The ground was named after Austin Stack, an Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry Gaelic football team of 1904.

At that time the pitch was oval shaped and surrounded by a 440-yard sloping cinder track considered to be the finest in Ireland.

In 1934, The Sportsfield was converted into a rectangular pitch to host the 1934 All Ireland Semi Final which led to the demise of the cinder track.

It also hosted the 1997-98 Sigerson Cup final which was won by Tralee IT, while the first game in Kerry GAA played under floodlights took place here in November 2001.

In December 2009 it was announced that plans for this development had been put on indefinite hold due to the post-2008 Irish economic downturn.