KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The future of The Woodlands racing complex in eastern Kansas remains up in the air even after a billionaire businessman bought the property. Las Vegas casino owner Phil Ruffin paid an undisclosed amount for the facility that once was one of Wyandotte County’s main attractions.

Competition from Missouri casinos and a lagging interest in dog racing became a drag on the complex before it closed in August 2008.

Some hoped slot machines lawmakers approved in 2007 could fix the facility’s financial woes, but Woodlands supporters said the state wanted too much in taxes from the slots.

Ruffin also owns two other tracks in Kansas and says he would like to open them all again if the state changes the tax structure on racinos.