[2] The construction was resumed in February 2008, but was abandoned later in the year due to lack of funds amid the Great Recession.

[2] Moreover, in 2009, the Supreme Court of Lithuania ruled that the construction contracts were signed not in accordance to the law and thus annulled them.

[2] A call for bids for a brand new project was announced in September 2016, but the results were challenged in courts and the negotiations were delayed due disagreements on funding model.

[2][3] Ultimately, the Vilnius City Council approved the €156 million construction contract in December 2019, but it was blocked by the Public Procurement Office on a basis that the government assumed too much risk.

[1] The overall project is a complex which will include about 30 objects, with the other main structures being: three football fields, 3,000-seat athletics stadium, an indoor complex with areas for gymnastics, handball, volleyball, boxing and six basketball courts, sports museum, community center with a library, 300-seat kindergarten, and 1,600-space parking lot.