During the preliminary investigation, it was determined that in order to find the opportunity to finance reconstruction of the hotel, a contract for purchase and sale of public services was concluded between the Lithuanian Basketball Federation and Panevėžys City Municipality in 2010.
Atliekant ikiteisminį tyrimą nustatyta, kad, siekiant rasti galimybę finansuoti viešbučio rekonstrukciją, 2010 metais sudaryta paslaugų viešojo pirkimo ir pardavimo sutartis tarp Lietuvos krepšinio federacijos ir Panevėžio miesto savivaldybės.