There were plans to demolish the existing stands and rebuild the ground before Barbados' 2010 World Cup qualification campaign began.

[2] In 2011 the Barbadian government estimated the cost to re-engineer the stadiums' running track at 2 million dollars.

In 2010 the stadium started hosting the Joseph Payne Memorial Classic, a competitive event among Barbadian secondary school students.

[4] The National Stadium's five stands were closed to the public in April 2015 because of rusty pieces of debris which had fallen from the steel supports which held the roofs.

From December 2018 to January 2019, the roofs on all the five stands were removed and plans were made to demolish and rebuild the whole stadium.