GREGORY T.H. LEE
Gregory T.H. Lee is Vice President at Urban Land of Nevada; he is the visionary behind the Rising Star Sports Ranch Resort. In addition, Lee serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board for Eureka Casino Resort, also in Mesquite.
Lee works to improve the Mesquite market by serving on the board of the Mesquite Resort Association and the Mesquite Health and Wellness Foundation; he is responsible for founding the Eureka Community Initiative, creating scholarship programs for graduating seniors to attend UNLV.
Lee has been the architect for the repositioning of Rising Star’s sister property, the Eureka Casino Resort, into the Mesquite market leader for gaming revenue. He opened the property in 1997, and incrementally transformed it from a small and simple operation to a modern, multi-faceted resort and casino.
Prior to entering the gaming industry, Lee practiced law in New York City, where he met his wife, Dana. Lee is an active member of the Las Vegas community, serving on the boards of the LVCVA, the UNLV Foundation, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Problem Gambling Center, the Governor’s Advisory Committee for Problem Gambling, the Meadows School, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, the Nevada Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization, and the Harvard Club of Nevada.
In 2003, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce awarded Lee the Community Achievement Award for Hospitality. In the same year, he was recognized by the Problem Gambling Center, as it founded a program to assist families of pathological gamblers. In 2012, Mesquite’s Elks Lodge awarded him Citizen of The Year; through his leadership, the company was awarded the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 Business of the Year award.
Lee is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied architecture and art history and played on four undefeated and Intercollegiate Championship Varsity squash teams. He later earned a J.D. from the University of Southern California.
