In April 2011 plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Stadium to be renovated when FIFA announced that they would give the Western India Football Association US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium.[1] On 12 June 2011 it was announced in the Bombay High Court that the West India Football Association would be given the right to renovate the Cooperage Ground.[2] The stadium and the surrounding complex was designed by Shashi Prabhu and Associates, a leading architectural firm from Mumbai.