It is home to the Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team of the NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conference.

[1] Sportsman's, the former home of Major League Baseball's both St. Louis Cardinals and Browns, had closed earlier that year.

[7][8][9] The facility, called "Ancient Abe" by writer Todd Hefferman, was the oldest in use by a Missouri Valley Conference team.

Planned additions include stadium lighting, a press box, fencing, and new dugouts.

A new seating structure was built, and Martin's combination rye and Bermuda grass surface was replaced by FieldTurf.