Article: Aiming for the top.

Byline: Suzette Parmley

Apr. 21--Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. chairman and chief executive officer Daniel R. Lee knows what he wants, and he can see it from the balcony of his Las Vegas office. It is the Tropicana casino, which sits on the most coveted piece of land in the gambling industry -- 34 acres on the Las Vegas Strip -- in a town where an acre can fetch up to $30 million. But the Trop dates from the pre-mega-casino era, and Lee would love the chance to give it an upgrade. "It is the last great growth site," said Lee, who learned a lot about taking risks from his mentor, Steve Wynn, who built the Mirage and Bellagio casinos. Lee may not be as ...

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