The authorities of the Baikal region plan to apply to include the reconstruction of Irkutsk sports palace Trud in the federal program for the development of physical culture and sports. The decision was discussed at a meeting of Sergei Levchenko with Vitaly Mutko, after which an agreement on the development of sports infrastructure in the region was also signed. Under the program, co financing is planned for building new sports complexes and upgrading sports facilities in several cities of the region, and the possibility of creating a regional center for speed skating, short track, and bandy is also being discussed.

The authorities of the Baikal region will submit an application to include the reconstruction of the Trud Sports Palace in Irkutsk in the program “Development of Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation for 2016—2020.” This was announced by the head of the region following a meeting with Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, which took place the day before in Moscow.
As the regional government press service reports, Sergey Levchenko has already instructed the Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Baikal region, Ilya Reznik, to work out the issue of preparing the design and cost estimate documentation for the reconstruction of the facility.
In addition, Vitaly Mutko and Sergey Levchenko signed an agreement on the development of sports infrastructure in the Irkutsk Region. In particular, under the federal program for the development of physical culture and sports, it is planned to obtain co-financing from the federal budget for the construction of physical culture and recreation complexes in Tulun, Tayshet, Chunsky and the Usolsky District, the purchase of artificial turf for the football field of the Khimik stadium in Usolye-Sibirskoye, as well as stadiums in Shelekhov and Irkutsk.
Also, the Russian Sports Minister and the governor of the region discussed the possibility of building a regional center for speed skating, short track, and bandy in the regional capital.
As a reminder, the Trud stadium was built in Irkutsk in 1957. It seats almost 18,000 spectators. "Trud" is the city’s main stadium and the largest in terms of capacity, and is used for city and regional athletics competitions, Russian championship football matches, and Russian bandy championship matches.