There was a pokestop near my house ever since the game launched in 2016.
Last week it became a gym! I was ecstasic, I was finally gonna come back to play and for the first time, be able to do raids in safety!
But today, when I opened the game, the gym was missing and the pokestop disappeared too! What the hell?
I finally got something good only to lose it in a few days, and now I don’t even have my favorite pokestop anymore!
Why did this happen? Is there anyway I can get it back?
I’d be beyond happy to have it back and as a gym!
Welcome @LucasLaska
First you might want to consider if you are giving too much information away about where you live in a global forum.
The removal criteria are very strict. Did it no longer exist, was it on a Single family private residential property (SFPRP) ?
If either of those are true then the wayspot and ultimately the pokestop/gym gets removed.
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Thanks for the concern! It’s okay though, I don’t live at the pokestop, it’s just in the surroundings and in a safer place compared to the rest of the neighborhood…
Now for your question, I don’t think that’s the case, the pokestop was named after a graffiti that I think is still there, I don’t think it’s a single family property either.
One thing that I missed to comment though, a new pokestop appeared somewhat near to where this one was located, but they were both on together last week, so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it.
Again, thanks for the concern, stay well!
Niantic have been removing graffiti recently, as most of it is vandalism that’s likely to be painted over.
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