North Platte city officials will be asked to enable a horse-racing track — Nebraska’s first west of Grand Island — to be built south of Interstate 80 between the city’s two interchanges.

Approval by the city and the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission would allow the track’s developers to pursue casino gambling there under a trio of petition initiatives approved last November by Nebraska voters.

Prospect Enterprises LLC of North Platte is seeking a city conditional use permit for a horse track “and associated improvements” on 73.58 acres between I-80 and East Walker Road.

The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and offer a recommendation June 22, with another hearing and a final vote by the City Council July 6, Planning Administrator Judy Clark said Monday.