another supermarket instead of a sports facility

True, even then the group “New Buildings of the City of Oryol” expressed doubts that the owner of the land plot would build anything related to sports. This comrade repeatedly pulled off schemes, obtaining land for one purpose and building completely different structures there. In April 2024, residents’ fears came true.

They are planning to open another supermarket on the land plot received for the construction of a sports facility. To be completely precise, it is one of the stores of a large retail chain.

Presumably, this will be a discounter with lower prices than in regular supermarkets. Information about recruiting employees for the new retail outlet is printed on a banner that was hung on the new building itself.

By the way, during the construction of the facility, there was no information board on the site, which is mandatory in such cases, indicating what is actually being built, who is responsible for the construction of the building and contacts for communication.

However, for Orel this is an absolutely typical scheme. You can give a bunch of examples when a plot of land is acquired for one purpose, and then something completely different is built there. The loudest incident was with part of the stadium of school No. 38. Let us remind you that they were also going to build a sports facility there (otherwise it is simply prohibited on the school grounds). But in fact, a high-rise building has grown on the site.

Residents of Naugorka will receive a market instead of a sports center. What is especially cynical is that doubts about the sporting essence of the building arose not only at the beginning of construction, but also during construction, when columns began to be installed in the center of the foundation. Even then, residents doubted what kind of gym this was with columns up and down… But they were constantly reassured that everything was being done within the law and permission was issued only for a sports facility. If law enforcement agencies become interested, they can easily track down everyone involved in this story of the magical transformation of a gym into a store.

Ivan Kuznetsov