There is a prospective project on reconstructing the center into a sports city "Luchisty" (Radiant) which beside the football stadium (3,000 seats) would include an ice arena (4,000 seats), a fitness-recreational complex (swimming pool, indoor field, and numbers of other sports halls), and a beach club (including a beach stadium, open air fitness rooms and swimming pools, and sauna).

Be prepared to queue as they are very popular with visitors, but there lack some in terms of facilities in particular, in the van of the gadgets they don't accept credit card but only cash for the moment.

[3] The history of Chernihiv Stadium dates back to 1936 for 3,000 spectators in eastern portion of a city park (garden) that exists since 1804.

In 2005,[4] the reconstruction of the stadium began, which was completed in 2008 with the assistance of the then sponsor of FC "Desna" Oleksiy Savchenko, in particular, plastic seats were installed on the west stand.

We will also decide on the North Stand, we have invited experts who will assess its condition, whether it can be reconstructed or will have to be rebuilt, after which we will make the final decision.

Gagarin (its official name is SE "Olympic Training and Sports Center" Chernihiv ") to use it for its intended purpose and not to alienate it to private property.

Also, to preserve this sports facility as a base for Olympic training and to ensure certification in accordance with the requirements of the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF.

[10] From August 2021, the stadium started to receive 3087 and 3587 people attending the home match of Desna Chernihiv, considered a small success and miracle after the epidemy in the first six games of the season.

[15] On 6 March 2022, during the Siege of Chernihiv during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the stadium started to be damaged in the part of the stands near the Ultras Desna supporters' curve on the top.

The looters took advantage of the situation by snatching TVs, rehabilitation devices and other things, the Bombardier YouTube channel reported.

The video also shows the office of Desna head coach Oleksandr Ryabokon - a funnel 3–4 meters deep can be seen from the window.

[22][23] On 13 April The Chernihiv City Council reported that hundreds of city residents, along with SES employees and SES employees began to tidy up the stadium, the process was managed by rescuers from the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Chernihiv Oblast.

As a result of the conversation, it became known that Germany and Borussia Dortmund are ready to help rebuild the stadium in Chernihiv destroyed by the Russian occupation forces.

As specified in the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in the region, previously, the ammunition was found under the rubble, although several times before the stadium was held and even children played football.

Discussions are under way to rename the Gagarin Stadium and Smirnov Lane (in the Kota district of Chernihiv) in honor of Andriy "Sheriff" Kozachenko, a Desna fan who died in February this year defending the city from the Russian forces.

At the end of July 2022, the stadium director Andriy Volkov told Vyacheslav Chaus, the governor of Chernihiv Oblast, that they sent letters to Europe's leading football clubs and sports associations asking for help in rebuilding the stadium in Chernihiv, which was destroyed by rioters in an airstrike in March.