Fertitta Entertainment

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Fertitta Entertainment Inc.
Type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founders Tilman Fertitta
Headquarters Post Oak Tower & Hotel, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Tilman Fertitta (sole owner and CEO)
Services Hotels
restaurants
professional sports
casinos
food delivery
Real estate
amusement parks
luxury cars
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$4.7 billion(2018) [1]
Owner Tilman Fertitta
Subsidiaries Landry's, Inc.
Houston Rockets
Golden Nugget Casinos
Waitr
Website www.fertittaentertainmentinc.com

Fertitta Entertainment Inc. is a conglomerate and holding company that holds companies and investments owned by Tilman Fertitta. These include Landry's, Inc., the Houston Rockets, and the Golden Nugget [2] casinos. Within the portfolio are many luxury hotels and well known restaurant brands such as Rainforest Café, Del Frisco's, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Morton's The Steakhouse, among others. Additionally, the company is the largest shareholder of food delivery app ASAP. [3]

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It is headquartered at The Post Oak tower in Uptown Houston. The company has achieved sponsorships and has been granted the naming rights to the Fertitta Center at the University of Houston. [4] It purchased the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe in 2023, with plans to rebrand it as a Golden Nugget hotel. [5]

Company portfolio and subsidiaries

Hotels and Casinos

Golden Nugget

Post Oak Hotels

Other

Post Oak Motor Cars

Fertitta Entertainment owns the luxury car dealership, Post Oak Motor Cars, which is located at the company's headquarters building at The Post Oak Hotel & Tower. It includes a Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Karma, and Bugatti dealership. Upon opening the Bugatti dealership in 2017, it became the first Bugatti dealership in Houston. [9] Post Oak Motor Cars plans a second dealership location in The Woodlands, Texas. The dealership also provides used cars of brands besides the brands it's licensed to sell. For select guests, the Post Oak Motor Cars provides services to Fertitta's hotels in the Houston area and other businesses its partnered with. [10] The company is home to Post Oak Power, an exclusive luxury car club that united owners in the Houston area.[ citation needed ]

Houston Rockets

On September 4, 2017, Tilman Fertitta agreed to purchase the Rockets from Leslie Alexander, pending league approval, for an NBA record $2.2 billion. [11] On October 6, 2017, Fertitta was approved by the NBA to own the Houston Rockets. [12]

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