Despite the hype it built, it appears that casino resort Okada Manila is not yet ready to open before the year ends.

Steve Wolstenholme, president of casino operator Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment, told Manila-based reporters several weeks ago that they have “completed around 85 percent” of the integrated resort’s first phase—just in time for the previously announced soft opening in November.

However, casino mogul Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment Corporation revealed early this week that the still under-construction casino resort has fallen behind schedule due to “worse-than expected weather conditions.”

“Okada Manila has not markedly lagged behind the original plan although the progress has differed somewhat from the plan, affected by worse-than-expected weather conditions,” the Japan-based company said in a statement.