Deals
Houston Rockets Owner's Blank-Check Company Buys Waitr
- Landcadia Holdings agrees to pay $300 million for Waitr
- Tilman Fertitta has been looking for deals since 2016
Tilman Fertitta
Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg
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The owner of the Houston Rockets got into the blank-check game more than two years ago. He’s finally scored a deal.
A special purpose acquisition company run by Texas businessman Tilman Fertitta has agreed to buy food delivery startup Waitr Inc. for $308 million, according to a statement Wednesday.