In addition, the projectors which were used to light the stadium were also renewed with innovative and modern technologies. President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium after major overhaul and reconstruction on 16 August 2012.
The stadium's lighting system was modernized, and President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the refurbished Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium on August 16, 2012.