The stadium, high school and Parkdale Elementary were built on the old Midland Airfield, replaced by Barstow Airport.

[2] The stadium was briefly home to the Tri-City Apollos of the Continental Football League for one season in 1969.

[3] Nearby Northwood University has played at MCS,[4] when ticket demand greatly exceeds the 3,000 seat capacity of their Hantz Stadium.

The field was upgraded in 2004 with installation of an artificial surface, AstroTurf XPe,[5] the same product used at many professional and college sports facilities.

Additional improvements that same year included paving & surfacing, fencing, a new synthetic track surface[6] and audio & video cable installation to simplify setup for broadcast and/or taping of stadium events.