID OF XYIENCE ADS & OTHER XYIENCE BANKRUPTCY NEWS By: Rich Bergeron It may just be all over for Xyience and the UFC. It appears that the company is fast-tracking a sale of the supplement and energy drink maker, and early indications reveal that anyone hoping to get a piece of […]
THE SILENT MAJORITY STEERS XYIENCE TO FORECLOSURE
“The Silent Majority” Zuffa, Xyience, and Fertitta Enterprises By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] They live in the lap of luxury. There are yachts, homes worth tens of millions of dollars, and all the other perks of big business. The Fertitta family falls under the definition of the term “magnates” when it comes to the […]
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