The stadium was the home of Bengaluru FC for one season, when they won the I-League trophy in their first attempt.

[1] In order to raise some funds a leasing agreement was made with a private builder for two corner areas for his own buildings.

This led to problems with fans and players who found it tough to retrieve the ball from the area once it landed there.

[1] In 1996–97, in an effort to have the National Games of India hosted in Bengaluru the high court ordered the slum area of the stadium cleared, which thus happened.

[1] On 5 December 2004, the stadium was the site of the death of Brazilian footballer Cristiano Júnior during a Federation Cup match between his Dempo and Mohun Bagan.

He collided with the Bagan and India international goalkeeper Subrata Pal while scoring his second goal for Dempo before collapsing to the ground.

[16] The final I-League match to be played at the stadium was between Bengaluru FC and Pune on 28 March 2014.