The stadium was officially opened on February 28, 1926, with a match between Duisburger SV and Arminia Bielefeld.

At the INAS World Football Championships 2006 for athletes with intellectual disabilities two years later, the match between France and Hungary (1:3) was hosted in the Stadion Niederrhein.

[5] In 1950, the record attendance of around 45,000 spectators was achieved when Preußen Dellbrück and Kickers Offenbach met in the semi-final for the German championship.

There is a number of stations in the surrounding area, with the closest to the stadium being "Schloss Oberhausen" on line 122.

On matchdays, additional direct busses to transport fans from the train stations Oberhausen, Sterkrade, and Osterfeld to the stadium are provided.