In September 2023, the ground was renamed Joie Stadium for sponsorship reasons.

[2] Announced on 19 September 2011 as part of an 80-acre training facility to cater for around 400 youth players at a time,[3] the campus was opened on 8 December 2014.

[5] Academy Stadium is home to the men's Elite Development Squad and other senior academy teams, as well as to Manchester City Women, who also play select matches at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Although not the biggest building of the facility, the Academy Stadium still features numerous facilities more common to larger stadia, including a press room, board room, offices and retail space.

[9] The choice of the Academy Stadium as a host venue was criticised by Iceland's Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir who called it a "training ground" in comparison to the other larger stadiums that were selected and viewed it as "disrespectful towards women's football".