It is named after former track athlete of Belizean descent, Marion Jones.

The National Stadium was established sometime in the 1960s as a venue for horse racing, football and cycling.

After her visit to Belize in 2001 at the height of her success following the Sydney Olympics, the stadium was named after Jones.

The naming became controversial after Jones had was stripped of all five of her Olympic medals due to taking performance-enhancing drugs.

[1] In 2021 Great Belize Television reported that the stadium was "in a state of disrepair".