It is mentioned for the first time in a chronicle in the second half of the 18th century as a nice summer house with beautiful property.

In their 1898–99 season FC Basel's first league game was played here, this was a city derby against BSC Old Boys, in front of nearly 400 spectators.

Sponsored by a chocolate factory, at the cost of four thousand Swiss Francs and a building time of little more than one month the club's members built the first spectator grandstand in Switzerland.

After the signing of Helmut Benthaus as player-coach and with the increasing success of the team, the Landhof became too small for the rising number of spectators.

However, until the early 1990s the club continued to use the Landhof as a training ground and as playing field for their youth teams.