Kansas Speedway officials say their new goal is to have the Hard Rock Casino open by next October when NASCAR's Sprint Cup series comes back to town, four months after the facility initially was expected to open.

Dan Houser, chief financial officer for International Speedway Corp., told analysts Thursday of the October target for the first phase of the $705 million project.

But Kansas Speedway President Jeff Boerger says June still is possible for the opening of an interim casino with 2,000 slot machines and 75 table games. He says Houser was just being cautious in his report.

The entire project northwest of Interstates 70 and 435 eventually will be a 1.5 million-square-foot complex with 3,000 slots, 140 table games, a 300-room hotel and 275,000 square feet of dining and entertainment venues.