The original stadium was a reinforced concrete horseshoe shaped venue that had a maximum seating capacity of 25,000.

For the 1967-68 ASL (American Soccer League) season, the Newark Ukrainian Sitch club moved its home games to this field.

[2] After the Tornadoes folded, Newark's American Association team became the primary tenants for the stadium.

When the stadium was configured for baseball, the distance down the foul lines was so short, that balls hit over the fence were ground rule doubles.

Olympian Jesse Owens, once ran track there and lost to a Newark local named Eulace Peacock.

Meanwhile, another Olympian, Milt Campbell began his track career at Newark Schools Stadium.

Years of neglect allowed the stadium to experience a large amount of deterioration and compromised structural integrity.

At various points in its later years, parts of the stadium's wooden bleachers were blocked off with fencing to prevent spectators from sitting in these seats.

In 2006, a capital bond request was approved by the Newark City Council that included $63.7 million in funding for 14 projects that ranged from a new robotics center to the rebuilding of Schools Stadium.