It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

It also hosts some matches of the Russian national rugby union team, Krasny Yar and Enisei-STM.

The stadium was designed by the architect V. Orekhov in 2.5 years and was opened on October 29, 1967.

[2] An outdoor ice hockey game named the Russian Classic was held on 17 February 2012 at the Central Stadium.

It featured Sokol Krasnoyarsk against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, both of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL).