It became the home of Falkirk in the same year after the club ground shared Ochilview Park for the 2003–04 season whilst the stadium was being constructed.

Work began on building the stadium in 2003[2] after Brockville Park, the club's town centre home since 1885, was sold and demolished.

The first stage of the stadium was completed in time for the 2004–05 football season and Falkirk moved in after spending the previous year ground-sharing with local rivals, Stenhousemuir at their Ochilview Park home.

After completion, the £1.58m[7] facility would bring the stadium's capacity to over the Scottish Premier League's 6,000 seating criteria meaning Falkirk would be allowed automatic promotion[8] from the First Division.

The stand received its safety certificate in late March 2005, shortly before the SPL's deadline for a stadium which met the seating criteria.

The football club took full control of the facilities such as the pitch, seats, under-soil heating and floodlights,[4] whilst the council retained most of the development rights for the site and manages and receives rent from businesses set up the stadium's main west stand.

[31] In 2008 the stadium was the venue chosen by the Scottish Rugby Union to host Scotland's home matches at the Six Nations Under 20s Championship which were played against England under-20s and France under-20s.

[31] The stadium is also used on occasion by the Scotland women's national football team in World and Euro qualifying championships as well as in friendly matches.

[35] Special match day bus services provided by McGill's Scotland East allow direct transport to the stadium from around the Falkirk area.

Access from Larbert on match days is provided by the number 99 bus, which is destined for the stadium via Stenhousemuir, Carronshore and Bainsford.