Located inside the Nishtar Park Sports Complex, it is the biggest terrace field hockey stadium in the world,[2][3] having a capacity of 45,000 spectators.

[1][4] The offices of Sports Board Punjab and Pakistan Hockey Federation are also located in the stadium compound.

In January 2018, it hosted a two-match series between World XI and Pakistan.

[6] The stadium was the venue for Haier Hockey Series Open in December 2018.

[7] Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, and a former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, announced his party's Haqeeqi Azadi jalsa or public meeting would be held at National Hockey Stadium on August 13, 2022.