The venue hosted five matches during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and underwent a redevelopment to the eastern stand in preparation.

Rowley Park also had a tendency to flood during winter as the bottom of "The Brick Pit" was below the level of the water table which made playing soccer virtually impossible.

[citation needed] Along with the Olympic Sports Field, Hindmarsh became one of two Adelaide venues in the former National Soccer League which was launched in 1977.

Hindmarsh again hosted the NSL Grand Final (this time a single game) in 1994-95 when Adelaide City faced the Mark Viduka led Melbourne Knights.

[citation needed] As soccer was generally played to smaller crowds during the 1970s and 1980s[citation needed], Hindmarsh became a regular host of the Socceroos in some of their international matches, with Adelaide-based players such as Robert Zabica, Alex Tobin, and the Vidmar brothers Aurelio and Tony all playing prominent roles.

Hindmarsh Stadium was one of the venues chosen to host preliminary matches for the men's soccer during the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney.

[citation needed] Hosting matches from Groups A and B, the recorded attendance at Hindmarsh was set at 18,340 when Italy drew 1–1 Nigeria on 19 September 2000.

With the rise in the sports popularity in Australia, Hindmarsh is rarely used these days by the Socceroos other than for training purposes or matches against lower ranked countries such as those from the Pacific islands.

The stadium's record attendance outside of the 2000 Olympic Games is 17,000 at the 2008 AFC Champions League Final second leg between Adelaide United and Gamba Osaka of Japan.

[3] The venue took host to the inaugural FFA Cup Final on 16 December 2014 which saw Adelaide United defeat Perth Glory.

In 1998 the short lived National Rugby League team the Adelaide Rams used Hindmarsh for their last 4 home games of the 1998 NRL season.

With 7,017 fans in attendance the Storm ran out easy 40–18 winners with emerging rugby league superstar Greg Inglis scoring 3 tries for Melbourne.

On a sunny autumn day the Cowboys defeated the Sharks 34–10 in front of 8,547 fans, the record crowd for a rugby league match at Hindmarsh.

Unfortunately for NRL fans in Adelaide it was announced early in the 2010 season that Cronulla had been allowed by the SA Government to pull out of their contract.