It is the home venue of Chittagong Abahani in Bangladesh Premier League.

On 1 January 1955 Indian team led by Vinoo Mankad came to play in the newly built stadium.

After the Mankad's team the stadium welcomed Donald Carr of MCC.

The first One Day International (ODI) took place back on 27 October 1988 during the 1988 Asia Cup.

On 2 January 2025, the National Sports Council leased the stadium to the Bangladesh Football Federation for 25 years.

Owned by the Bangladesh Army, it is on a 99-year lease to the Chittagong District Sports Association (Chattagram Jila Krira Sangstha or CJKS).

[6] The Chattogram Zila Krira Sangstha Swimming Complex opened in 2019 on one acre of the site.

The rest of the field was described by bdnews24.com as an overgrown, waterlogged dump, "unusable for sports" because of chronic neglect and lack of maintenance.