The stadium had been scheduled to be opened at the start of the 1994–95, but was not ready on time and as a result Northampton began the season still at the County Ground.

The West Stand also accommodates the Weatherbys Boardroom, the LMR Legends Lounge, the Tollers Solicitors 1897 Suite, Carrs Bar, and changing rooms.

This stand has a capacity of 972 seats In December 2003, the football club secured a 150-year lease on the ground from the local council.

[6] The then owners of Northampton Town, David and Tony Cardoza, proposed to redevelop the whole ground, doubling capacity into a 15,000 all-seater stadium.

This would start by adding executive boxes and a further 2,000 seats to the West Stand, whilst expanding the clubs offices and facilities.

Redevelopment began in summer 2014, but in June scaled down plans were revealed, reducing capacity of the stand to about 3,100.

[citation needed] The stand and associated works were in part funded by a £10.25 million loan from Northampton Borough Council.

[9][11] On 15 October 2015 a winding-up petition was launched by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to recover unpaid taxes from Northampton Town Football Club at the High Court.

The liquidators' report for 1st Land Ltd says that the Cardozas and 1st Land fell in dispute in March 2014, and during investigation the Cardozas called the sum a "Joint Venture Fee" – money paid to one party to help carry out a jointly-run project – whilst former director Howard Grossman called it a loan.

[16] After the collapse of 1st Land, County Developments (Northampton) Ltd (CDNL) took over the facilitation work, but it also now in liquidation; its directors are listed as David and Anthony Cardoza, while Marcus Grossman and Simon Patnick resigned directorships in January 2015.

[16] On 7 November 2015 The Guardian newspaper published a summary of the Sixfields issue under the headline Northampton Town: scandal of missing millions from council's stadium plan – Cobblers supporters baffled and distressed as council seeks answers about what happened to £10.25m loan to pay for improvements to Sixfields stadium.

[17] The club's new owners announced that seats would be put into the East Stand, which would take the capacity up to 7,724 for the final few home games of the 2015–16 season.