- The 20,000-seater capacity Fantasy Dome was owned by one Leslie Quaynor, the CEO of Fantasy Entertainment.
- The land the facility occupied belonged to the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited (government) but it was leased in a five-year contract to Mr. Quaynor.
- The tenancy agreement between the owners of the Fantasy Dome and the Trade Fair Company Limited expired on 31 December 2023.
- Processes were underway to relocate the dome to another venue — Somewhere inside the University of Ghana, Legon.
- The edifice was huge and it needed to be picked up and relocated. Leslie Quaynor was in the final stages of negotiating the lease for the new location, but his request for a 60-day extension was thrown out of the door.
- Trade Fair management threatened to pull down the structure if it was not relocated within the shortest possible time.
- According to the management of the Trade Fair Company Limited, all attempts to get “Fantasy Entertainment” to remove the “Fantasy Dome” from the Trade Fair site yielded no result.
- Alarmed by the threats and fear of losing his investment, Mr. Quaynor sought a writ and an injunction at an Accra High Court to ensure the Trade Fair management put a halt to any demolition exercise.
- Attempts to serve the writ and injunction on the management of the Trade Fair proved futile for weeks. Eventually, the management was duly served through substituted services, posting the writ on the company premises among others.
- However, despite all these efforts and the court injunction, the management of the Trade Fair demolished the Fantasy Dome on Saturday, March
- Meanwhile, the Trade Fair Company Limited has vehemently denied any such injunction. The company states that it has not been served with any court processes and no injunction was served on the day of the demolition.
- Leslie Quaynor is contemplating launching a legal battle with the Trade Fair because he believes the treatment meted out to him was harsh and unfair.
