It hosted some home matches for the United States Virgin Islands national soccer team.

[1] The stadium bears the name of St. Croix legislator, editor, publisher, and civil rights activist Paul E. Joseph, who died in 1966.

Demolition of Paul E. Joseph Stadium began in January 2015[4] and was stopped days later—midway through demolition—mired in politics and finance.

Because the previous administration put together plans for the renovation of the Paul E. Joseph Stadium in Frederiksted "in haste," Mapp said, he has halted the project.

The administration will meet with the contractor to rewrite the contract or terminate the project if an agreement can't be reached, he said.