When Dutch competitive football experienced a dip in public interest in the late 1980s, De Koel managed to keep their spectator numbers up to standard.

Behind PSV, Feyenoord and Ajax, De Koel reached some of the highest spectator numbers of the then Eredivisie.

[5] In 2003, De Koel was thoroughly renovated and in 2005 it became known as Seacon Stadium -De Koel-, named after the club's main sponsor.

As of 14 January 2019, the name of the stadium was changed to Covebo Stadion - De Koel -, as a result of a sponsorship deal that includes the 2020–21 season.

[10] Six months later, VVV reached an agreement with the municipality of Venlo, owner of land and buildings around the stadium, about the purchase price of €545,000.

In addition, some facilities (such as parking lot, toilets, catering and the new roof of the South Stand) would be improved and at the end of the year the construction of a new entrance was started, in which the ticketing, the fan shop, a museum and more workplaces for administrative staff would be accommodated.

So bad in fact that it finished last in the "VVCS Fields Competition", a classification put together by the eighteen chairmen of the Eredivisie clubs.

On 30 July 2013, it was announced that the synthetic turf pitch had been approved and met the requirements of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and UEFA.