"Zalgiris" without home!
The idea of construction of new arena has appeared in 1998, but till now it is
not realized. In 2005 the international tender for the best project of new
arena has been organized; the city mayoralty promised to render annual
financial support.
As a result, the tender was won by one of the largest French building
companies Bouygues Batiment International with an annual turn in 7 billion
euro.
Since January, 2006 the huge volume of work has been done, including has
been concluded the contract between the French party and municipality of
the city of Kaunas.
However city officials till now have not given out the official sanction to
construction of the arena, calculated a minimum on 10 thousand places, and
in fact a season 2009/10 in Euroleague and Europe championship 2011 which
will pass in Lithuania, not far away at all.
Unfortunately after such a long and already done almost all work, two days
ago (July 19) government of Kaunas announced, that they cancelled contract
with building companie "Bouygues Batiment International"
Basketball fans, we shall rescue "Zhalgiris"!
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