 During 2013, the City of Ballarat Council matched a Federal Government investment of $2.675 million announced by then Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard in June of that year in a major upgrade of Morshead Park with a view to host training for National Teams in the 2015 Asian Cup, including new grandstands, lights and returfing the field to form the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility.The main grandstand seats 500, with an additional standing capacity for a further 8000 on viewing embankments.There is space for temporary stands to be erected across from the main grandstand to bring the total capacity up to 12,000.