[1] It was the only pub in the United Kingdom to be built inside the grounds of a football club and is now the oldest public house at any sport stadium in the world.

The name of this upper section is not recorded until 1822, when a parish record identifies Joseph Foulkes as the landlord of "The Grandstand" and later newspaper advertisements suggest that the establishment was specifically built 4 meters away from the tavern to provide an upmarket experience during the horseracing events.

[3] Later changes (newspaper records suggest that the work took place in 1854) to the structures saw The Grandstand redeveloped with the addition of a new roof above a cantilevered bay.

The final major renovations occurred in the mid twentieth century, the changing rooms were finally moved from the Turf Hotel to the Plas Coch stand in the late 1940s, and a bowling green was converted into a car park in the late 1960s.

[4][5] In 2007 the pub was threatened with demolition as part of the revamp of Wrexham AFC's grounds, but Wales First Minister Rhodri Morgan stepped in to support its survival.