The stadium's inaugural game was held on September 4, 2016 between Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern.

It would cost an estimated $60 million to build and would be built on the old Edward L. Blackshear Field.

Those funds would be used for campus enhancements with $10 million being set aside for football stadium renovations.

The Texas A&M board of regents approved the project in early 2015, and the old stadium was demolished that fall, forcing Prairie View A&M football to find a local high school to host their 2015 home games.

[8] Prairie View A&M hopes the new stadium will increase enrollment in the school.