Military retakes control of Military Sports Club real estate

In communist times these clubs were used to train professional athletes. Presently, WKSs are not under Defense Ministry jurisdiction but the clubs still exploit the real estate. "Many of them [buildings] are leased to wholesale stores, and medical centers, " said AMW president Andrzej Jamrozek. In many cases the army pays for electricity and water while profits land with the WKSs. "It is unknown how much the army loses, nobody has counted it," said Jamrozek. "We don't want to renounce the sport functions of those units, especially in the case of stadiums, halls and swimming pools," he added. After the takeover, the buildings will be sold, leased or used toward investment in companies. (Rzeczpospolita, page 3)