[2][3][4] The 382 m (1,253 ft) velodrome was constructed in 1960 with a perimeter for track cycling and a grassy infield for soccer games.

Every winter, the velodrome was flooded to create a speed skating rink.

Over the years, the track served as a practice rink for members of multiple U.S. Winter Olympics teams.

In the 1990s, the District ceased the annual conversion of the velodrome into an ice rink due to the facility's inability to retain water, which seeped through the soccer field.

Ed Harvey, the District director, attributed this to a lowering of the water table caused by construction in the late 1980s.