{"id":2436977,"date":"2026-05-29T14:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2436977"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:07:21","slug":"casino-experts-react-to-fertitta-buying-caesars-entertainment-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/casino-experts-react-to-fertitta-buying-caesars-entertainment-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Casino experts react to Fertitta buying Caesars Entertainment \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-137960 articleHeight\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\nFriday, May 29, 2026 10:01 AM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"align-right attribution\">\n<p><strong>Photo:\u00a0<\/strong><span title=\"Fertitta Entertainment (courtesy)\">Fertitta Entertainment (courtesy)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-8 grid-x\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"authorIm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cdc\/iconic\/8newsnow.com.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"author\">Ryan Tisminezky, KLAS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\">\n<p>Fertitta Entertainment\u2019s nearly $18 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment has casino experts speculating what changes will come to the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>When many in the Las Vegas valley hear the Fertitta name, they think of Station Casinos and Red Rock\u2019s Fertitta brothers. Houston-based Tilman Fertitta is not one of them, he\u2019s their cousin, with Fertitta Entertainment having nothing to do with the brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Tilman Fertitta\u2019s history in Las Vegas extends back to when he bought the Golden Nugget more than 20 years ago, he is also the biggest shareholder in Wynn Resorts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdcgaboba-content-placement-after-3rd-paragraph cdcgaboba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 1em;\" id=\"cdcgaboba-549858838\">\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-3731801604\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"135779\" data-cdcgaboba-trackbid=\"1\" data-cdcgaboba-redirect=\"1\" class=\"cdcgaboba-target cdcgaboba-target\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/out\/135779\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CMTC email web\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CMTC-email-web-260424.jpg\" alt=\"CMTC email web\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CMTC-email-web-260424.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CMTC-email-web-260424-375x63.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"120\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a 2009 interview with 8 News Now, Fertitta said a goal with the Golden Nugget was to improve all of downtown.<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"137960\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!-- end article section --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"continueText\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/news\/local-news\/casino-experts-react-to-fertitta-buying-caesars-entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article continues on KLAS\u00a0<span>\u2b95<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/news\/local-news\/casino-experts-react-to-fertitta-buying-caesars-entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><center\/>\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p> <!-- end article footer --><br \/>\n <!-- end article -->\t\t    \t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t <!-- end #main --><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- end #inner-content --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cdcgaming.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to Newsroom Friday, May 29, 2026 10:01 AM Photo:\u00a0Fertitta Entertainment (courtesy) Ryan Tisminezky, KLAS Email, LinkedIn, and more Fertitta Entertainment\u2019s nearly $18 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment has casino experts speculating what changes will come to the Las Vegas Strip. 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