Perry Park is owned by Brisbane City Council, and managed by the YMCA, who run facilities in the complex.

In the 1940s it was used as a base for the Z Special Unit of the Australian, British and New Zealand armed forces for their 1943 raid on Japanese occupied Singapore harbour.

In 1977, Perry Park Stadium hosted its first National Soccer League (NSL) game between Brisbane City and Sydney club Marconi Fairfield.

The following year, the Strikers hosted former NSL club Heidelberg United in the 2017 National Premier Leagues final.

As part of the Strikers' aborted bid for an A-League licence in 2018,[5] the club produced plans for a complete rebuild of the facility, which would have seen the current Bill Waddell stand demolished and the pitched moved to the east[6] to accommodate a 15,694-seat boutique stadium.