[2] Construction of the sports complex started November 1991 and was completed in time for the 1992 Palarong Pambansa.

In 2005, it was the main venue of the National PRISAA Games which gathered athletes from all over the private schools in the country.

In 2007, the PASUC-National Sports Olympics, a competition between public colleges and university varsity teams, was held here.

[3] The stadium along with the rest of the facilities of the sports complex were damaged following the 2013 Zamboanga City siege by the Moro National Liberation Front.

The stadium was used as an evacuation site by people displaced by the attacks and had to undergo renovation[2] from 2016 to 2019.