Nicknamed "The Bernabowl" by local supporters in reference to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium,[1] The Bowl has been the home ground of F.C.

The Bowl was redeveloped at a cost of around £3.3 million,[3] with then-Minister of Infrastructure David Cretney saying: "This is an exceptional facility at the heart of our Island of Sport.

The pitch is a 65 mm (2.6 in) rubber infill 3G carpet system, the same as currently used at Manchester United's Trafford Training Centre.

[5] In April 2008, Douglas Borough Council confirmed that they were looking to redevelop The Bowl, and that it could become a national stadium for the Isle of Man.

Capacity at the stadium was increased to 8,000, including 4,000 temporary seats in a covered section, as well as the installation of a giant screen.

[7] However, after it was announced in August 2008, that building tests were to be made to find out whether the stadium is suitable to convert into a larger venue with bore holes sunk at the venue to check ground conditions[8] David Cretney the Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for Douglas South and current Minister of Trade and Industry raised concerns over the cost to ratepayers of drilling boreholes to test whether the ground was suitable for the stadium scheme, although he did confirm that he supported the scheme.

[13] The now defunct annual Isle of Man Steam Packet Football Festival was also held at The Bowl.

[15] Douglas Rugby club hold their winter training sessions and the Sports Development Unit use the Bowl for their all day schemes.

A Toyah Willcox concert held at the venue in front of an audience of 4,000 on 11 June 2002 as part of her "Here and Now 2002" Tour[17] and Status Quo who played there in the early 1990s.