Private-jet operator Wheels Up Partners Holdings LLC and the parent of Golden Nugget added their names Monday to the list of companies going public through a combination with a special-purpose acquisition company.
The deals are the latest to signal the growing appetite for companies to bypass the traditional initial-public-offering process and gain a public listing through a SPAC combination. Fertitta Entertainment Inc., a holding company for Golden Nugget casinos and Landry’s restaurants, will go public by combining with
Fast Acquisition Corp.
, it said, citing opportunities in the post-pandemic hospitality and online-gambling sector. Landry’s had been a public company…