Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home games at the stadium between July 2014 and December 2016,[5] and after the full-scale invasion in 2022.

The opening ceremony took place on 29 October, with a vast theatrical production dedicated to the history of Lviv and with the concert of the pop-star Anastacia.

The Hochtief representatives met with Andriy Sadovy and Myroslav Senyk (the head of the local regional council).

Lviv officials claimed that the arena would cost 60 million euros, with 75% of the amount to be paid by an investor and 25% by the city government.

As time was limited, municipal officials held talks with another Austrian architectural company, Albert Wimmer, which designed the Hypo-Arena in Klagenfurt.

On 7 November, the Ministry of Economics appointed the project-construction company Azovinteks as the general contractor[8] which immediately sent about one hundred of its workers, along with equipment, to Lviv.

The Lviv Oblast was assigned up to 16.4 billion hryvnas to completely cover the construction of the stadium and the city's airport.

The head of the oblast administration also stated that rates of construction were increased and by August 30 the stands' carrying structure for the second tier would be installed.

Hubytsky said that a consensus was found with the state company "Lviv Armored-Tank maintenance plant" which agreed to surrender part of its territory for the construction of approachable road access and various engineer networks for the stadium.

There also will be parking for the disabled and special elevators will provide passage to seats that are also designed and reserved to accustom the necessary personnel.

Note that the city's beltway is part of the route E40 that connects Dresden, Wroclaw, Rzeszów, Lviv, Kyiv, and Kharkiv.

Since Ukraine won the bid for the Euro-2012 there were discussions on extending the network to the southern edge of the city under the name Trams to Sykhiv, as well as revival of the idea of a local subway system.