Boardwalk: On board Tilman Fertittas 77m superyacht

Entertainment is his business. As the owner of Houston-based Fertitta Entertainment and chairman and CEO of Landrys, hes assembled an impressive portfolio that includes the Golden Nugget casinos, numerous restaurants, among them Mastros Steakhouse and Catch Steak, the Houston Rockets basketball team, luxury car dealerships and hotels.

Entertainment is his business. As the owner of Houston-based Fertitta Entertainment and chairman and CEO of Landry’s, he’s assembled an impressive portfolio that includes the Golden Nugget casinos, numerous restaurants, among them Mastro’s Steakhouse and Catch Steak, the Houston Rockets basketball team, luxury car dealerships and hotels. 

One of his more recent hospitality projects, the five-diamond Post Oak Hotel in Uptown Houston, which is frequently rated the best hotel in Texas, was a source of inspiration for the new Boardwalk’s interior, says designer Amy Halffman. “We spent a lot of time walking through it. It’s just so very elegant and tasteful and to me, just timeless,” she says.

Halffman, who lives and works in Seattle, has worked with Fertitta on all his boats. She understands what he likes and welcomes his insight. “I have never worked with anybody who has such an amazing sense of how space should be used. He can sit in any chair and tell you if it is too low or the table too high, and he is spot on,” she says. “He knows how he wants to use the space and, for a designer, it is a blessing. People don’t hire me to design an Amy Halffman interior; they hire me to make their vision or dream a reality. At least, that’s how I like to think of it.” 

Fertitta did not study design (his path was business and hospitality management) but early in his career, he became a developer. “You’ve got to understand, I know how to build things,” he says. “No [yacht] owner will go as much into the details as I do.” He points to exhibit A, the overhead on the aft deck, which is decorated with attractive curves, the numerous lights above the bar to our left, and the trim around the columns supporting the aft deck overhang that keeps us in the shade.

Lighting is a very important feature on this yacht, as it was on his previous one. His Westport 164 had four times as many lights as others in the series. His Feadship has many more still, carefully studied and placed to create a mood, set the yacht aglow at dusk, accentuate features such as design details and artwork on the interior, as well as to guide people at night. 

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