It lays in Slezská Ostrava, the Silesian part of the city, next to the Ostravice River.
The first match was played there on 19 April 1959, it functioned as the home stadium of FC Baník Ostrava until the end of the 2014–15 Czech First League season.
[1] The stadium was closed in 2015, and Baník Ostrava went on to play at Městský stadion instead.
Heavy metal band Iron Maiden played at the stadium for a 38,000 capacity crowd on 6 June 2007.
Bazaly has hosted two competitive and three friendly matches of the Czech Republic national football team.