Veterans Field was finally completed before the start of the 1948 football season, with 15,000 seats and facilities for the press, concessions stands, and locker rooms.

The stadium was dedicated to the members of the armed forces from Sedgwick County who served in World War II.

In 1968, faculty and students voted and approved the expansion by adding on top of the existing stands of Veterans Field.

[3][5] Wichita State University rededicated the facility on April 16, 2002 to mark the end of the seven-month, $1.3 million construction that included adding an eighth lane and resurfacing the track, reconfiguring the infield event layout, and building separate locker rooms for the Shocker men's and women's track and field teams, and a reduction of overall seating capacity.

[6][7] They played home games at Cessna Stadium and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference when the program was discontinued in 1986.

Cessna was the location of a Pittsburg State-Mesa State Division II college football game.

[9][10] Cessna Stadium was used by Kapaun Mount Carmel High School of the Greater Wichita Athletic League as its home field for varsity football games through 2018.

[14] On April 15, 2020, the Kansas Board of Regents approved demolition of the stadium, citing the high cost of repairs needed.