In 1981, the stadium hosted the longest professional baseball game in history, as the PawSox defeated the Rochester Red Wings in 33 innings by a score of 3–2.

Initially known as Pawtucket Stadium, it was completed in 1942,[5] and in 1946 was officially named in honor of Mayor McCoy, who had died in August 1945.

The Pawtucket Slaters, a Class B affiliate of the Boston Braves, was the first team to call McCoy Stadium home.

Mondor owned the team until his death on October 3, 2010, and was a well-beloved member of the community, as he turned the ballpark and franchise into one of the most fan-friendly in all of professional baseball.

In February 2015, a group of New England business leaders, led by Larry Lucchino, purchased the Pawtucket Red Sox.

[12] During the 2020 Major League Baseball season, McCoy Stadium served as the alternate training site for the Boston Red Sox.

McCoy Stadium has been vacant since 2021; the condition of the ballpark has deteriorated due to the lack of active development on the property.

[14] In May 2021, Grebien noted future opportunity with independent baseball leagues, or governmental use such as a public safety complex or high school.

Initial renderings by SLAM architecture group show a 4-story academic complex with athletic facilities and an emphasis on CTE space.

[16] In November 2022, Pawtucket voters approved a $330 million bond to construct a new high school at the McCoy stadium site.

Pawtucket mayor Don Grebien thanked Soloviev for his interest and reiterated plans to demolish the stadium for the city's new high school.

The renovations began in 1998 and included a new terraced berm in left field, a grassy knoll where fans can sit next to the PawSox bullpen and watch the game up close.

With the renovations to the stadium, the Pawtucket Red Sox raised their average game day attendance to a league-leading 9,561 in 2005.

[22] When Ben Mondor bought control of the team in 1977, the PawSox drew only 70,354 fans (1,082 per game) to McCoy, which seated 5,800 people at the time.

[citation needed] In New England, they ranked as the biggest draw of any sporting event except their parent club, the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Prior to the expansion, the notable single-game record occurred on July 1, 1982, when 9,389 showed up for the pitching match-up of Mark Fidrych versus Dave Righetti.

[33] On October 30, 1944, then Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman addressed a Democratic rally at the stadium, in support of re-electing President Franklin D.

Tolman High School and Saint Raphael Academy play their regular season games at the adjacent Pariseau Field (also known as the McCoy Annex).

These stadiums have also been home to Boston Red Sox minor league teams, respectively the Lowell Spinners and, currently, Portland Sea Dogs.