#5 Better infrastructure
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Although it is difficult to measure exactly how much the infrastructure has improved season-over-season (this tends to be measured over longer periods of time), a very key development in the right direction has taken place - Mumbai City FC’s home ground is now the Mumbai Football Arena as opposed to the DY Patil Stadium.
Even though the capacity has reduced, this shift from a primarily cricket-hosting venue to a stadium built specifically for football means that there will be more opportunities to improve the playing surface, drainage systems, floodlight infrastructure and even possibly build practice fields adjacent to the main stadium.
To play a sport in the venue built for that sport psychologically is very important in the bigger picture - it points to a self-sustainability of the commercial aspects of the league and football in India. The trade-off has paid off and a larger percentage of the stadium is now filled in Mumbai’s home games, which has made the atmosphere a much more lively one.
