Both properties received restaurants from the Landry’s collection - Vic & Anthony’s Steakhouse in Las Vegas and a Salt Grass Steak in Laughlin.įertitta’s $1.4 billion buyout of Landry’s in 2010, in which he took private the public company he founded in 1986, paved the path for a casino shopping spree. The company added a new hotel tower to the downtown property and other amenities, such as a 200,000-gallon live shark tank. His Houston-based multibillion-dollar nationwide empire includes more than 500 casual- and fine-dining venues under 40 different brands downtown aquariums in Denver and Houston and the Kemah Boardwalk in Galveston, Texas.įertitta acquired his first casinos in 2005 when Landry’s bought the Golden Nugget Las Vegas and Golden Nugget Laughlin for $325 million. The wealthy 56-year-old Texan over three decades created Landry’s Inc. It’s going to take another few years to analyze the business’s level of success. It’s taken Tilman Fertitta just a few years to build his casino company. The Golden Nugget Atlantic City, as seen from the top of the Water Club at Borgata, is owned by Tilman Fertitta's Houston-based Landry's Inc.
