60 metres in dimension. Just adjacent the stadium, below the member's gallery is the club tent and the main office located. In 2014, the club tent opened its own cafe lounge for the fans, just beside the members' gallery. Renovations First Renovation in 1996 On 12 July 1996, the new Club Office or "Tent", which is popularly known in Kolkata maidan, was inaugurated by the oldest member of the East Bengal Club. The then club secretary Mr. Dipak "Poltu" Das gave the honour to Mr. Shankar Pillai (popularly known as Shankar Mali) who was the oldest groundsman and caretaker of the club, to inaugurate the new club tent in the presence of club legends like Ahmed Khan and Byomkesh Bose. The club ground was renovated and a new office was setup at the place where it is currently situated. The playing field was relaid North to South and the new fans gallery was constructed. Second Renovation post 2016 In 2016, renovations were done at the ground with entire playing field being relaid and galleries being renovated with member's gallery being filled in with Red and Gold bucket seats. Elevators were installed and the commentary box was modernised. The playing turf was relaid and drainage was improved for the ground. East Bengal FC officials informed the AIFF that they wanted to host I-League matches at the club ground after the heavy renovations. In 2018, floodlights were installed at the East Bengal Ground. The flood lights would be the biggest among the three Maidan clubs of Kolkata. The first match under floodlights was played in the 2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division when East Bengal faced Tollygunge Agragami in the season opener, which was however abandoned due to heavy rains as the match was tied 1–1 at half time. Other uses East Bengal Ground hosted numerous other matches of IFA Shield, Calcutta Football League, and various under-aged league matches. It also hosted a number of matches for the 2019 Durand Cup. In 1984, it served as the practice ground for the Argentina football team who came in to play for the 1984 Nehru Cup Non-sporting events In 2015, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol hosted the promotional event for their film Dilwale at the East Bengal Ground. Both were given life-time membership by the club. On 7 July 2016, Mexican-American professional wrestler, Alberto Del Rio visited the East Bengal Ground for a promotional