[10][11][12] Chogyal nicknamed the stadium around 1943 because Britishers and a few members of the aristocratic family of Sikkim played at the Polo Ground.

The old timers recall this flat piece of land being used by the Tibetan traders to station their herds of sheep en route to Sikkim and India.

Around 1939 one of the political officers, Sir Basil Gould had sanctioned Rs.3000 (approx $75.2634) to the forest department and ordered that the grass demonstration farm be set up there.

Later Paljor Stadium proved to be a major venue of all public meetings, including those of Prime ministers and religious leaders.

It was on 24 July 1998 that a High power state committee constituted by the government took a decision to upgrade and renovate the existing Paljor Stadium.