[1][2] The baseball field at the park is more than 100 years old, and hosted games played by Ty Cobb and others.

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig did not play here, but at nearby League Park at 15th & Vinton, in a barnstorming tour in 1927.

[6] The field was recently renovated by the City of Omaha and renamed the John Stella Field at Brown Park to honor a long time South Omaha baseball booster.

Since 2018, Brown Park has also been the home field for the Bellevue University Bruins baseball team.

A historical building dating to the 1910s, the Brown Park Pavilion is 700 square feet and has a small stage, with an additional wraparound porch.