[2][3] The station opened on December 18, 2004, as Largo Town Center and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

It is the first and so far only station in Prince George's County outside the Capital Beltway, and is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Northwest Stadium, the home of the Washington Commanders.

Included in this request was a previously considered 13-mile (21 km) extension of the Blue Line through Largo en route to a proposed terminus at Bowie.

[4] In October 1996, the proposed routing for the extension of the Blue Line to Largo received a favorable environmental impact statement thus allowing for the project to move forward.

Past the station to the northeast, tracks dip underground to connect to a 3-track train storage facility located underneath a WMATA building.