Bill Crandall, vice president with the Zimmer Cos., which waschosen as the master developer this past summer, is currentlyworking on attracting a major sporting goods chain to be one of thefirst tenants. Included in the discussions are Bass Pro Shops,based in Springfield, MO; Cabela's Inc., based in Sidney, NE; andDick's Sporting Goods, based in Pittsburgh. Neither Bass Pro Shopsnor Cabela's have a location yet in the metropolitan market. Dick'sSporting Goods recently opened five-area locations.

"We are openly discussing the possibilities of development andshowing the incentives and demographics of the area to a number ofpossible tenants," says Doug Bach, project manager for the UnifiedGovernment of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS. "But we haveyet to take a proposal to the commission."

The 75,000-seat Kansas Speedway is set to open for racing insummer 2001. There will be four race weekends next year and trackofficials hope to host other non-race events that will keep thefacility busy two out of three days.