A 75,000-seat speedway that can accommodate NASCAR and Indy-car racing is scheduled to open in eastern Kansas in 2000.

Construction on the Kansas City Kansas Superspeedway is to begin in the spring on a 1,000-acre site in Wyandotte County.

Officials estimated the cost at $196.9 million, with $142.6 million coming from private funds. Other money will come from state and local sources.

The Indy Racing League announced an 11-race schedule for 1998, with new sites at Dover Downs and Atlanta and a second event at Texas Motor Speedway.

The 1998 season, including the Indianapolis 500, will open Jan. 24 at Walt Disney World in Florida and end next Oct. 10 at Las Vegas.