The Cardinals were replaced by the Sussex Skyhawks, an independent minor league team that began play in 2006 and folded after the 2010 season.

In October 2013, Skylands Stadium was purchased by Al Dorso, a businessman who owns State Fair Superstore in Belleville, New Jersey, operates the annual State Fair Meadowlands in the parking lots surrounding MetLife Stadium, and is the owner of the Sussex County Miners.

The team's new home stadium would be privately owned and financed, a rarity in professional sports circles.

The winter of 1993–94 brought the worst weather in several years to North Jersey, causing construction cost overruns.

The owners of Skylands Stadium were forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but the new ballpark managed to open on time that June and the Cardinals moved in.

On May 29, 2006, the Skyhawks played their first regular season game at Skylands Stadium, dropping an 18–11 decision to the North Shore Spirit.

The Skyland Cardinals have also begun to play their home games in 2020 with the emergence of the All-American Baseball Challenge.

The owners, Millennium Sports Management, put the stadium up for sale for $1.99 million, but no buyer was found at that price.

In the championship round, the Miners beat the defending Champion Québec Capitales 3 games to 1 in a best-of-five series.

Skylands Stadium served as the location for games 3 and 4, each resulting in a walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth inning.

On Sunday, June 16, 2019, the Sussex County Miners defeated the Shikoku Island Independents by a score of 5–2, exactly 25 years to the date of the first professional game played at Skylands Park which was between the New Jersey Cardinals and Hudson Valley Renegades.

The Miners instead fielded a team in the hastily-assembled All-American Baseball Challenge, hosting games at Skylands Stadium despite a limit of 500 fans due to pandemic restrictions.