The Management of the Sport Centre Authority (COS) will meet the minister of sport Tomasz Lipiec once again to talk about extension of the lease of X-lecia Stadium in Warsaw by Damis company – quotes Gazeta.pl. This is a result of Thursday talks between merchants of Europe Fair and COS management.

The talks will concern the timeframe for the lease of X-lecia Stadium by Damis company. On Wednesday the minister of sport informed that the decision on non-extension of the contract with Damis company, which holds X-lecia Stadium on lease, is irrevocable.

- The agreement expires on 30th June this year and this is the last day when the merchants can lawfully trade at Europe Fair. We are determined to recover this area for sport, particularly in view of the European Football Championships EURO 2012 – Lipiec said.

A few days ago the merchants issued a letter to a PiS MP Jolanta Szczypińska concerning the future of the merchants trading at X-lecia Stadium.

- Yesterday the letter found its way into the hands of PiS MPs and as of now it is considered by the Prime Minister. We are waiting for prime minister’s decision - said Lucyna Kwiatek, the president of „Stadion” association.

The merchants were supported by Warsaw councillors, who turned with an appeal to the prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński calling for urgent actions on transfer of another area for merchants’ use. This concerns areas in the neighbourhood of the capital city’s Eastern Railway Station. A resolution on that matter, at a motion from Platforma Obywatelska councillors, was adopted by the City Council during the Thursday meeting.

X-lecia Stadium is Warsaw’s largest sport facility, which is currently used as a fair – one of Europe’s biggest. As late as in 1980ties, country’s most important sport event was held there. The Stadium was also used for cultural and propaganda purposes: concerts, harvest festivals and official celebrations of anniversaries of importance for the People’s Republic of Poland were held there.

A modern National Sport Centre, which will be one of EURO 2012 arenas, is to be erected in place of X-lecia Stadium.

Source: Gazeta.pl