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    May 24, 2012

    2012 Summer Guide

    A new minor league baseball team, a new amusement park, the urban wilderness of Buffalo Bayou, food, concerts and plays — Houston, prepare to get your summer on.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Tilman Fertitta's Galveston Pleasure Pier Is Taking Shape

    TILMAN FERTITTA WILL NOT BE DENIED. He promised Galveston a (no doubt overpriced) "Pleasure Pier" by Memorial Day, and it looks like he's well on the way. The new amusement park, built on the site of the old Flagship Hotel, is expected to draw three million visitors a year. Our Allison McPhail was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Landry's Plans a New Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier

    Photo courtesy of Landry'sClick here to see a high-res version of the proposed plans for the new Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier.​Longtime residents of the Houston metro area will no doubt remember the Flagship Hotel. Jutting out on a pier from Galveston Island's seawall, it was the on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Tilman Fertitta's Galveston "Pleasure Pier" Will Be World-Class, Tilman Fertitta Says

    Ye olde pleasure piere and shoppes​Fun magnate Tilman Fertitta unveiled his plans today for turning the old Flagship Hotel pier in Galveston into a -- wait for it -- a "world-class amusement park for all ages." Scheduled to open in May, the project will look (and cost) a whole lot like the Ke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Lyle Monroe Bensley: Galveston Teen Vampire Joins Pantheon of Weird Seawall Criminals

    GCSOLyle Bensley: He's a vampire​Man, what is it about the Seawall? There's just something about that place: nuts on the run from all over Texas wind up there because they just can't run any farther. If we can liken the state of Texas proper to a margarita, Seawall Boulevard is the bath-salt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Comment of the Day: What Would Tilman Do?

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Landry's Admits Some Flagship Debris May Have Been Dumped In Gulf, And They're Not Happy

    Shelby ScottThe Flagship, in its dying days​Landry's Restaurants, the company owned by Tilman Fertitta that is tearing down Galveston's Flagship Hotel, has been disputing reports that demolition crews have been tossing debris into the Gulf. No longer. A letter to the contractor, issued publi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Flagship Hotel Debris Video: You Decide

    Bill Hill, a surfer and real estate agent in Galveston, has been leading the call to arms over allegations that the crews tearing down the Flagship Hotel have been tossing debris into the Gulf. Now he's posted video. And, well, you can decide. Other videos are here. Landry's, which has hired a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Tilman Fertitta's Ace Up the Sleeve

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Galveston's Flagship Hotel, Slowly Coming Down

    Shelby ScottGalveston's Flagship Hotel, coming down slowly​The musty old Flagship Hotel, the famous building on a Galveston pier, is a lot more airy than it used to be. Crews are in the process of taking down the edifice in order to build Tilman Fertitta's Kemah Boardwalk-like "Pleasure Pier" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Tilman Fertitta an "Executive to Watch" in 2011

    This is Tilman Fertitta's three-story yacht. How's your 2011 looking so far?​Houston's Tilman Fertitta made a short list of restaurant executives to watch in 2011, in part because of his recent acquisition of a trio of new restaurant chains: The Oceanaire, Claim Jumper and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Galveston Of The `60s, As Seen By A Glen Campbell Music Video

    When was the last time former Galveston County Commissioner Jimmie Vacek got a shout-out in a music video? The answer, we're guessing, is whenever this video came out. A friend of Hair Balls discovered it and passed it on to us. It's Glen Campbell singing "Galveston" to scenes of a forlorn young w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    David Purdie, Filmer Of Astroworld's Death: Next Up, The Flagship Hotel

    David Purdie, the man who filmed the demolition of Astroworld, is taking on the Flagship Hotel. ​Earlier this month, we learned that Galveston's Flagship Hotel, an icon of the island for 45 years, will be torn down due to damage from Hurricane Ike. Landry's Restaurants, which owns the Flagship and ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

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  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Flagship Hotel: Five Suggested Attractions For The New Amusement Park

    Don't miss the Galveston Police Whack-a-Mole game​As was announced yesterday, the not-so-beloved Flagship Hotel in Galveston is being torn down so Tilman Fertitta's Landry's Restaurants can build an amusement park on its pier.What sort of attractions should be offered at the new destination? We ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Bye-Bye, Flagship Hotel: Did Anyone Ever Stay In It?

    Flagship Hotel: On its last legs​For 45 years, the Flagship Hotel has been a part of Galveston's seascape, out there on a pier bravely facing whatever weather the Gulf decided to throw at it.But not for long. The hotel, which had long fallen on hard times, was heavily damaged by the 2008 storm and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Galveston's Flagship Hotel: Going Once, Going Twice.....

    The Flagship Hotel, that iconic building on a pier in Galveston, seems to forever be endangered. It now looks like it's more endangered than ever.The strange, twisty tale of the now semi-battered building might be coming to a conclusion, the Galveston County Daily News reports. Landry's Restaurants, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    He's Guilty -- Of Generating Good Quotes

    The Flagship Hotel, that iconic building on a pier in Galveston, seems to forever be endangered. It now looks like it's more endangered than ever.The strange, twisty tale of the now semi-battered building might be coming to a conclusion, the Galveston County Daily News reports. Landry's Restaurants, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    The Hurricane Bear Is Getting The Most Out Of His 15 Minutes

    The Flagship Hotel, that iconic building on a pier in Galveston, seems to forever be endangered. It now looks like it's more endangered than ever.The strange, twisty tale of the now semi-battered building might be coming to a conclusion, the Galveston County Daily News reports. Landry's Restaurants, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    They Stayed In The Flagship Hotel -- And Survived

    The Flagship Hotel, that iconic building on a pier in Galveston, seems to forever be endangered. It now looks like it's more endangered than ever.The strange, twisty tale of the now semi-battered building might be coming to a conclusion, the Galveston County Daily News reports. Landry's Restaurants, ... More >>

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    July 6, 2006

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  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Pier Pressure

    Fertitta and friends take on the operator of Galveston's forlorn Flagship Hotel

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    June 29, 2000

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