It takes its name from Douglas Park, the club's former stadium which was located immediately to the south of the current site.

At the beginning of season 2013–14, Hamilton returned to an artificial playing surface, this time produced by TigerTurf with an installation cost of £400,000.

[7] The following day, the club made public their intention to install a new Greenfields surface in time for the 2018–19 season,[8] costing £750,000 and with the same specification as the SFA performance centre at Oriam.

They will be ground-sharing at New Douglas Park from the start of the 2022–23 season, with a view of relocating to a new home back in Glasgow in the near future.

[15] In October 2022, Glasgow-based tax credit consultancy ZLX Business Solutions entered into a naming rights deal for £108,000.