The official opening of the LEOLAND tennis courts took place on the street. An extraordinary event for Melnika, the 18th city of Lviv and all Ukraine tennis was attended by the Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadim Gutzeit, the head of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky, the head of the youth and sports department of Russia Roman Khimyak. Representatives of local authorities, headed by the Lviv OVA, the head of the Lviv city sports department Anton Nikulin and the mayor of the city Andrey Sadov.

In 2019, Palace of Sports Ukraine LLC was the client for the reconstruction of the building with the tennis court, and the construction company LVIV BUD became the General Contractor. There were several reasons for the reconstruction of the Ukraine Sports Palace. purpose – training athletes, especially tennis players, and the organization of competitions.

“It is very pleasing that such projects are implemented in the Lviv region, it is doubly gratifying that they were implemented during the war. We should salute the people who did not leave the country, invested and helped create such magnets, because this is really a sports magnet, not just a decoration of Lviv and the region. , they are also the decoration of the whole country where one and a half year olds can do many sports, they instill love. for sports, for a healthy lifestyle that develops children and enables them to become citizens worthy of their state. Thank you very much for that!” – said Maxim Kozitsky, head of the Lviv OVA.

The main purpose of the reconstruction of the Sports Palace was to create modern and comfortable conditions for holding tennis lessons throughout the year, not only for amateurs, but also for professional players. Also, LEOLAND can be a platform to organize competitions at all Ukrainian and international levels. And in order for Ukraine to be adequately represented in competitions of the highest level, a special program for talented tennis players trained here will be introduced.

As Alexander Svishchev, the investor of the LEOLAND project, noted, within the framework of this program, students of the Lviv children’s and youth sports school will be invited to train on modern courts. This will enable young talents to train on a hard surface currently certified to the highest international standards.

“Even during the design of this sports center, we decided to devote a certain amount of time to ourselves, in a few years we will defend the colors of Ukraine, fight for gold, spread its dignity and train for beginners. “I am proud of the courage of our defenders, I believe in our victory now on our land and in the future on all sports fields of the world,” he said.

“Frankly, I was surprised that such a large tennis infrastructure emerged in Ukraine during the war. We continue to do sports thanks to our armed forces that protect our country. I am grateful to them for completing our sports infrastructure,” the statement said. Vadym Gutzeit, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine

At the opening ceremony, Oleksandr Svishchev was presented with a certificate from the Ukrainian Tennis Federation stating that LEOLAND tennis courts were awarded the Premium category.

Mr. Svishchev thanked the guests of honor for the high recognition of the work of the entire project team and expressed the hope that there will be many more meetings in LEOLAND at provocative and spectacular tennis competitions.