It is the current home of the North Texas SC of MLS Next Pro (FC Dallas's reserve team), and the Arlington Renegades of the UFL.

[6][7] In April 1989, Rangers owner Eddie Chiles sold the team to an investment group headed by George W.

In an effort to fund the project through public money instead of private financing, the Rangers threatened to leave Arlington.

[10] As part of the deal, the city created a separate corporation, the Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority (ASFDA), to manage construction.

Using authority granted to it by the city, the ASFDA seized several tracts of land around the stadium site using eminent domain for parking and future development.

Voting for the new ballpark began on November 8 (the same day as the 2016 presidential election) for residents in the city limits of Arlington.

[21] On December 5, 2018, city officials announced that the stadium would become the home of the Dallas Renegades of the new XFL,[22] beginning with the league's debut in 2020.

Many of the park's lower sections, mostly on the third base side, were removed to make room for the rectangular field which sits horizontally when viewed from behind the home plate.

In December 2019, Six Flags Entertainment Corp. announced the company would move its corporate headquarters the following year to the Centerfield Office Building formerly occupied by the Rangers.

The Rangers chose to build a retro-style ballpark (Retro-classic, or Retro-modern), incorporating many features of baseball's Jewel Box parks.

The out-of-town scoreboard (removed in 2009 and replaced with a state-of-the-art video board) was built into the left-field wall—a nod to Fenway Park.

The home plate, foul poles (replaced prior to the 2016 season), and bleachers were originally at Arlington Stadium.

In truth, the park would have given up even more home runs if not for the office building in center and the field being 22 feet (6.7 m) below street level.

Many of the Rangers' already-skilled hitters took advantage of this, some even racking up multiple 30+ home run seasons, such as Ian Kinsler, Adrián Beltré, and Josh Hamilton.

[29] The longest home run recorded was 505 feet to right field by Rangers RF Nomar Mazara on June 21, 2019.

[30] Dimensions[31] Despite being hailed as a wonderful venue in its infant years, articles in The Dallas Morning News began to suggest that the ballpark would have been better served by having a dome or retractable roof – much like Daikin Park, the home of the Houston Astros – due to the often oppressive heat that settles over Texas in summer during baseball season, with temperatures on the field being in excess of 110 °F (43 °C).

[32] When the Arlington ballpark was built in the early 1990s, the only Major League Baseball stadium with a retractable roof was Toronto's SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), which opened in 1989.

[22] The conversion to Choctaw Stadium from Globe Life Park was designed by SBL Architecture, Inc.[34] When renovations for the football layout began, the Texas Rangers sold 6,000 souvenir seats in pairs.

[38] On July 7, 2011, firefighter Shannon Stone, from Brownwood, Texas, was attending the Rangers game against the Oakland Athletics with his six-year-old son, Cooper, when outfielder Josh Hamilton threw him a ball, as he had asked.

[36] Reaching for it, Shannon flipped over the railing and fell 20 feet (6.1 m), head-first, onto the concrete behind the out-of-town scoreboard in left field.

[41] A moment of silence was held for him prior to the next day's game, both the Rangers and Athletics wore black ribbons on their uniforms, and the flags at the stadium were flown at half-staff in memory of him.

On September 30, 2011, Cooper threw out the ceremonial first pitch to honor his father before Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays.

On September 18, 1999, Jim Morris made his major league debut there at age 35, ten years after he had retired from baseball following four arm surgeries.

This was one of three sporting championships to take place in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in the same year, along with Super Bowl XLV and the 2011 NBA Finals.

Filming included actor Dennis Quaid (as Jim Morris) running onto the playing field from the visitors' bullpen during the seventh-inning stretch of an actual game in progress.

[58] After the Houston Roughnecks defeated the Renegades 27–20 in Week 4, their last game at Globe Life Park was a 30–12 loss to the New York Guardians.

[64] The stadium has been the home of the Dallas Jackals of Major League Rugby since their inaugural season in 2022 until the club ceased operations in September 2024.

[65] The International Champions Cup soccer match featuring Atlético Madrid of Spain vs. Chivas Guadalajara of Mexico was played on July 23, 2019.

North Texas SC of USL League One moved from its previous home in Frisco to Choctaw Stadium beginning in 2020.